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  • #16
    Originally posted by eXzodious:
    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by AcidDrag0n:
    Compared to all other things like microwave, fridge, ect. I've heard that the monitor is the thing that uses the most. How much does it cost you a month to leave it on 24/7?
    Depends on the power supply you have in the machine, power supplies usually start at 300-350 Watts for a run of the mill power supply and you can get 600 Watts and more depending on the configuration and needs of the hardware. But a 15 inch monitor uses about 150 Watts but ofcorse it changes with monitor size. </font>[/QUOTE]If you have a 600 watt power supply, it does not matter if you're only powering the mobo, 1 HD, and 1 CD-ROM.

    What is consuming is what matters, not how much is capable of consumption.

    Like I said... my computer is on every single day and night... monitor on all day... and my electric bill is very very low...
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    • #17
      That’s why you wouldn’t have a 600 Watt power supply for only a motherboard, hard drive and CD-Rom I don't think you can even get into the 600 range with just ATX stuff it's way over kill, I would think that would be in the server environment.
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      • #18
        Originally posted by eXzodious:
        That’s why you wouldn’t have a 600 Watt power supply for only a motherboard, hard drive and CD-Rom I don't think you can even get into the 600 range with just ATX stuff it's way over kill, I would think that would be in the server environment.
        Nah, I have a 450 and all but 1 plug is being used [img]smile.gif[/img] My board supports 8 IDE devices...

        But like I said... all that matters is what is consuming power, not what is capable of consumption.

        Just because a hard drive or CD ROM is plugged in does not mean it is spinning 100% of the time [img]smile.gif[/img]
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