I afraid that my gaming pc electricity comsuption is too high .

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Hi , i'm living with my housemates now , we share the electricity bill payment ... However i afraid that my pc would take much power consumption , so i would like to ask if my pc specs would takes a lot of electricity to play games like Dota2 ..... These are my Specs :


1)CPU :FX8350(no overclock)
2)Graphic Card:Radeon R9 280x
3)PSU :Armageddon 80Plus Gold 600W
4)2 usb devices are operating
5)1 Hard Disk
6)1 Optical Drive



(USED FOR 4-5 Hours a day)
 
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Hi
I would estimate that including the monitor you will be using 350 to 450 watt.
So this would work out at about 2 KWh per day at that usage.
You now need to look at your electricity bill to see how much the charge is for a unit (KWh).
That cpu and graphics card use a lot of power.

While gaming your system will use around 300-400 watts or the same as ½ a microwave oven - which is quite a lot.

An equally powerful Intel/Nvidia system would use around 30% less power.
 
Hi
I would estimate that including the monitor you will be using 350 to 450 watt.
So this would work out at about 2 KWh per day at that usage.
You now need to look at your electricity bill to see how much the charge is for a unit (KWh).
 
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