dsdreamer;519702 Wrote: > I used to think computer power consumption was nothing to be concerned > about as well, but PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electricity) made me change my > mind. > > Tier 1 (Baseline) $0.11877 > Tier 2 (101-130% of baseline) $0.13502 > Tier 3 (131-200% of baseline) $0.27572 > Tier 4 (201-300% of baseline) $0.40577 > Tier 5 (Over 300% of baseline) $0.47393 > > I seem unable to get below Tier 4, so the marginal cost of electricity > for me is $0.40577 per kw/h. > > A traditional desktop PC used as a 'server' will draw 100W ticking > over. (A typical desktop computer uses about 65 to 250 watts). There are > many purpose-built servers running Atoms for much less, but let's assume > you want to reuse your old Pentium from a couple of years back. > > My annual marginal cost for leaving that computer on for a year is 0.1 > * 24 * 365 * 0.40577 = $355.45 > > 2nd grade math tells me I could afford a new SB Touch per year and > still be ahead, if I were to dispose of the "old iron" Pentium and use > either the Touch itself or a Shevaplug as the server component of the > system.
Hogwash. I bet those figures include the monitor. Generally 50% of the wattage is easily tamed by sleeping your monitor. And modern hard drives and processors and video cards generally ramp down when not in use. -- eap ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
