> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply This feels like a bit of an unfair dismissal. I'm using a laptop

> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply This feels like a bit of an unfair dismissal. I'm using a laptop that rarely goes above 30W (and is off half off the time), so I'm not sure you can make that assumption. A 1000W power supply also doesn't mean it's using that continually - a GPU can consume >300W under load, but drop to around 10W when it's idle. Further, 100W 24/7 would add around 12-13% to my power bill (which is already above average) - it is a noticeable amount of power.