So I borrowed a power meter from a colleague and just checked my own PC, a fairly regular, non-game, non-graphics PC:
2 GHz Athlon, 1GB RAM, 2 HDs, Radeon 9000 on-board graphics, and the usual peripherals like Mouse, Keyboard, Speakers... nothing fancy.
Without the monitor the PC uses the following power (measured right at the power plug):
- 0W when totally switched off at the back-side
- 2,7W (!!!) when switched off only with the front side switch (or shut-down menu),
as well as in hibernate mode - 7W (!!!) in stand-by mode
- 115-130W when in use
So - again without the Monitor - over a whole year, with my regular PC usage at home this amounts for 328kWh or about 6% of my electricity bill.
2 comments:
Sounds interesting! What is that meter device, exactly? Where can I get one (maybe borrow)?
it is called "power monitor pro" I think it was bought at conrad.
this is what is looks like this.
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