Hi all, I have recently found myself in a bit of a debate with my dad about how much my pc draws power when it's turned off. I usually keep my pc off but I don't turn off the power supply switch, this results in a few leds on my mother board and one on my gpu staying on. I try to tell my dad that it likely doesn't sraw more than ~10 pence in power per year how far off am with that Guess? If anyone has knowledge on this or can help tell me to figure out how to calculate it that would be a huge help, thanks.
Here are my specs
Cpu- Ryzen 7 3800x Gpu- Asus rtx 2060 Mobo- Asus rog crosshair viii hero Ram- RGB crosair 32gb 3200Mhz Psu- NZXT 750W
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Dads are no longer after the thermostat.
Let me guess...fellow European in the middle of the electricity crisis?
Mhm in the uk, every little bit of potentially wasted energy is a sin on my side until my father leaves the heating on 24/7 while it's only 7 degrees outside You know, old people things
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Apparently the energy cost in Europe for 2022 averaged €25.3 per 100 kWh. First off, FRICK YOUR METRIC SYSTEM and this bullshit "per 100 kWh", just as fricking r-slurred as "liters per hundred km" instead of the far more logical "kilometers per liter".
€0.253/kWh is 28¢/kWh.
I pay 14¢ flat rate. Some areas are variable, like "5¢ for the first xxxx kWh, 7.5¢ after that".
My energy cost is rarely over $100.
Let's say the computer isn't truly off, but just in sleep/standby mode. We'll call it roughly 15 watts of continuous consumption.
0.015kW x 24hr x 31 days x $0.28 == $3.13.
If the computer is truly off, probably only draws 1-2 watts.
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15 watts is a normal operating power for most people lookign for gay cat pictures on rdrama.net. Try a third or sixth of that.
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