So I’m planning on buying a new gaming PC … any idea what the electric bill is for 1000w if used 12 hours a day? ((I ask because I see news that some gaming PCs are banned in CA? So it makes me wonder how much power that is using in $$ … US States California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington have banned the sale of high-end gaming PCs under a new energy bill.)
Not worth worrying about to be honest,it’s minimal
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Just check your electricity provider, they’ll tell you what they charge. It’s on your bill probably.
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Keep in mind that a 1000 watt power supply doesn’t draw 1000 watts from the wall. That rating is the total maximum across all the voltages that the PSU supplies, 3.3v, 5v and 12v. And you will be nowhere near that max load even running full bore.
Your electrical costs even with the beefiest gaming PC are probably at most 50 cents per day.
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Start with the maximum power draw of the PSU and multiply it by the inverse of the efficiency and by the power factor of the device, that will give the maximum draw from the wall. This is important for things like choosing KVA rating of a UPS for the system. Typically a PSU supplying a 1000W to a load will draw more like 1200 to 1400 watts from the wall)
However that max load would only be drawn when doing heavy rendering etc, your system running MSFS may only draw about half that. hence you need to work out what the average draw over time will be, as opposed to maximum possible draw. It will depend entirely on what you do on the PC. Multiply this by the number of hours to get average KwH per day.
Then you need to multiply that by the cost per KwH from your electricity provider .
Example:
1000w PSU with 90% efficiency and a power factor of 0.8 will have a maximum draw:
1000x(1/0.9)x(1/0.8) = 1000x1.1x1.25 = 1375 watt
If it draws an average of 2/3 of that in MSFS and you game 4 hours a day:
1375 x 0.66 x 4 = 3630 watt-hour = 3.63 Kilowatt-hour
Assuming your electricity costs the US average of 10 cents per Kwh:
3.63 Kilowatt-hour x 10 cents = 36 cents per day.
So for the average user, it is not costing much if you only game for 4 hours a day, maybe $30 or $40 over 3 months in the continental US - or more like $100 over 3 months in places with expensive electricity like Australia or Hawaii.
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Pretty sure that’s only if it consumes excessive energy while idle. In other words, as the rule says," While not in active mode."
If the PC meets these energy requirements it can be sold in anywhere in the U.S. I found this video does a pretty good job of laying this molehill to rest.
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1000 watts @ 12 hours is 12000 watt hours. At approx 13 cents per 1000 watt hours would come out to $1.56. Side note, this is why electric cars are so cheap to operate.
You will not be drawing 1000 watts as that’s most likely the max power supply rating which is typically double what you will actually be using. Plus or minus 10%.
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As has been previously mentioned!
The size of the psu makes no difference as to how much electricity you use.
That is down to your processor and graphics card.
If you’re overclocking! The electricity usage goes up drastically 
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As a % yes. As a significant expense, not so much.
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1000 Watt is the maximum rating of the supply, not what it draws.
You need a plug in watt meter or UPS to read the actual for your set-up.
In game with FS I run around 350 watts for a 3050 cpu, and 3090 gpu.
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Jeez you lot are lucky the average UK price per KWH is about 30 cents.
Along with the average price for Petrol in the UK being about 8 Dollars per gallon
I have one of these to see draw at the wall.
thanks all for the replies …