energy saving Gaming with low electricity bill

[SLAYR]

9 minutes ago, mad dudy said:

get server parts they should use less power.

Not at all, there are 165W xeons and 140W opterons, and you can put 4-8 in a system, even with dual configurations you are looking at about 200-300W for just the cpus.

 

There are lower power server components just like there is low power desktop components like the intel "t" series cpus, but that doesn't mean all are low powered.

[normpearii]

Replace all your home lighting with LEDs.

 

 

Cause there is no way your system is using 50+% of the monthly power usage.

 

This house has 3 gaming rigs that have AMD hardware and use more power at max load, 2 older 150 watt 65" projection TVs, electric stove/oven, electric dryer, furnace with electric fans etc, we barely use 1050 a month....

 

 

That or game less with that PC. If this is really the case, you seriously need to think about how you spend your money. This is the equivalent of buying a Ferrari/Corvette/Lambo when you already barely could afford your car insurance with a 90's economy car. If you don't have about 10-15%, minimum 5%, of your income as extra a month, you've overextended your spending and seriously need to cut back.