price per month

[JackFrost]

Got a electric bill question. Anyone know how much (on average) a computer cost to run per month?

 

[HammerBot]

Thats a bit difficult when not knowing the price of electricy where you live, the power consumption of your computer and how long time you keep it on. However, it quite easy to calculate yourselves:

PricePrMonth [$/month]= PowerConsumption [W] * OnHrsPrDay [hrs/day] * 30 [day/month] * 0.001 [kW/W] * PricePrkWhr [$/kWhr]

E.g. 300W, PC on 24 hrs pr. day and 0.2$/kWhr:

PricePrMonth = 300*24*30*0.001*0.2 = 43$

<i><b>Engineering is the fine art of making what you want from things you can get</b></i>

 

[Rob423]

its nothing that big...

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
80gb Maxtor
200gb WD 8mb cache..
Lian-Li PC-60
Lite-On 52X
AMD XP2800+
LeadTek GeForce 4 Ti4200 w/vivo 128mb 8x
Hitachi CML174
1 GB Corsair XMS PC3200 Cas2

 

[HammerBot]

If you believe there is an error in the calculation please point at it. Otherwise the calculation show the price for the given conditions.

<i><b>Engineering is the fine art of making what you want from things you can get</b></i>

 

[Rob423]

Was That directed towards me? Because my comment was in general meaning a Computer doesn't really use that much power...

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
80gb Maxtor
200gb WD 8mb cache..
Lian-Li PC-60
LiteOn 52X/LiteOn 811s DVD-RW
AMD XP2800+
LeadTek GF4Ti4200 128mb
Hitachi CML174
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200

 

[HammerBot]

True. But I leave it to jackfrost to put in the correct numbers. My price calculation above was just an example.

<i><b>Engineering is the fine art of making what you want from things you can get</b></i>