Running your computer overnight?

[OGFatal]

So for a while now I've always been trying to host a Minecraft server on my PC, I have enough ram and what not but the problem is up time? I'm worried if I keep my computer on like 24/7 it will put up my electricity bill quite a bit. Will there be a huge difference or is it just pennies?

[Excon]

Maybe like 10-20$ a month depending on power costs per kw/h

[gigabyte]

How big is your PSU? What's your electric cost, why not just buy a server?

 

If it goes big you'll get ddosed and either buy a firewall or rather go with a hosting company.

[KieranFretwell]

How big is your PSU? What's your electric cost, why not just buy a server?

 

If it goes big you'll get ddosed and either buy a firewall or rather go with a hosting company.

What he said, just buy a server.. 

[Jerakl]

I leave my pc on 24/7. No back up drives either. I need to pick one up soon...

[OGFatal]

How big is your PSU? What's your electric cost, why not just buy a server?

 

If it goes big you'll get ddosed and either buy a firewall or rather go with a hosting company.

650W (My sig) and the avg is £16 per kWh

[TheDigitalRealm]

Buy a solar panel?

[OGFatal]

Buy a solar panel?

Cause everyone's just got a spare £6K lying around, right? I'm not fucking Walter White here mate

[Fulgrim]

650W (My sig) and the avg is £16 per kWh

£16 per kw/h ? Don't think so mate.

[RelentlessAF]

You don't run your PC 24/7?

[rambi36]

I've been running my PC 24/7 since last week to download all my steam games...

[OGFatal]

£16 per kw/h ? Don't think so mate.

http://gyazo.com/5a4ba64fc1b8d6681d189eef24a989d8 ?

[OGFatal]

I've been running my PC 24/7 since last week to download all my steam games...

and?

[OGFatal]

You don't run your PC 24/7?

Nope, just don't want a huge bill at the end of the month

[gigabyte]

650W (My sig) and the avg is £16 per kWh

I hope you mean 0.16 q-q

[Fulgrim]

http://gyazo.com/5a4ba64fc1b8d6681d189eef24a989d8 ?

It's like 17pence per kw/h with eon? The electric meter downstairs says so.  £16 per kw/h is a joke.

[OGFatal]

I hope you mean 0.16 q-q

 

 

It's like 17pence per kw/h with eon? The electric meter downstairs says so.  £16 per kw/h is a joke.

wat ;-; soooo after that will it go up a lot then? if its on 24/7 for a month?

[Fulgrim]

wat ;-; soooo after that will it go up a lot then? if its on 24/7 for a month?

Depending on how many watts your rig uses, it'll vary. Since it won't be running at 100% capacity, it will be drawing less, the best you can do is work out a rough estimate of the maximum possible consumption. 

 

Use this to work out the wattage of your rig. http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

That is how many watts per hour it can be drawing. As an example, say if my rig was pulling 400 watts. 

 

400 watts = 0.4kw/h   <--- how much i'll be using an hour, at most

1kw/h = 1000 watts

0.4kw/h x 24 = 9.6kw/h  <--- so for 24 hours use i can use up to that amount of electric

9.6 x 7 = 67.2 kw/h  <-- 1 week's potential use of electric

67.2kw/h x 4 = 268.6kw/h

 

It's ~17pence per kw/h for me, so -

 

9.6kw/h x 17 =  £1.63  <--- 24 hours 

67.2kw/h x 17 = £11.41 <--- 1 week

268.8kw/h x 17 = £45.69 <-- 1 month

 

It will not be that high, since it won't be running balls out, it'll most likely be burning about £15 - £20 a month on electric, considering it won't be running at it's maximum potential, and it won't be running that hard often because the server won't be constantly full.

 

As for my real wattage usage, i haven't got the gear to calculate it perfectly, but it pulls about ~60watts when i'm not doing much, i.e watching a movie or browsing the web. 

[Guest]

My computer idles at 160W. A month of 10 hours/night = $2.67/month for 300 hours of PC idle time in Quebec, $32/yr @ 5.56 cents per kw/h

 

You can use a power cost calculator. Most non-SLI PCs will idle at below 200W.

[OGFatal]

Depending on how many watts your rig uses, it'll vary. Since it won't be running at 100% capacity, it will be drawing less, the best you can do is work out a rough estimate. 

 

Use this to work out the wattage of your rig. http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

That is how many watts per hour it can be drawing. As an example, say if my rig was pulling 400 watts. 

 

400 watts = 0.4kw/h   <--- how much i'll be using an hour, at most

1kw/h = 1000 watts

0.4kw/h x 24 = 9.6kw/h  <--- so for 24 hours use i can use up to that amount of electric

9.6 x 7 = 67.2 kw/h  <-- 1 week's potential use of electric

67.2kw/h x 4 = 268.6kw/h

 

It's ~17pence per kw/h for me, so -

 

9.6kw/h x 17 =  £1.63  <--- 24 hours 

67.2kw/h x 17 = £11.41 <--- 1 week

268.8kw/h x 17 = £45.69 <-- 1 month

 

It will not be that high, since it won't be running balls out, it'll most likely be burning about £15 - £20 a month on electric, considering it won't be running at it's maximum potential, and it won't be running that hard often because it won't be constantly full.

This is what I was looking for thanks!

[Fulgrim]

This is what I was looking for thanks!

You're welcome mate.

[gigabyte]

This is what I was looking for thanks!

For 45 pounds/month you can host a server with like 70 users and full ddos protection, not worth it hosting from home.

[RelentlessAF]

Nope, just don't want a huge bill at the end of the month

In my experience it makes a 10-15 dollar difference.