We haven’t even been 2 weeks out of the 12 this summer and no one can stand the heat. Every year the temperatures are higher and not only we notice it, but also our teams. They suffer the consequences of all this, since their optimal performance is around 10 degrees, from which, at the moment, we are a little far away at any time of the day.
Because of this, the equipment and its components not only wear out sooner, but they also consume a greater amount of electricity. You don’t know why? Today we explain it to you.
More heat = higher energy expenditure
Well yes, not only does your computer consume more energy when it is hot, but also any electronic device. We all know that a refrigerator needs to maintain the same temperature all year round, and obviously it costs more in the summer and therefore consumes more resources to do so, but just like it, so does your computer. Its fan and its components will be at full capacity, on the one hand, to try to cool the equipment and on the other hand because its performance, being less, will have to draw more power to do the same work.
And that’s why it’s very important to have good cooling equipment, as well as to follow the tips we’ve given you more than once to keep your PC as cool as possible.
real example
According to some studies and tests carried out with smart plugs (which measure energy consumption) by several Reddit users, we can see how a powerful computer does the same job with an interior temperature (in a room) of 17° vs. consumes 350W while when tested at 29°C (which I now have at home) it reaches 475 W. A scandal if one thinks that they work in the same way in both cases.
This brings us to one conclusion, and that is that sometimes we spend more without realizing it. Since a standing fan can consume around 100W and help our computer and room to be cooler, or at least move more air around, something that helps the PC. However, doing nothing brings us to the computer consumes 125 W because of the heat of the place.
Like a car, rolling the window down sometimes uses more fuel than turning on the air conditioning. It depends on how fast you are riding. For this reason, this article wants to lead you to the conclusion that if you are a person who looks at your electricity bill, take all this into account and adopt the measures you deem necessary, not only to protect your equipment, but also to reduce this excessive consumption of them. From 350 W to 475 W, an increase of more than 30%. If we add this to all the appliances in our house, do the math.
How about taking a bill now and looking at how much you paid on average last year and which months were the biggest spend? It is curious to see that this usually happens in summer when there are more hours of sunshine and we use the lights less, in addition to the fact that we are generally less at home. If this is happening to you, you already know why. In my case, April is the best month and August the worst. Curious.
