On Mon, 2016-10-10 at 16:28 -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 01:07:54PM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > > On 10/10/2016 12:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > Well, apparently the savings might not offset the price of the ammeter, > > > but I suppose the advancement of knowledge always has a cost :-) > > > > I remember back in the late '80s seeing a study that found that the > > cost per hour of running a desktop (386 with a CRT monitor) was > > about $.04/hr. Adjust that for inflation and you'll get a fairly > > good first approximation of what the cost is now because while > > modern monitors use less power, today's more powerful computers use > > more, balancing things out to some extent. > > I've missed the beginning of this thread, so I beg forgiveness should > this response be off-base. > > To measure the power my computer uses, I use a Kill-a-Watt meter, > at last notice they were available from Amazon. The one I have was > something like 20 dollars, a few years ago. It continuously tells > me the wattage used. alternatively it can report several other measurements > as well (it isn't where I am, so I won't go out on a limb with a list > that may be wrong.) > > You plug it into your outlet, then plug the computer into it. Press > the right button on the front to get the measurement you want. > > It is reporting that my computer uses around 117 watts (plus or minus > a couple) when running FoldingAtHome on both a six-core AMD and the > Nvidia 750Ti GPU. without the FAH client it would probably be around > half that (I haven't done that measurement). I'm considering it (as my curiosity is piqued) but a number of the devices available on Amazon have negative reviews regarding accuracy, ease of use etc. No biggie but I'll think about it for a while. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
