How much?

[whiskeysheri]

Hello! Does anyone know where I might be able to find out how much it costs to run a PC, please? Electricity, etc.

Thanks in advance, WS x

[Postdog]

Can't tell you, but my electric costs less than �10 a week, and my PC tends to be on 24/7 as I download stuff overnight. I think it'd be pennies.

[The Rooster]

Hello Whiskeysheri from The Rooster in California. The pc's we run over here are comparable in elecricity usage to running a normal size refridgerator. I hope that helps.

[polar_bear]

I thought that the power consumption had to be marked on electrical items in the UK but I cant find anything on my PC.
Interesting question though.
I guess you mean the total for everything that is connected and running, modem, router,printer etc.

[Monster-S]

Look on the back or the manual it should say in watts .

[ugly_bob]

i thought modern pcs were around 400W. Not sure though.
400W is approx 10 units per day, so approx 70p per day, depending on how much your leccy is

[tellboy]

Someone else on another forum gave me this answer .
Its probably around 500W in total (a good enough guess anyway) with everything running, I use that as a guess to work out the cost in kWh (i.e. 5 hours at 10p/kWh = 25p).

Your PC power supply will have a rating on it somewhere (as will the monitor), but keep in mind that these are max ratings and it might not ever go near that. 500W could be a very generous guess for many systems

[whiskeysheri]

Thanks ever so, guys! You're stars! x

[tellboy]

If you feel like being a real nerd here is a calculator to do it for you.
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.j sp