Monster computer but how much will it cost me per month for the electric bill?

[SeriousGaming101]

I am thinking about buying this desktop PC for gaming:

http://www.costco.com/.product.1096156.html

But I am not that knowledgeable about computers. The question is how much will running this computer cost me per month in electricity. I see that it comes with a 1000Watt Power Supply, Does that mean it fully uses the 1000Watts when its running? Assuming I use this computer at least 10 hours a day.

I don't want my electric bill to be similar to blasting the air conditioner for a month because 1000Watts is around how much an Air Conditioner uses too. Also, is it the graphics card that draws the most power when you run a desktop computer? One last thing, what does it mean when a power supply is liquid cooled? Thanks

 

[Themastererr]

No. Your computer uses what it needs to. Your PSU is capable of pumping out 1000 watts of power should the time come.

If power is expensive where you're from I would advise you to use all the power saving features you can. They can be found in Windows and your display driver settings.

Yes, the GPU is usually the most power hungry component in a P.C. If you do not have one, or you have a low powered one, the CPU will draw the most power.

I've never heard of a liquid cooled power supply sorry. When you start getting into platinum territory PSU's, they run very cool because of the efficiency anyway.

 

[SeriousGaming101]

No. Your computer uses what it needs to. Your PSU is capable of pumping out 1000 watts of power should the time come.

If power is expensive where you're from I would advise you to use all the power saving features you can. They can be found in Windows and your display driver settings.

Yes, the GPU is usually the most power hungry component in a P.C. If you do not have one, or you have a low powered one, the CPU will draw the most power.

I've never heard of a liquid cooled power supply sorry. When you start getting into platinum territory PSU's, they run very cool because of the efficiency anyway.

Is the watt power consumption correlated to how high the settings I play the games in? If it is, out of the 1000 Watts, how many Watts do you think is used on average if I play games like Overwatch on max settings?

 

[Themastererr]

No. Your computer uses what it needs to. Your PSU is capable of pumping out 1000 watts of power should the time come.

If power is expensive where you're from I would advise you to use all the power saving features you can. They can be found in Windows and your display driver settings.

Yes, the GPU is usually the most power hungry component in a P.C. If you do not have one, or you have a low powered one, the CPU will draw the most power.

I've never heard of a liquid cooled power supply sorry. When you start getting into platinum territory PSU's, they run very cool because of the efficiency anyway.

Is the watt power consumption correlated to how high the settings I play the games in? If it is, out of the 1000 Watts, how many Watts do you think is used on average if I play games like Overwatch on max settings?

Yes. The higher the settings the more load on your components = more power draw.

OverWatch is very GPU intensive on max settings. You will draw a lot of power. How much exactly is hard to tell as the system is pre-built. If I had to guess? 400 watts max settings.

 

[anonman]

No. Your computer uses what it needs to. Your PSU is capable of pumping out 1000 watts of power should the time come.

If power is expensive where you're from I would advise you to use all the power saving features you can. They can be found in Windows and your display driver settings.

Yes, the GPU is usually the most power hungry component in a P.C. If you do not have one, or you have a low powered one, the CPU will draw the most power.

I've never heard of a liquid cooled power supply sorry. When you start getting into platinum territory PSU's, they run very cool because of the efficiency anyway.

Is the watt power consumption correlated to how high the settings I play the games in? If it is, out of the 1000 Watts, how many Watts do you think is used on average if I play games like Overwatch on max settings?

You're gonna be hard pressed to be using all 1,000 watts on that computer. Realistically, the only way to get an estimate of how much more your electricity bill is going to be is to use the computer.

But, if you're spending that much on a computer, I don't see why you're worried about your electricity bill going up a bit.

 

[kittle]

get something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G0P60122

you can use it to monitor EXACTLY how much power you are pulling from the wall. It will probably surprise you.


The power consumption is a combination of several things:
CPU power draw in watts
GPU power draw in watts.
GPU load
CPU load

All those add up and then depend on the PSU efficiency. Assuming you have a decent PSU and its 80% efficient. If the 4 points above add up to 500watts (which is VERY high), then you would pull around 600watts from the wall.
more likely you will be needing 250-300w and then pulling 300-360w from the wall (again assuming the PSU is 80% efficient)