Estimated PC Run Cost figures

[ReKcOlNu]

Here's some PC Run Cost figures for the US.
North Dakota 7 cents per KWh,
Connecticut 19.87c per KWh,

Avg Retail Price of Electricity by State

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        120        24     $73.58      $6.05     $1.41     $0.20
0.10        120        24     $105.12     $8.64     $2.02     $0.29
0.13        120        24     $136.66     $11.23    $2.62     $0.37
0.16        120        24     $168.19     $13.82    $3.23     $0.46
0.19        120        24     $199.73     $16.42    $3.83     $0.55
0.22        120        24     $231.26     $19.01    $4.44     $0.63

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        140        24     $85.85      $7.06     $1.65     $0.24
0.10        140        24     $122.64     $10.08    $2.35     $0.34
0.13        140        24     $159.43     $13.10    $3.06     $0.44
0.16        140        24     $196.22     $16.13    $3.76     $0.54
0.19        140        24     $233.02     $19.15    $4.47     $0.64
0.22        140        24     $269.81     $22.18    $5.17     $0.74

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        160        24     $98.11      $8.06     $1.88     $0.27
0.10        160        24     $140.16     $11.52    $2.69     $0.38
0.13        160        24     $182.21     $14.98    $3.49     $0.50
0.16        160        24     $224.26     $18.43    $4.30     $0.61
0.19        160        24     $266.30     $21.89    $5.11     $0.73
0.22        160        24     $308.35     $25.34    $5.91     $0.84

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        180        24     $110.38     $9.07     $2.12     $0.30
0.10        180        24     $157.68     $12.96    $3.02     $0.43
0.13        180        24     $204.98     $16.85    $3.93     $0.56
0.16        180        24     $252.29     $20.74    $4.84     $0.69
0.19        180        24     $299.59     $24.62    $5.75     $0.82
0.22        180        24     $346.90     $28.51    $6.65     $0.95

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        200        24     $122.64     $10.08    $2.35     $0.34
0.10        200        24     $175.20     $14.40    $3.36     $0.48
0.13        200        24     $227.76     $18.72    $4.37     $0.62
0.16        200        24     $280.32     $23.04    $5.38     $0.77
0.19        200        24     $332.88     $27.36    $6.38     $0.91
0.22        200        24     $385.44     $31.68    $7.39     $1.06

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        220        24     $134.90     $11.09    $2.59     $0.37
0.10        220        24     $192.72     $15.84    $3.70     $0.53
0.13        220        24     $250.54     $20.59    $4.80     $0.69
0.16        220        24     $308.35     $25.34    $5.91     $0.84
0.19        220        24     $366.17     $30.10    $7.02     $1.00
0.22        220        24     $423.98     $34.85    $8.13     $1.16

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        240        24     $147.17     $12.10    $2.82     $0.40
0.10        240        24     $210.24     $17.28    $4.03     $0.58
0.13        240        24     $273.31     $22.46    $5.24     $0.75
0.16        240        24     $336.38     $27.65    $6.45     $0.92
0.19        240        24     $399.46     $32.83    $7.66     $1.09
0.22        240        24     $462.53     $38.02    $8.87     $1.27

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        260        24     $159.43     $13.10    $3.06     $0.44
0.10        260        24     $227.76     $18.72    $4.37     $0.62
0.13        260        24     $296.09     $24.34    $5.68     $0.81
0.16        260        24     $364.42     $29.95    $6.99     $1.00
0.19        260        24     $432.74     $35.57    $8.30     $1.19
0.22        260        24     $501.07     $41.18    $9.61     $1.37

kWh Cost   PC Watts   Hours  Per Year  Per Month   Per Week  Per Day
0.07        280        24     $171.70     $14.11    $3.29     $0.47
0.10        280        24     $245.28     $20.16    $4.70     $0.67
0.13        280        24     $318.86     $26.21    $6.12     $0.87
0.16        280        24     $392.45     $32.26    $7.53     $1.08
0.19        280        24     $466.03     $38.30    $8.94     $1.28
0.22        280        24     $539.62     $44.35    $10.35    $1.48

[DAK1640]

Guess da Goose gonna need to fly to North Dakota

[trn]

Interesting, list my state as $0.12 per kwh; seems rather high. I have no clue how accurate that is because the power company writes their rates in the most confusing way ever.... http://www.fpl.com/rates/pdf/FPL%20R...Jan%202010.pdf Try and decypher that!

Looking at my bill it seems that my cost are for last month 994kwh total, $38 for fuel charges at $.038kwh and $46 at $0.046kwh plus rates and taxes etc.. so about an average of $0.042kwh plus other rates.

[=[PULSAR]=]

YAY! for living in the worst state for folding/crunching

[Serpentarius]

should've used ps3 to crunch ...

[D_A]

If WCG would use it ...

[werdwerdus]

midwest ftw

[Sparky]

This gave me an idea....

I created an excel sheet that all you gotta do is in the white boxes put in your $ / KWhr, watts of each rig, and the hours per day the rigs will be on - I know I know, most do 24 hours but not everyone so I left the option to adjust that. Then it will spit out the cost per day, week, month (based on 30 days) and year for each rig, then at the bottom total up the watts and cost for all the rigs.

Maybe some will find it useful. Maybe some will find it not long enough to cover all their stuff

[Otis11]

YAY! for living in the worst state for folding/crunching

I think Hawaii got ya beat...

And I don't even wanna look... But thanks for the option!

[ReKcOlNu]

PC only, wattage taken at the wall with Kill A Watt meter.
I put each work unit on its own core and left everything else at four cores.


Only 13 cents more per day to fold on four cores instead of one.

Most recent PC parts - Cost Per Day

[=[PULSAR]=]

That calculator also works great figure out how much money you save switching to energy effecient light bulbs. Just changed my 100W bulb to a 10W running 12 hrs day thats $6 a month. Running to walmart tomorrow to buy more bulbs.

[Movieman]

That calculator also works great figure out how much money you save switching to energy effecient light bulbs. Just changed my 100W bulb to a 10W running 12 hrs day thats $6 a month. Running to walmart tomorrow to buy more bulbs.

I did that 18 months ago, BIG savings and God's truth, what I saved offset the cost of a 8 core Harpertown machine(320w constant)
VERY worthwhile doing.

[=[PULSAR]=]

Yeah at my old apartment one of my roommates was notorious for always leaving his lights on then then complaining about the bill. Replaced the lights in his room and saved astronomical amount and stop complaining.

[ReKcOlNu]

Same here, I changed just about every light in my house about 4 years ago, went from using a maximum of 419W to a tad over 100W, them bulbs pay for themselves in no time, and their pretty cheap now, just saw 3 pack 23W for only $2.99.

[kjeldoran]

I have been using my kill-a-watt on all my appliances to get the monthly average power consumption. So far, my Dryer takes about 70kWh a month. My PC, printer, router, modem, monitor and sossman rig took 189kWh a month. Right now I am testing my fridge.

My rate in Missouri is about 7 cents a kWh. Bills are around $70-80 a month.

I have also changed to CCFL light bulbs as well. However, I bought the full spectrum bulbs so they give off a light that is comparable to sunlight...I hate the yellow color of normal bulbs.

[Jaco]

7 cents a kWh is good

about 20cents in my country (Belgium)

[Biker]

16 pence per kwh in the uk ($ 25c) on my current tarriff

YAYY for privitization!!! (not)

..and people were wondering why I wanted the highest power / PPD efficiency possible

[karbonkid]

Heh. 18p here (Kingston). My workstation (nowhere near 24/7) alone has eaten just under £100 since ~September. Hopefully prices back at home in the Midlands will be more conducive to crunching - lets hope!

16 pence per kwh in the uk ($ 25c) on my current tarriff

YAYY for privitization!!! (not)

..and people were wondering why I wanted the highest power / PPD efficiency possible

[Kurz]

16 pence per kwh in the uk ($ 25c) on my current tarriff

YAYY for privitization!!! (not)

..and people were wondering why I wanted the highest power / PPD efficiency possible

Privatization? Doesn't mean anything if there is no competition.

[jcool]

280W? I wish Good list though, ideal for people interested in joining with their main PC.
Around 0.17 €-cents per KW/h here.. equals 23 US-cents
Current total power draw is pretty much exactly 2kw/h (yeah, I downsized a little) so I pay exactly 8,16€ per day, 245€ per month or 2937€ per year for cruncher electricity.
Yeah, that's 4000$ a year

[Biker]

Privatization? Doesn't mean anything if there is no competition.

Exactly.

With nationalized power supply there was just one thing : reasonable electricity costs.

"Competition" in this field currently is irrelevant (see Cartel)

But back OT : useful (if painful) info... thanks

[Petra]

I'm on a usage-based tier system here in California... and I typically hit the 23¢-26¢/kWh tier without all of the systems running full time. Kick all of 'em on and all the power they use will be billed at between 26¢/kWh and 30¢/kWh. Yay

[josh1980]

See, what many people don't realize is that buying those Gold 80Plus qualified PSUs can save you big bucks when you think about 100% loading for a year straight. I run only Gold certified 80plus power supplies at home because most of my computers are running 24x7. Those 30watts nonstop add up. In fact, most of my PSUs will pay for themselves in energy savings in 18 months or less when compared to the price for the PSU I would have bought if I wasn't looking for efficiency. My crunching rigs will run the most efficient power supplies I can find.

@jcool-Your computer uses 2kw of electricty per hour? Here in the USA on a 120V circuit that equates to approximately 18 amps. Here there's a special plug that you have to use for 15A+ equipment to separate it from the regular 10A plugs. Most homes don't have any 15A+ plugs in their home, except their dryer if it's electricity. Most circuits in homes are 20A breakers. You sure you did the calculations right? Heaters that people use in their homes are typically 1000watts or so tops, and you're claiming your computer does twice the wattage?

[Biker]

I complely agree.

Gold 80 + psu's ftw!

The new Enermax Pro 87/ Modu + range looks interesting...

They both have exactly the same characteristics so it does not matter if you go fixed cable or modular....

90%+ on 115v, 93%+ on 230v

I have not seen any 450w editions in the channel yet but the 500w and 600w are now available

Modular part numbers:

EMG450AWT
EMG500AWT
EMG600AWT
EMG700AWT

Fixed cable part numbers:

EPG450AWT
EPG500AWT
EPG600AWT
EPG700AWT

@jcool-Your computer uses 2kw of electricty per hour? Here in the USA on a 120V circuit that equates to approximately 18 amps. Here there's a special plug that you have to use for 15A+ equipment to separate it from the regular 10A plugs. Most homes don't have any 15A+ plugs in their home, except their dryer if it's electricity. Most circuits in homes are 20A breakers. You sure you did the calculations right? Heaters that people use in their homes are typically 1000watts or so tops, and you're claiming your computer does twice the wattage?

I think jcool is referring to total computer farm power consumption, not just a single rig

[=[PULSAR]=]

Had anyone seen a gold rate 1200W+ PSU all I can find is 1100W.