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For the average desktop PC user (excluding gamers), the electricity costs for the CPU itself are probably largely irrelevant. A well-built modern PC will use le

For the average desktop PC user (excluding gamers), the electricity costs for the CPU itself are probably largely irrelevant. A well-built modern PC will use less than 10-15W while idle (i.e. while you are reading this), meanwhile typical 27" displays will consume 30W or more.

blattimwind 8y ago
> For the average desktop PC user (excluding gamers), the electricity costs for the CPU itself are probably largely irrelevant. Using average German electricity price (which are some of the most expensive you can have) of 0.33 EUR / kWh, even if you are playing six hours a day with an average power consumption of 400 W (which you can only reach using a high-end PC and a big, bright monitor), you would still pay less than one Euro per day on electricity for that. The cost of the hardware makes that operating cost pretty much irrelevant.