New here - Want to build a rig!
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Everything is working perfectly, however electricity usage went through the roof :o
I was expecting increase, but not a 100£ in 3 days increase…
Could it be that I’m wasting power because I have 1300w psu, and only 2 vga’s connected?
Also, how much could I undervolt it if anybody done that? -
[quote name=“Kiwis” post=“49049” timestamp=“1388657558”]
Everything is working perfectly, however electricity usage went through the roof :o
I was expecting increase, but not a 100£ in 3 days increase…
Could it be that I’m wasting power because I have 1300w psu, and only 2 vga’s connected?
Also, how much could I undervolt it if anybody done that?
[/quote]How did you measure?
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[quote name=“Kiwis” post=“49049” timestamp=“1388657558”]
Everything is working perfectly, however electricity usage went through the roof :o
I was expecting increase, but not a 100£ in 3 days increase…
Could it be that I’m wasting power because I have 1300w psu, and only 2 vga’s connected?
Also, how much could I undervolt it if anybody done that?
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I did not read everything in this topic, but you are running a 1300w PSU and got a £100 increase in 3 days?
That’s not possible!I don’t know the kw/h rates where you live but for example in the Netherlands it’s pretty expensive (around $0.29 kw/h).
Let’s say you run 24/7 1300w (1.3 kw)
1.3kw * 24(hours) = 31.2
31.2 * 0.29 = $9.048, so 9 dollar / day.
$9 * 3(days) = 27 per 3 days. -
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I did not read everything in this topic, but you are running a 1300w PSU and got a £100 increase in 3 days?
That’s not possible!I don’t know the kw/h rates where you live but for example in the Netherlands it’s pretty expensive (around $0.29 kw/h).
Let’s say you run 24/7 1300w (1.3 kw)
1.3kw * 24(hours) = 31.2
31.2 * 0.29 = $9.048, so 9 dollar / day.
$9 * 3(days) = 27 per 3 days.
[/quote]Yeah, that was my math initially. price here is 0.149£ per kw, so my calculations gives £4.5 per day cost. And I don’t believe it’s running at 100%…
My measurements are simple - I’m on top-up meter. I know my normal household uses up to £30 per week. And just before launching mining PC I’ve topped meter up to £120.
Today it has run out… That’s why I was so shocked. Now trying to take hourly measurements and will turn off PC off to see if it really is the one that uses insane ammount electricity. Though I think this much… it should be on fire by now… -
Sounds like you’re on an extremely inefficient energy plan