What Does Your PC Cost to Run?
Gaming rig or office laptop – see the real monthly electricity cost in your currency, and the settings that cut it.
PC Power Cost Calculator
Tip: your exact wattage varies with load - these presets use typical measured averages. A kill-a-watt style plug meter gives the precise number.
How to Cut the Bill Without Feeling It
- Use sleep aggressively: a PC left on 24/7 at idle wastes more than most people’s gaming sessions cost.
- Cap your frame rate to your monitor’s refresh rate – rendering 300 fps on a 144 Hz screen is pure heat.
- Enable the GPU power limiter: the last 10% of performance often costs 30% more power.
- Laptops are 5-8× cheaper to run than desktop gaming rigs for everyday tasks.
- Unplug chargers and consoles on standby? Modern ones draw under 1 W – focus on the big numbers instead.