Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S...
by acqq on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:18PM
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See my other post here for details, 5000 desktop computers using 100% CPU all the time can cost some 18000 USD per month (1) more versus keeping them idle.
1) if 1 KWh costs 10 cents, which is reasonable to expect, and the load increases just 50 W.
His single computer uses 490 Watts when turned on and calculating Seti, and he's keeping it on for 18 hour more per day just for Seti. Only 500 of such computers and such usage patterns make 14000 dollars more per month.
1) if 1 KWh costs 10 cents, which is reasonable to expect, and the load increases just 50 W.
And for this guy here it's even much more:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=54609&pos...
His single computer uses 490 Watts when turned on and calculating Seti, and he's keeping it on for 18 hour more per day just for Seti. Only 500 of such computers and such usage patterns make 14000 dollars more per month.