How much electricity does my pc use.

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Ecky


Agreed, but I can give at least an educated guess.

I have one of these: https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498410289&sr=8-1&keywords=kill-a-watt

Based on other computers I've tested, I'd guess that yours draws ~40w at idle (+/- 10w) at stock and probably another 25w at idle overclocked (so let's say 65w), and between 200w and 300w while gaming stock, maybe 275-400w overclocked depending on how far you've taken your GPU, and how intensive the game is.

EDIT:

Doing some simple math: where I live, electricity costs about 15 cents per kilowatt hour. If I left your computer on 24/7 and we assume 4 hours per day of gaming, at stock it...
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Agreed, but I can give at least an educated guess.

I have one of these: https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498410289&sr=8-1&keywords=kill-a-watt

Based on other computers I've tested, I'd guess that yours draws ~40w at idle (+/- 10w) at stock and probably another 25w at idle overclocked (so let's say 65w), and between 200w and 300w while gaming stock, maybe 275-400w overclocked depending on how far you've taken your GPU, and how intensive the game is.

EDIT:

Doing some simple math: where I live, electricity costs about 15 cents per kilowatt hour. If I left your computer on 24/7 and we assume 4 hours per day of gaming, at stock it would cost about $100 per year to run at stock speeds (about $50 for 20 hours of idle time and $50 for 4 hours of gaming per day) and $150 per year to run overclocked.
 
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