How Much Power Does Your Gaming PC Use? STOP WASTING MONEY!
How Much Power Does Your Gaming PC Use? STOP WASTING MONEY!
I was curious about the electricity cost of using a gaming PC. So, I did some tests… Also wondering if a platinum rated power supply is worth it…
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0:00 How much power is my PC using?
0:21 My PC
1:00 Peripherals
2:00 The Power test
3:05 3 hour session power consumption.
4:00 Annual cost of using computer
5:16 Costs around the globe
7:13 Heavy gaming power use
8:05 How much does electricity does idling consume?
9:23 Letting your PC idle is a waste of money
10:41 Environmental Costs of PC use
10:58 Reducing your power usage
12:18 Bloopers
Music: ‘Downfall’ and ‘First Drive’ by Chris Doerkson
How Much Power Does Your Gaming PC Use? STOP WASTING MONEY!
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your videos are very high quality. you deserve more attention.
Thanks for this. Quality content right there. Did you see Germany as #10 on the list of most expensive countries. Just small island nations are more expensive 🤔
I wish my electricity was 7c per kWh. No, it’s closer to twice that where I am.
Also, 0.129 kWh per hour is just 0.129kW or 129 watts. 😉
Cool video.
Awesome video man!
I let my PC 24/7 and while it does that it uses under 50W/h tested. How is yours using over 100? That’s definitely not idle!
5600x / 1080Ti / SSD / HDD / EK X360 Extreme Kit (both CPU+GPU) / 7 Noctua Fans
If the power supply will only pull as much power as needed from the wall, why does having a higher capacity power supply generate a larger electricity bill? If you don’t use the whole thing, are you charged as if you are?
Just found the channel. Keep up the good work
my pc doesn’t like to sleep, i come back to it being non responsive, crashed or unuseable, so sleep and hybernate are off the table, but when i know im going to be away from it i turn it off, but i know many people that just leave it on all day and night and spend maybe a couple of hours a day actually using it while the rest of the time it’s sitting there running, warmed up, and ready to go, im sure there is a bot net that just loves their computer.
This channel is underrated. Good work dude 👍
I was looking into something like this today for a project. In the USA, where the majority of our power production is from natural gas (2019 numbers), each kW of power generated emits around 0.91 pounds (413 grams) of CO2.
Wow I expected there to be many more subscribers and comments. Good work dude, I’ve always been curious about my pc’s power consumption and trying to add up the power estimates in my head, but you did the real thing!
love your videos, I bought the Samsung odyssey monitor after seeing your review sir Thanks again, Love from India
Honestly.. I love efficiency and there is another hidden cost in using a PC. Wear and tear.. using a PC invariably over long periods of time will eventually see a failure somewhere. Might be as simple as a fan dying or a drive giving up etc. My high end gaming PC with multi-monitor setup I realized was total overkill for just relaxing, browsing the web, chatting on discord, watching youtube videos etc. A great alternative, is.. using a Raspberry PI 4b. A $50-$70 single board computer. It can easily do all of those things for around 0.2W per hour.. basically for almost no cost. When I don’t need all the capabilities of a big gaming rig, I can turn it off.. and switch to the PI. Silent and super efficient.
I’m not trying to discredit your research, I really appreciate the effort you put into it. But would a 5000 series CPU draw the same yields? Let’s be honest, these are the ones that people are looking at.
another great video! as always!!!
Very unique information!
Loving this content man. Personally I run a 5800x with a 6800xt and i turn my PC off every time I’m done using it for this reason. i want to know what’s the reason of leaving a computer idling ? For quick access really ? Get your self ssds the boot process is so much quicker use it and turn it off !
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