Cost of Running PC Equipment

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Someone in another forum has asked the cost of running a PC all day . Presume this means all powered up bits as well modem,Router etc.
I thought the answer in Watts would be on a data plate somewhere but oddly both my Dell Pc's dont show one. I thought this was some sort of consumer law.?
Any Boffins out there would like to hazard a guess. There is certainly plenty of heat coming out and that must cost a bit to generate.
 
What with the price of Gas and Electricity skyrocketing....To bl**dy much...:mad:
 
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 :)
 
Ian ... I ain't using 500W with 3 PCs runing 24/7

;)
 
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