BF2S Forums Playing bf2 has more than doubled my electricity bill, solution?

oneshotsnipednoobfag wrote:

my heat is always kept low and i see my breath many a times. i do not run anything such as a plug in heater to run up the electricity nor do i leave on lights and neither do i leave my computer on when im not on it.

stop with the retarded ass comments

I'm sorry, but when I see you make use that little of electricity that you often see your own breath, it's no wonder a little thing like a PC doubles or triples your electricity bill.
I mean, if you probably warm/cook your meals with gas, there are hardly any Watt-eaters left, probably...

I've done a calculation.

My PSU can provide 480W (500W PSU, so it's a nice efficiency, aye?), means it consumes 500W for an output of 480W. My system does not require any power near 480W (95W for CPU, 46W GPU, <1W for both case fans, ~1W for CPU fan, 13W for one HDD, + 2 optical drives + mobo supply... Still, I doubt that this would ever be close to 480, but with the LCD screen, it maybe will come close to 500 allover.

So let's say, I need 500W per hour, that would be 0.5KWh to pay. Means about 7 to 8 cents (€), since 1 KWh is about 0.15€ for us (or lower...).

Now, a day has about 24 hours of which my PC is of course not always on, but let's assume it's about 8 hours (might even happen on weekends). 8 times 15 is 120, means that's 1.20€ a day, the average month would be about 36€ a month.
That's quite a lot! But nowhere close to a TV or an electric heating system...

i have a 450 watt psu and last month i had a bunch of work and i was rarely on the computer. that month was around 50$. This month, no outlet usage was added and i had played bf2 quite a bit due to time off for holidays. This month was 80$. I am 100% sure it is because of the computer. would it have anything to do with the extension cord that has about 8 outlets on it( maybe the things too old compared to modern energy savers?) Im not sure. but 30$ a month is 30$. Anymore explanations?

[Off Topic]Is your heating and electricity bills the same over there? We have separate billing here.

_j5689_ wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

Turn all the lights off, and set the thermometer to 60.  It's what my dad does.

The house feels good when it's on 60.  My parents put it on 70 to 75 and it's fucking sweaty ridiculous in here.

me too! i can't stand it hot, i'd rather have it too cold than too hot. That way i can at least layer up IF i get cold, but i usually don't wear a jacket when it's 30 degrees out, at most a hoodie.

oneshotsnipednoobfag wrote:

my heat is always kept low and i see my breath many a times. i do not run anything such as a plug in heater to run up the electricity nor do i leave on lights and neither do i leave my computer on when im not on it.

stop with the retarded ass comments

No! You stop it!

PBAsydney wrote:

[Off Topic]Is your heating and electricity bills the same over there? We have separate billing here.

Because you, as you are from Iceland, are probably using hot water to heat your flats/houses, right?
In Austria, though we don't have hot water naturally, also use some similar system, based on something we call "Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung" which means something like power-heat-combination, that is installed in some of our caloric power plants. The ascending hot steam is warming water pipes and under high pressure (that high, that water stays liquid at 300°C, which is quite a lot, actually) it is being delivered through a pipe system to flats. Single family houses won't be heated this way, I guess.
And as I also guess, in the States, or generally where people do not tend to receive electricity from caloric plants but from nuclear ones, heating either with gas/oil or even electricity seems to be very common, electricity especially in the US, since they got enough energy anyway, aight?