How much more does it cost to run two computers instead of one

cashmonger

Twice as much of course well maybe not depending on specs of each but how much does it cost per day in general to run a computer?

I might need to run another one for the work I do and wanted to know if it would be faesible cost wise. I have no idea how much one computer takes up in terms of cost per day let alone two.

Anyone care to enlighten me?

footyguy

cashmonger wrote: »

Twice as much of course well maybe not depending on specs of each but how much does it cost per day in general to run a computer?

I might need to run another one for the work I do and wanted to know if it would be faesible cost wise. I have no idea how much one computer takes up in terms of cost per day let alone two.

Anyone care to enlighten me?

Get yourself a plug in energy monitor and check

You may be able to borrow one from your local library.

But I would say if the running costs (of electricity consumed) is the make or break of a business, I'm out!

HappyMJ

cashmonger wrote: »

Twice as much of course well maybe not depending on specs of each but how much does it cost per day in general to run a computer?

I might need to run another one for the work I do and wanted to know if it would be faesible cost wise. I have no idea how much one computer takes up in terms of cost per day let alone two.

Anyone care to enlighten me?

Depends on quite a few things.

My laptop has a 96W power supply but rarely exceeds 40W unless it's low on charge having been used on battery and it's doing something which is very processor intensive.

If you were to assume let's say 50W then multiply that by 8 hours you've got 0.4kWh which at 12.5p/kWh would cost you 5p/day to run another computer. It's not much....and if you run this at home you also save on heating costs as the radiator needs to be on less....not by much but you do save. 100% of the energy used in the laptop is converted to heat and added to the room. Useless in summer but useful in winter.

Don't worry about the extra cost it's very small.

You could buy hundreds of computers and make Bitcoins and trust me you won't need any heating at all. In summer you'll be turning them all off as it'll be too hot.

cashmonger

Ah thats cool if it's a matter of pennies.

My main computer is an 8 core and it probably uses quite a bit because it runs at nearly 100% most of the day. That is because I am running alot of scripts for my work and would be doing so whether Im running the second comp or not.

the second one is only going to be used so I can use my keyboard and then login to my main computer since this keyboard doesnt work on linux which I need installed on my main computer. So the second one is not actually going to be doing anything apart from acting as a client to login to the other one.

Hmm that bitcoin farming stuff is still going on then? I thought it was a fly by night thing that was quickly going to dry up when I had a cursory look into it.

HappyMJ wrote: »

Depends on quite a few things.

My laptop has a 96W power supply but rarely exceeds 40W unless it's low on charge having been used on battery and it's doing something which is very processor intensive.

If you were to assume let's say 50W then multiply that by 8 hours you've got 0.4kWh which at 12.5p/kWh would cost you 5p/day to run another computer. It's not much....and if you run this at home you also save on heating costs as the radiator needs to be on less....not by much but you do save. 100% of the energy used in the laptop is converted to heat and added to the room. Useless in summer but useful in winter.

Don't worry about the extra cost it's very small.

You could buy hundreds of computers and make Bitcoins and trust me you won't need any heating at all. In summer you'll be turning them all off as it'll be too hot.

HappyMJ

cashmonger wrote: »

Hmm that bitcoin farming stuff is still going on then? I thought it was a fly by night thing that was quickly going to dry up when I had a cursory look into it.

If you want yourself a heater that pays for itself over winter then yes it's worth it if you've got tens of thousands of pounds spare to invest in enough computing power to make bitcoins. You'll make just enough to pay for the electricity bill and pay for the computing power over a number of years. The bonus is effectively free heating.

All those fans going at full speed would make quite a bit of noise though and you wouldn't want them running in the summer.

If you can't use the heat then it's not worth doing.

cashmonger

sounds like poker would be a more profitable pastime

HappyMJ wrote: »

If you want yourself a heater that pays for itself over winter then yes it's worth it if you've got tens of thousands of pounds spare to invest in enough computing power to make bitcoins. You'll make just enough to pay for the electricity bill and pay for the computing power over a number of years. The bonus is effectively free heating.

All those fans going at full speed would make quite a bit of noise though and you wouldn't want them running in the summer.

If you can't use the heat then it's not worth doing.

poppellerant

Perhaps using VirtualBox with a separate monitor is a better option?