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22nd October 2013, 15:58 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Gaming PC vs. Space Heater Efficiency Winter is coming, and with the power bills stacking up it may be hard to justify gaming on your ultra-powerful gaming rig. But what if we were to tell you that, watt for watt, your gaming PC produces exactly the same amount of heat as a space heater? Suddenly you don't have to feel like your gaming habits are costing you tons of money during the winter. If the same amount of power is used either way, you might as well be entertained while your power bill racks up! You may think that a space heater, which is created solely for producing heat, would be better suited to the task of warming up a room than a computer. But when you think about it, nearly everything that a computer does ends up creating heat. And if you have ever touched a high-end gaming PC after an intense gaming session, you know that computers can be very good at generating heat. So to find out if a gaming PC is really just an oversized space heater with the advantage of providing entertainment, we decided to compare the heat output of a common space heater to a high-end gaming rig. http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/art...fficiency-511/
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Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| proven! my office is never heated, and with a few PCs running temp never goes under 21°C
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