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Originally Posted by Groth
jaydee, ya need a bunch of laptops to take with you. That way you can crunch with company/hotel electricity.  |
One of my comps is a laptop actually
. It doesn't use much power though. The problem area is it is winter here and my electric heaters are on alot, and I calcualted my spending on my computers with the water cooling gear and came up with a $30 extra a month just to run the 4 comps. $10 of that is just from one of the pumps. Last month there was an extra $40 for the heaters being we had that spell of -20F weather. The power bill was just about $100. On an average summer month the power bill is about $20 without the comps running. Right now I am not exactly flurishing with extra cash so I got to watch it a bit. When I get back I am going to order a good air cooler and replace the one water pump that causes so much power usage. It uses about as much power as 2 standard comps.
My other water cooled comp only has a 28watt VIA pump so I am not to worried about it but still may replace it with a air cooler. Non the less I need to shut them down while I am gone this trip. Will save me a good chunck of change better spent on other things right now.