Mining, electricity costs if the computer is on ANYWAY?

[Hanna]

I run my stationary PC 24/7 because I seed torrents....

Will it consume MORE energy because if I mine, than if it's just standing and seeding torrents?

Any idea what the difference might be?

[kosuke85]

What are you going to mine with? The cpu/gpu or a standalone miner connected to the pc? Either way your electricity use will increase.

[WakaWakaWaka]

Yes, your electricity usage will rise a LOT when you start mining.

[Hanna]

Yes, your electricity usage will rise a LOT when you start mining.

Oh allright! I see.

I happen to have two graphics card in this machine, becuase I have two different monitors and I couldn't get the monitor setup I wanted with just one card --- it seemed at the time.

Ok so, mining really increases resources then... Well mining at work should be good then, but it could get awkward if they decide to run a network wide scan to see what software is running and/or submitting network traffic....

What are you going to mine with? The cpu/gpu or a standalone miner connected to the pc? Either way your electricity use will increase.

Desktop PC which happens to have two graphics cards (nvidia decent spec). What do you think?


I can't measure the energy consumption from the actual PC, can I?

[tehbrosta]

Yes, your electricity usage will rise a LOT when you start mining.

Oh allright! I see.

I happen to have two graphics card in this machine, becuase I have two different monitors and I couldn't get the monitor setup I wanted with just one card --- it seemed at the time.

Ok so, mining really increases resources then... Well mining at work should be good then, but it could get awkward if they decide to run a network wide scan to see what software is running and/or submitting network traffic....

What are you going to mine with? The cpu/gpu or a standalone miner connected to the pc? Either way your electricity use will increase.

Desktop PC which happens to have two graphics cards (nvidia decent spec). What do you think?


I can't measure the energy consumption from the actual PC, can I?

You can measure the energy consumed by the PC using a kill-a-watt meter.

http://www.amazon.com/Arbor-Scientific-P4400-Kill-Meter/dp/B001JHGY2Q


If you want to see what you are consuming while you mine, connect the tower to the kill-a-watt meter. Find your average kW/h, next multiple that by your utility cost. Mine is 10 cents per kW/h, that should give you a pretty good idea what it will cost to mine. FYI nVidia GPUs aren't as efficient as AMD.

I have one rig that consumes 1050 watts an hour, so that's 10.5 cents an hour or $2.52 a day.

[BurtW]

I have one rig that consumes 1050 watts an hour, so that's 10.5 cents an hour or $2.52 a day.

Like finger nails on a black board to an EE.  Ouch.

Watts per hour has no meaning.

Watt = unit of power

Watt-hour or kWh = unit of energy

So "my rig burns 1050 Watts"  in one hour it uses 1050 Watt-hours of energy = 1.05 kWh of energy

So in 24 hours it uses 24 * 1.05 = 25.2 kWh of energy.  At $0.10 per kWh = $2.52 per day.

[Pita]

Desktop PC which happens to have two graphics cards (nvidia decent spec). What do you think?

I think you may burn more electricity than you may make running nvidia cards for mining