How Green is Burst ?


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    People have been wondering how afforadable/green Burst really is - so I worked the numbers.

    This analysis assumes your PC is on 24*7 - so is the differential between mining and not mining.

    An average HD uses 5W when idle, and 8W when active - so a 3W difference, while mining.

    So, this is where variable1 comes into play - how long do you mine for? Lets go with 30 seconds.

    And there is on average 4 minutes per round - so we use 3 additional watts for 30 second every 4 minutes.

    With a 4 minute average round time we have 15 rounds per hour.

    With 24 hours in a day we have 360 rounds a day.

    Where I am, power is $0.15 per kilowatt hour. (variable 2)

    So we have: 3 watts for 30 seconds per round, or 1.5 Watt/minutes per round.

    Multiply by 15 to get watts per hour: 22.5 Watt/minutes per hour - or 0.375 Watt/hours every hour.

    Multiply by 24 to turn watts/hour -> Watts/day: 9 watt hours/day.

    Divide by 1000 to convert to Kilowatt/hours.: 9 / 1,000 = 0.009

    Multiply by price of Electricity: 0.009 * 0.15 = 0.00135

    So, the cost of mining Burst over just leaving your PC on is 1/10th of a penny per day per drive.

    Green enough for you ?



  • @haitch said:

    n enough for you ?

    Very nice



  • @haitch said:

    Green enough for you ?

    You should use this calculation in promotion as well, as it effectively kills any potential myths about high power usage.


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