Electric bill savings on i5 vs i7

[MagickMan]

My utilities are included in my rent now, so I need to find ways to be more electrically abusive.

 

[Munky]

My utilities are included in my rent now, so I need to find ways to be more electrically abusive.

uh oh... don't let the green police find out.

 

[RaistlinZ]

i'll turn off an extra light bulb instead of going down to an i5 thank you.

Or i'll have my TV off instead of both at the same time when im on my computer.

Although im a power hog, and i admit it..

Ditto. It means one less pizza during the year. Big deal.

People spend hours figuring out how to save $20 when they could just put in one extra hour at their jobs during the year to make up the difference.

Go figure.

 

[taltamir]

My utilities are included in my rent now, so I need to find ways to be more electrically abusive.

and this is why socialism fails.
also known as "the tragedy of the commons"

 

[alkemyst]

Ditto. It means one less pizza during the year. Big deal.

People spend hours figuring out how to save $20 when they could just put in one extra hour at their jobs during the year to make up the difference.

Go figure.

I don't know if you are trying to brag you make $20/hr after taxes or assume that everyone does.

 

[alkemyst]

and this is why socialism fails.
also known as "the tragedy of the commons"

yeah when something is free, people end up fucking it up.

At the christmas show this past year the pastor joked in three days they sadly ran out of cookies. When we got to the reception there were still a ton there. It said take one or two...these 'christians' were stuffing cookies even into purses. Not only that but also forcing their way to the front of the line and pushing others out of the way. It was disgusting. It was as if it was the last stockpile of food on the planet.

I am sure the same people didn't donate a dime for the show either.

 

[Tsavo]

I don't know if you are trying to brag you make $20/hr after taxes or assume that everyone does.

Who would brag about making $20 an hour?

 

[alkemyst]

same idiot that assumes that is a common wage. I make more than that, but looking at the average household income this year would show that is a stretch for many, pre tax that should be around $55k a year.

 

[taltamir]

i think the point was "anyone but those who make less than 20$/hr will". Not that he personally makes exactly 20$/hr. It could be 30, it could be 300, it could be 3000. his point was that above 20$/hr it stops mattering.

 

[alkemyst]

i think the point was "anyone but those who make less than 20$/hr will". Not that he personally makes exactly 20$/hr. It could be 30, it could be 300, it could be 3000. his point was that above 20$/hr it stops mattering.

But like I said, sadly many do not make that net amount...maybe on ATOT where everyone makes $250k+ a year it's different.

 

[taltamir]

But like I said, sadly many do not make that net amount...maybe on ATOT where everyone makes $250k+ a year it's different.

And I wasn't responding to you, I was responding to Tsavo making fun of him for "Bragging about making 20$/hr"

Whether it is actually true or not that making more money makes it a non issue is a different issue I don't want to get into right now.

 

[NoSoup4You]

$20/hour is a $41k yearly wage, assuming a standard 2088 work hours per year. That's very much an 'average' pay in most parts of the country. In New York, where I live, you're poor if you make less than $60k/year.

 

[alkemyst]

$20/hour is a $41k yearly wage, assuming a standard 2088 work hours per year. That's very much an 'average' pay in most parts of the country. In New York, where I live, you're poor if you make less than $60k/year.

stop looking one area and look at the whole country. We are all tired of hearing about the poor trying to live in NY, esp NYC.

Also I was taking it as a net income, which makes it closer to $55k.

 

[Maximilian]

Wow this thread went off topic fast Well OP you could try the following:

A - Leave the oven on all night

B - Leave overclocked to 4ghz i7 on all night every night, it will use more power than i5, not that much more though which is why you will leave the oven on all night

C - Find some cables, pull out whatever they are attached to and put them in a bucket of water and turn on

These safe sound suggestions will likely affect your power consumption negatively :thumbsup:

 

[Lonbjerg]

Unless you messaure how many watt it consume and messaure the performance the/time performance...you can not say anything.

The i7 might pull more watt...but it also get the job done (sometime a lot) faster.

But then again it's like buying a F-1 car...an then being interested in MPG :hmm:

 

[micechow]

though i7 may cost more electric bill, but i still love i7 than i5

 

[Zstream]

so i'm still wondering why do people bother caring about power consumption on a cpu at all?

More power = more heat...

More heat = super hot room (really my room is toasty with my pc on)

super hot room = less time on computer

less time on computer = BORING!

 

[Toadster]

I like this thread

Agreed on a PC by PC basis, it doesn't amount to a tremendous amount - but what about those who have multiple PC's in a house...

Personally - we have 7 PC's (6 people in the house) so $30/yr per PC is $210/year savings - that amounts to a bit more

I'd like to see more electric service providers looking into this space, if you can affect THOUSANDS of computers, you have a landfall in power savings - yes, less coin in the Energy pocket, but also LESS resources required behind it to provide power.

hmm - Earth Day 2010 is almost here