how much electricity does a computer use per hour??

Hey guys,

I have a question:

how much electricity does a computer use per hour???

Many thanks!

 

Depends... a desktop computer could use a lot of power, a laptop much less. It also depends on the specs. If you've got tons of stuff and dual core CPUs, etc, it'll require more power from the power supply.

I hope I'm right

 

$0.0039823976919003989982383830921298349082374 worth of electricity to be exact


BTW: Your monitor uses more electricity then your CPU

 

thanks

just curious how did you get your signature looking so great??

 

Who me? Well i dont know how to explain but you can change colors, text size, add emotions and all other stuff while editing a signature. I really dont know how to explain how i did that but its not Nuke science

 

check the BST threads for my signature design services... just kidding of course.. and your monitors do use a lot of electricity.. also just never turning your computer off or having hibernation settings is pretty wasteful as well

 

lol I sure hope a monitor uses more power than a CPU since a cpu is just a small part of a computer

 

Yeah same is the answer from me. Monitor uses more power than a CPU.

 

LCD draws less power than a CRT monitor. The bigger the monitor, the more current it needs to use.

For a desktop probably you be using something like between 130 to 200 watts.

http://hes.lbl.gov/hes/makingithappen/no_regrets/homeoffice.html

 

a general computer with 17 intch CRT(usual big back monitor) takes about 300 watts of current!
one unit = 1000 watts, so that means in 3 hours your computer will cost one unit of electric corrent!

1 unit of electric current costs about 2 INR in jharkhand, india, up to 8-10 Inr in some other places in india!

 

I don't know but why do you asck ?

 

You can create an ebook on Signature Designing and can sell it on DP

P.S. That Sanju Baba's pic in your Avatar rocks. I thing it's during that Mumbai BB case trail na?

And to the original question of OP, the cost of electricity differs from country to country. So it also matters where you are.

 

i really dont know. how would you find out exactly how much electricity one single appliance is using?

I mean i have a pretty powerful computer, the specs are:

22" widescreen monitor
3GB DDR Ram
2x 120GB Hard drives
512MB Graphics Card
Intel Core 2 Due 2.8ghz Processor
4.1 Dolby Surround Sound
Wireless keyboard and mouse

 

It depends on what you have hooked up to PC if you have some hudge speakers it might use more

 

here's what I know, my LT generates enough heat to boil a 12oz. mug of hot water for hot chocolate...every hour

it's like 667 degrees Kelvin on the top of my legs

 

you can buy this thing called a kill-a-watt you plug it into your socket and then plug your computer strip into that, and it will tell you the watts it uses, and I think even do an hourly average for you, I have one somewhere I think I paid $20 bucks for it.

 

Not a lot, actually. A toaster uses a lot more energy than a desktop does.

 

ummm, you most really like toast...I think it would take a few loafs to use the same amount of power...

damn, now I am really curious, I gotta go grab a meter and check this out...

If I don't come back it means I didn't attach the meter correctly

 

oh shio, what about a toaster oven