PC Electricity Consumption

PSU calculators are useless. My rig at full load (furmark and Linx both together) only pulls 400w (from the wall) and that's with a power hungry GTX480 too. The best way to tell would be to buy a plug in power monitor and switch it to kw/h to measure how much it pulls over the day and then multiply it by how much you pay per unit.
 
Well ive ordered the Energenie Power Meter just now so that should help me a lot,thanks to Sasahara for finding that for me.
 
Read meter.

Run only fridge/freezer for an hour

Read meter

Run computer + fridge/freezer for an hour

Read meter

Should tell you exactly what you pull, also add anything else essential in your house to your fridge test run.
 
kmufc77 said:
Not with BG i made sure of that,i can assure you the pre-paid meters with electric are the same tariff i was on before when i was paying a DD.

I was told this countless times when i changed over.
BG are the only supplier that do this as far as im aware,other suppliers charge more for a pre-paid meter for electric,BG do not.
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BG are not the only supplier that don't charge extra for prepaid meters, but you'll find they are only the equivalent of their standard quarterly tariff. They have cheaper tariff's available, as do all suppliers, if you pay by DD.
 
Sasahara said:
You could get something like this to see what you are using.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-003-EN
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If you are concerned about home electricity consumption this is your first point of call, way better than any calculator.

Because you can monitor electrical usage over an entire day, my own experience found that significant consumers were chargers for various devices; mobile and cordless phones, camera, anything in a charging cradle, etc. Some chargers still consume even when no device is attached. I put most of these on simple mechanical timers to reduce the overall daily load.

Compare and contrast your usage with many household appliances, the washing machine, tumble drier, fridge/freezer and dishwasher top the list in most houses, even the vacuum cleaner is a major consumer, try not to focus on the PC when you are really just "rearranging the deck chairs".

A great power saving idea is the "Intelliplug" concept which automatically switches off peripherals when the main appliance is switched off or put on standby, this can be used on both home entertainment systems and PCs, there are even special ones that don't power down the main plug and detect standby instead, this is ideal for most PCs.
 
ian54 said:
If you are concerned about home electricity consumption this is your first point of call, way better than any calculator.

Because you can monitor electrical usage over an entire day, my own experience found that significant consumers were chargers for various devices; mobile and cordless phones, camera, anything in a charging cradle, etc. Some chargers still consume even when no device is attached. I put most of these on simple mechanical timers to reduce the overall daily load.

Compare and contrast your usage with many household appliances, the washing machine, tumble drier, fridge/freezer and dishwasher top the list in most houses, even the vacuum cleaner is a major consumer, try not to focus on the PC when you are really just "rearranging the deck chairs".

A great power saving idea is the "Intelliplug" concept which automatically switches off peripherals when the main appliance is switched off or put on standby, this can be used on both home entertainment systems and PCs, there are even special ones that don't power down the main plug and detect standby instead, this is ideal for most PCs.
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Hi ian,as mentioned early i have already ordered one :)
 
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