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Someone password cracking with 8 GTX 1080's isn't likely worried about the electricity costs associated with said cracking.
by jjordan 9y ago
Someone password cracking with 8 GTX 1080's isn't likely worried about the electricity costs associated with said cracking.
- monochromatic 9y agoIt was mentioned in the article though.
- walrus01 9y agotrue, but people use similar hardware configurations for all sorts of things. On a larger scale if you have ten systems each of which draws 3.2kW as measured from a watt meter on the AC side of their power supplies, you want to consider the operating costs as a significant part of the budget.
- PeterisP 9y agoIf you anticipate a full load and include cooling, already within a single year the electricity costs more than the GPU hardware - so yes, even (and especially!) if you're buying top end gear then electricity costs matter, it's more expensive than the shiny stuff.