Comment Re:Not on the desktop it isn't (Score 1) 146
May I please run an extension cord to your house? I'll pay 10c/kWh. :) I'm stuck with 35c/kWh in the winter and 45c/kWh in the summer in southern california (san bernadino county/S.C.Edison). A 65W decrease on my 24/7 server would save me almost $230/yr. @ an avg. kWh rate of 40c. Since my avg. CPU utilization is only 15% though, it's not using up all that much juice. My hard drives however...8W each really sucks. Plus I think my chipset/motherboard sucks more juice up than the actual Q6600 CPU when idle. In total, my kill-a-watt says that my system is pulling a contstant 301W when idle, and peaks at around 345W. The electricity costs more every single months than my $65 20/20Mbit FiOS connection.
