• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    5 months ago

    Oh yeah, modern PCs use a lot of power under load, I was renovating the main room in my condo in the middle of Canadian winter and was keeping the place warm by having two PCs mining crypto since I didn’t have a baseboard!

    • errer@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      5 months ago

      Key here is “under load.” When a computer is sitting idle nowadays it can use only tens of watts. My older computers often would burn 200w at all times just sitting there doing nothing.