Quote from: s3quattro on October 20, 2011, 06:20:47 PM

Hi everybody! I'm new here and did search for this sort of thing but didn't come up with much that was relevant.

I manage a network of 600+ PCs, they comprise of the following:

150x Intel i5 2.5ghz quad core, 4gb ram
450x Intel Core 2 duo 2.5-3.2ghz, 2-4gb ram
10 Intel Xeon workstations. quad core,, 6gb ram
+512 NVidia Cuda GPU cores.

Core i5s difference between idle and full load is ~80W at the wall. x150= 12KW
Core 2 duo's, if you are lucky, ~65W difference at the wall, x450 =~ 30KW

Ignoring the xeons and quadro's, thats 42KW. With an average US price of $0.11 per KWH, that could be $3000/month. Could be closer to $10.000 if you factor in air conditioning. You think no one will notice? I mean, even if the fuses dont blow.