I have wonend this pc since 2021 living in a room not paying anything but room rent. Now and since I moved in to a flat I have been paying a lot for electricity. Ryzen 5 3600 cpu, 16g ram and RX5700xt idle pulls more than 120wts out of the wall and while gaming can pull up towards 480wts. Just this month as pulled little more than 73k kwh in this normal?
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Worth saying I played this mont alternating between Skyrim starfield and lies of pe. High settings in between 6 to 10 Hours Day
Sounds about right, 480W * 8hrs * 30 days is 115.2 kWh a month roughly, so 73 kWh seems to fit
That’s normal. I have a similar setup with r5 3600 and Rx 6800 and see just slightly lower idle and peak usage. My Setup consumes 30-50 kWh a month (with less runtime). I think for the amount of gaming you do, the power should be worth it. You could always try to undervolt components or limit your FPS in games if you need to save money. 70 kWh assuming ~35 cents per kWh works out to less than 25€ a month.