40% of next-gen console power consumption is from standby mode

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The NRDC's new report has said if the PS4, Wii U and Xbox One replace the 110 million current-generation consoles sold in the US between 2005 and 2013, the total energy use of the three current-generation systems will be over 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year - enough juice to power the United States' fourth-largest city, Houston.

At what cost? Well, this would cost American households over $1 billion per year in energy costs, with 40% of it coming from the consoles' standby mode alone. The report reads: "The new consoles consume more energy each year playing video or in standby mode than playing games". The Xbox One in standby mode uses 15.7W of power, while the PS4 uses 8.5W and the Wii U with just 0.4W.

Microsoft's next-gen console consumes much more power thanks to its always-listening capabilities, but when it comes to gaming, the PS4 chews through more power. When gaming, the PS4 uses 137W, while the Xbox One uses 112W. Streaming videos sees the Xbox One use 74W, while the PS4 consumes 89W.

Read more at http://www.tweaktown.com/news/37793...r-consumption-is-from-standby-mode/index.html
 
Guest2 said:
2 x GTX 670 at max power = 340W
+ CPU, monitor and NAD C370 amp (that uses 550W)

Must cost me about £10 an hour to play games
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That'll be about .890kWh, so just under one unit per hour. Depending on your supplier, about 14 pence per hour
 
Guest2 said:
2 x GTX 670 at max power = 340W
+ CPU, monitor and NAD C370 amp (that uses 550W)

Must cost me about £10 an hour to play games
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NAD amps use a lot of power in standby, my C320BEE uses 25-30watts then another 20watts when listening to silence. Not overly green of them.
 
TheyCallMeAndy said:
Power means everything who gives a damn about electricity when ur spending so much on your pc! Use it to the fullest!
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The irony being that PC's are more power efficient than they have ever been, but it looks like the 'always on' or probably more accurately, 'never really off' nature of newer consoles means they are starting to catch up in terms of upsetting hippies.
 
Sliver said:
Amen to that brother. I often leave my PC on for days at a time. Bills are things my accountant worries about. ;)
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Again the irony being most modern PC's will under clock themselves when idling, like surfing the net etc. They probably use a lot less power than you think, unless your a folder/bit coin farmer, or you don't know how to properly configure a BIOS.
 
mattyfez said:
Again the irony being most modern PC's will under clock themselves when idling, like surfing the net etc. They probably use a lot less power than you think, unless your a folder/bit coin farmer, or you don't know how to properly configure a BIOS.
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How presumptuous of you. You have no idea what I do with my PC once I leave it running. So take you're 'irony' and gently place it where the sun don't shine. ;)
 
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