What part of a computer can you do without? Options

[Mikeplyts]

I think I'd be able to do without a floppy disk drive. U?

[Maccabee]

Approx? more towards 5 cents a day or 500 dollars a day.

[mipadi]

Approx? more towards 5 cents a day or 500 dollars a day.

My last electric bill showed that my electricity cost $0.10 per kilowatt hour, which is fairly typical for residential areas.

Let's say you have a computer that draws 200W of electricity, on average. That means that after one hour of use, you will have used 0.2 kWh, which cost $0.02. To run the computer for a full day, you will spend $0.48 a day or $175.20 a year.

If instead you run your computer for only 8 hours a day, it will cost you $0.16 a day or $58.40 a year to run the computer.

That's just a rough estimate. Basically, for every hour you turn off your computer, you could save around $0.02.

[medic]

My last electric bill showed that my electricity cost $0.10 per kilowatt hour, which is fairly typical for residential areas.

Let's say you have a computer that draws 200W of electricity, on average. That means that after one hour of use, you will have used 0.2 kWh, which cost $0.02. To run the computer for a full day, you will spend $0.48 a day or $175.20 a year.

If instead you run your computer for only 8 hours a day, it will cost you $0.16 a day or $58.40 a year to run the computer.

That's just a rough estimate. Basically, for every hour you turn off your computer, you could save around $0.02.

Your electricity costs also depend a lot by your location. How new are the power lines, how long ago was the grid updated, who is your provider, do you use a co-op or a not, are your power grid upgrades funded by government grants, does your state require companies to use a X amount of renewable energies or do they rely on coal etc, how old is your power plant?

My electric in Illinois by a small co-op runs less than $.05 a kilowatt, they actually state it on the bill, and show how much you used.

Suprisingly I have found that companies with "greener" technologies charge more per kilowatt , which makes perfect sense due to the cost of these newer technologies. Like my aunt near Chicago, they run her entire grid on solar panels and it costs her around $.20 a kilowatt. But, overtime her energy costs will go down while mine stay up, but that amount of time will be around 10-15 years if I did the math correctly with the amount of customers in the area.

But to get back on track, I leave my computer on 24/7 365, not to mention all my other computer related crap.

[Uronacid]

Your electricity costs also depend a lot by your location. How new are the power lines, how long ago was the grid updated, who is your provider, do you use a co-op or a not, are your power grid upgrades funded by government grants, does your state require companies to use a X amount of renewable energies or do they rely on coal etc, how old is your power plant?

My electric in Illinois by a small co-op runs less than $.05 a kilowatt, they actually state it on the bill, and show how much you used.

Suprisingly I have found that companies with "greener" technologies charge more per kilowatt , which makes perfect sense due to the cost of these newer technologies. Like my aunt near Chicago, they run her entire grid on solar panels and it costs her around $.20 a kilowatt. But, overtime her energy costs will go down while mine stay up, but that amount of time will be around 10-15 years if I did the math correctly with the amount of customers in the area.

But to get back on track, I leave my computer on 24/7 365, not to mention all my other computer related crap.

Don't forget delivery charges... :?