> For the average desktop PC user (excluding gamers), the electricity costs for the CPU itself are probably largely irrelevant. Using average German electricit

> 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.