Computers and Electricity Bill

[Tamblot]

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This is always the experience that i heard from students who occupy rooms in boarding houses and dormitories.

Well, basically any additional appliance used would incur an additional monthly fee. Some would charge P100 for the fan. another P100 for the radio and even P100 for a cellphone charger. Oh my!!

You would be lucky enough if the owner is knowledgeable in fields of electrical and electronics aspects.

Now here is the issue. Computers are always considered as power hungry appliance. Well from a non-technical point of view. Naa ko kaila nga dako pa sya ginabayran (fixed charge) sa iya computer ksa iya plantsa every month.

My question now is, which of the two - monitor or CPU, consumes power the most? Lets just assume a standard computer unit.

[fd]

here's from my own specs at home:

17inch crt monitor = 80watts

What's in the PC: = 225watts
Athlon 2800+ = 74watts
G 6800 AGP = 49watts
1 stick ram = 10watts
1 hdd = 25watts
1 cd rom = 20watts
2 usb = 10watts
3 fans = 6watts
mobo = 31watts

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_sup...or.php?cmd=AMD


from other sources
21inch crt monitor = 125 watts
17inch LCd = 40watts

say if you have 17" crt monitor and PC with 300watts(let's assume it's max) you have
0.5 hp of electricity spent.. huhuhu

[abloyboat]

CPU tingali ang dako ug power consumption. ang monthly bill sa whole set computer average ug P500 a month, approximately, depende sa specs and hrs used.

[Tamblot]

@abloyboat: you mean for the computer only, it would cost P500 on the monthly bill?

[EarlZ]

kaabot ng mga P500+ additional monthly if 24/7 andar ang whole PC ?

[Tamblot]

dili sad 24x7 oi. average is only 8 to 10 hours per day.

[chagorio]

mao diay dako kaayo mi bill.....10x ka 17" monitor + cpu pa ..ga on tanan halos 11 hrs per day....

tsk tsk tsk....

[tolstoi]

samot na kung Intel Prescott imo CPU..100+ WATTS na daan ang konsumo

[marcus_aurelius]

Lets take bro fd's specification, 225watts for the CPU plus 80watts for the monitor (225watts + 80watts = 305watts). Assuming the average daily usage of the computer is 10hrs. Power is calculated by kilowatts/hour. Now to get the total wattage 305watts X 10hr = 3050watts, to get the total kilowatt/hour lets divided by 1000 the total wattage consumed, 3050 / 1000 = 3.05, let say kilowatt/hour rate of VECO is P4.00 so 3.05 x 4 = 12.2 pesos thats for a day. In 30 days you'll pay 366 pesos or even lower because some of the peripherals are not used frequently like the CDROM and other devices.

here's from my own specs at home:

17inch crt monitor = 80watts

What's in the PC: = 225watts
Athlon 2800+ = 74watts
G 6800 AGP = 49watts
1 stick ram = 10watts
1 hdd = 25watts
1 cd rom = 20watts
2 usb = 10watts
3 fans = 6watts
mobo = 31watts

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_sup...or.php?cmd=AMD


from other sources
21inch crt monitor = 125 watts
17inch LCd = 40watts

say if you have 17" crt monitor and PC with 300watts(let's assume it's max) you have
0.5 hp of electricity spent.. huhuhu

[fd]

correct si marcus! =)