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Digging Into the Electrical Cost of PC Gaming

Posted by timothy on from the with-compound-interest-you'll-die-rich-in-nazeroth dept.

New submitter MBAFK writes "My coworker Geoff and I have been taking power meters home to see what the true cost of PC gaming is. Not just the outlay for hardware and software, but what the day-to-day costs really are. If you assume a 20 hour a week habit, and using $0.11 a KWH, actually playing costs Geoff $30.83 a year. If Geoff turns his PC off when he is not using it, he could save $66 a year."

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  1. Re:Money well spent by HeLLFiRe1151 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Meanwhile the Geoff and his coworker discuss these types atrocities at their daily meeting at Starbucks while sipping on their third expresso.

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  2. Re:Money well spent by Iniamyen · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they were using Free Trade Watts, it wouldn't be an issue.

  3. Re:Components by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indeed, I scrap my hardware every 2 months so that I can be absolutely sure that I'm saving money and preserving the environment.

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