Electric Bill and GAMING PC

I am curious how much a person with a serious gaming habit spends on electric bill

Please only reply if you have a POWERFUL gaming PC, and other gaming consoles........

And only reply if you play at least 2 hours a day gaming.

How much is your electric bill due to gaming ...... thanks

Reason i ask is because i will soon be going to an apartment and want to know how the electric budgeting with gaming will turn out

BTW that inclues 3 other big energy hogs.JigglyWiggly_

I am curious how much a person with a serious gaming habit spends on electric bill

Please only reply if you have a POWERFUL gaming PC, and other gaming consoles........

And only reply if you play at least 2 hours a day gaming.

How much is your electric bill due to gaming ...... thanks

Reason i ask is because i will soon be going to an apartment and want to know how the electric budgeting with gaming will turn out

awakendjay

If you want to see how much juice you're actually using on any device, get one of those kill-a-watt things.

My wife got me one for Christmas. Very cool item to have.

I live in SoCal where power is pretty expensive. My parents bill would often top $200, but the highest I've ever had to pay in a month was $54 in my apartment during the summer with the a/c unit on 4-6 hrs a day. I only leave things on when I'm using them besides my pc, but I do turn it off over night unless it's downloading. My pc is usually on 4-8 hrs a day, and one of my tv's 1-3 hrs.

I had to do this math when my mom claimed I was kicking up the eletric bill.

I have my computer ( usually ) on 24/7, and it is a gaming rig with quite the higher than average specs. When I did the math, the total comes out to about $400 a year so that guy up there that posted w/ $500 or so isn't too far off. I'm running dual screen moniters as well, so those were put into the equation.

But yeah, to answer the question; usually between $400-500 dollars a year.

Turn off your heater!! 1500w is killer...

Change your lightbulbs to energy savers, 15w=75w brightness are awesome, so get them longer life too!!

Old fat televisions 300w, 100w LCD monitors, PS3 has a 300ishw PSU, but doesnt use all of its power. Fridge @ 1000w more or less

PC setups http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/?tag=PSU_Wattage dated, but still effective..

Idle 150-200??

Skulltrail + SLi = 700w peak I assume. Lowend @ 400w(at best).

I am thinking this on top of my head dont flame me if Im off.

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MK-Professor

:lol: look at the Wii, really astonishing.

we ahve all of the above. 360, ps3, wii, 32inch LCD. two pcs and a laptop. most commonly used are ps3 for bluray and games, 360 for divx and games and the laptop to browse the net. the desktop that is on for like 5-8 hours a day is my lady's i7 920 with an 850wtt psu and a gtx 270 (6 gb ddr3, 1tb hdd, etc). plus occasional use of our spa out back puts us around $100-$150AU per 60 day period (closer to $150 if mates comes over for spa and LAN, they all have quad cores and core 2 duos and similar gfx cards)

actually most of your monthly/yearly comes from using the hair dryer, washing machine and dryer, refrigerator, and microwave. A gaming PC really won't make that much of a dent in your electric bill. Tips for saving money just try to air dry more things and try not to microwave too much stuff lol which is pretty hard to do for most people lol. Trust me I speak the truth :D

a microwave is cheaper to run then an electric oven.

a microwave is cheaper to run then an electric oven.

kungfool69

My bill ranges from 120ish for most of the year, and 160ish in the summer. Granted, I have a pretty energy efficient house.

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a microwave is cheaper to run then an electric oven.

markop2003

It depends on how long you use it. A microwave would use, at most, maybe 1kWh per day, and that's if you're a hardcore microwave meal eater.

most devices have some sort of standby or idle mode, so most will draw power when off. switching off ur wall plug will save power and save ur items in case of a surge (they DO happen occaisonally for most of us)

400watts? What kind of computer uses 400watts at idle lol. More like 200.JigglyWiggly_

yeah most pcs idle at 150-250watts.

so it wouldnt be a constant 400watts, actually it would prolly sum up to alot less.