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- Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:39 am
- Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
- Topic: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge [Not true]
- Replies: 66
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Re: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge
Your assuming that the bill-payer is not using Green Energy Exactly, therefore I propose a simple and elegant solution that will ensure that scientific research can advance via distributed computing power and keep environmentalists, like myself, happy... ...which is an environmental message in the ...
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:05 pm
- Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
- Topic: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge [Not true]
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28076
Re: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge
I stand corrected, several sites have concluded that the PS3 consumes 200W on average for video game processing. The original PS3 model will use about 200 Watts while running Folding@home. A later model PS3 (with a 40 GB hard drive) will use about 115 Watts. I'm happy to inform the forum that I do i...
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:45 am
- Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
- Topic: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge [Not true]
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28076
Environmental Impact and Cost
The PS3 uses 350W, if used all night to process the Folding@home, at 8 hours a night, the pS3 would require 1,022W a year which would cause over 1tonne of CO2 to enter the atmosphere and cost each user $185 (AUD) per year. If you've read the user agreement, you'll notice that you won't even be recog...