ricanflow
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videocard is like 200watt idle... the power thing in the control panel only shuts down the moniter, not the video card right?
200 watts idle? Lol 8800gt's dont use that much, idle about 160.
With a 500w PSU its actually closer to $30 to running 24/7, at least in the US.
Electric Power Monthly - Average Retail Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State
Average seems to be roughly 9cents per kilowatt per hour.
500 watts is exactly half of of a kw, so its easy. It costs you 4.5 cents to run it per hour, which is roughly $32 a month.
Thats at full load though. I dont run at full load 24/7. Its also a high efficiency psu. I estimate my usage to be around 250-300 at full load. I fold with the regular client, at 50% usage and shut off the monitor.