> .... personal computers use less energy than a 25-watt light bulb,
> about $14 per year.
Does that apply to most of today's personal computers chock full of
add-on devices, such as video cards, sound cards?
If you ask several overclockers about power consumption, it wouldn't be
surprising to see their numbers taking as much as 400W or 500W. I've
seen several people demanding for 400W or 500W Power Supply Units to
power their devices, which include, but are not limited to, 2 or more
hard disk drives, Graphics Processing Unit, Cooling Fan and/or Peltier
cooling systems or other water-based cooling systems, Sound Cards, and
the like. Compare this to the power consumption of 3-4 years ago, where
systems could make do with 200W or 230W PSUs. Then there's voltage,
ampere ratings, etc.
However, the biggest hog would probably still be the monitor -- and the
larger it is, the more power it consumes.
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