Subject: Re: Please move distributed computing discussions to comp.distributed
From: "Stratcat" <none@no.org>
Date: 03/08/2004, 02:39
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti,sci.astro.seti

"Apollo" <REMOVEMEian_dunbar6@hotmailDOT.com> wrote in message
news:2n4opsFsi2e1U1@uni-berlin.de...
Matt Giwer <jull43@tampabay.rr.RoMeVE.com> wrote:

As to cost, you cannot be drawing more than the wattage of your
computers power supply, probably closer to half unless you have four
hard drives and peripherals drawing power.

200 Watts X 24 hours = 4.8 KW-HR X cost per kw-hr

Most new psu's are 75% efficient at best, older ones even worse, so a 200W
psu, under full load, draws about 250W.  I do agree that consumption at
full
load with only 1 hd and a low power gpu is probably around half or just
over
half of the stated consumption.

Agreed. Your power numbers are for an 80% efficiency factor, BTW.
-- Strat