My laptop which is 3 years old, right now I don't let it run overnight anymore... It often overheats and works slower or hung.. but that's probably just because I still dont want to spend the money to send it to cleaning or fixing (I wasn't able to open it myself.)
Kempelen wrote:
hgm wrote:I pay €0.22 per kWh. So if I would run 2 laptops (40W) in stead of a desktop (180W) I would save 140W x 24hr/d x 0.22 €/kWh x 365d = €269.81 per year on electricity.
That earns me back the laptops pretty quickly. In fact, for my last laptop I payed only €249.- Laptops are very compettive.
But do you think a laptop is ideal for playing tournament during 24h x 7??
It looks to me that laptops are not thinked to stay up so many hours.
i am using an AMD Athlon M 2400+ Notebook and it never went hot or hung or stuff like that.
my atom netbook also runs arround the clock without any problems.
if they one day are broken, i do upgrade to a faster machine.
What seems like a fairy tale today may be reality tomorrow.
Here we have a fairy tale of the day after tomorrow....
Kempelen wrote:Does anybody knows where can I find an online web where I can calculate how much my computer spend (in € or $) in a year at full 100% a day?
I would like to know how much cost me this hobbie......
Here in the USA you can buy a simple device called the "Kill-O-Watt" that measures total wattage an appliance draws. You can do the same with a voltmeter. Then just multiply kilowatts times your local utility rate.
It is worth having two different types if you are serious about saving the planet. Knowing what draws power to no good end helps (PC sound amplifiers often waste power for instance). The simplest sensitive one sits between the appliance plug and the mains socket and give a realitime 0 to 3kW reading of power use 1W resolution (widely available ~£10).
The other sort like OWL magnetic clip onto your mains power input cable and give a total domestic consumption by wireless connection with 10W resolution. You can typically shave 10% off your total electricity bill by finding which appliances are wasting power (~£30) and reducing the continuous base load. Both pay back fairly quickly after you find any old modem wallwarts still pugged in under the desk. Unsure about forum policy on external links but Google "OWL electricity" ought to get it. Some green/eco tariffs will give you an OWL or similar for free.
(I wasn't able to open it myself.)