So I bought a Steplight Power Meter to monitor the power being drawn from the wall. This result is only with 1 x 7970 card. Haven't bought additional 3 yet, Monday...
I worked out from our last Energy Australia bill that I pay an average rate of 27 cents / kWh.
Data - Total Time Running: 1728mins
Total Watts Used: 5227W
Average Cost / kWh: $0.27
Average Hash Rate: 520MHs
Calculator Estimates - from
http://blockchained.com/profit/index.php?hashrate=520&cost=1&electricity=0.27&power=181&months=1.0000&decline=0.63&blockcoins=0At the current Difficulty of 4367876, currently paying 25BTC / Block and current BTC value is at AUD$43.43, the calculator estimate I should get back (excludes capital cost):
After 1 month: AUD$40.94 (or approx. 1BTC)
After 1 week: AUD$10 (approx. 0.25BTC)
Results so far -After only 6 days and nights of mining with, several hours of down time (server upgrades and my own mucking around), lets say a week for simplicity, I have:
Pending Payout (confirmed): 0.22547869 BTC (which if sold at current price is AUD$9.79)
According to my calculations it will cost me around $35/month for electricity. Which means I'll probably break even on running cost... I can live with that!!!
Anyone care to check my numbers??
Cheers,
QG