[SOLVED] How much does a Gaming PC affect your electricity bills?

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Let's say, I have an RX 570 4gb, a Ryzen 3 2200g (OC'ed 4ghz), a single 1TB 7.2K RPM HDD, 2 sticks of DDR4 4gbs ram, and a 400 watts System Power u9 from be quiet!

And it draws 343 watts. How much will I pay for once in a month?
 
You're certain it draws 343w?
Average cost for power is 13 cents/kWh
You would draw ~.3kW/h
So roughly 4 cents an hour.

The real answer comes down to how much you pay for electricity, how long you use the system, and how hard you run it (idle and load are vastly different).
If you want a solid answer, buy one of these, run your system for a day/week/month and do the math:
https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU
 
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