Hey guys, I'm planning on building a budget gaming pc and so far I've narrowed the gpu down to the gtx 750ti, 270x and 280. Since up to now I've always settled with lower-end cards not drawing that much energy (current one is 7750) I have a few questions about their power consumption and how much of an effect they would have on my electricity bill.
To start off I've found these benchmarks:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/05/19/amd-radeon-r9-280-review-feat-xfx/9
Do they seem correct to you?
I am also to understand all three possible builds are to consume basically the same power when idle, i.e. when browsing the web. What about watching videos, would they still differ drastically from one another?
Also let's do some calculations. Say I get the 280, which when gaming consumes about 130w more than the 750ti. Let's assume I'm going to game a lot this month, say 150 hours. 150*130 = 19500, so about 19.5 kWh would be consumed and that's about 1.5$ where I live, which isn't such a shocking difference as I expected. So last question, are my calculations correct and what would you guys recommend me to do?
To start off I've found these benchmarks:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/05/19/amd-radeon-r9-280-review-feat-xfx/9
Do they seem correct to you?
I am also to understand all three possible builds are to consume basically the same power when idle, i.e. when browsing the web. What about watching videos, would they still differ drastically from one another?
Also let's do some calculations. Say I get the 280, which when gaming consumes about 130w more than the 750ti. Let's assume I'm going to game a lot this month, say 150 hours. 150*130 = 19500, so about 19.5 kWh would be consumed and that's about 1.5$ where I live, which isn't such a shocking difference as I expected. So last question, are my calculations correct and what would you guys recommend me to do?
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