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VanneDC

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Jun 5, 2010
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Dubai, UAE
Hi, just wondering what sort of power bill iam going to get now that ive swapped to a Mac Pro 1,1 (as in my sig)

the reason i ask, is cos the Mac Pro is nearly silent and my damm desktop PC sounds like a damm wind tunnel.

so id like to know what sort of wattage/amps the mac pro 1,1 sucks per hour? am i likely going to get a shock when my power bill rolls in?

My desktop is a E8400 wolfie, OC'ed to 3.5ghz with 4gig ram and the same vid card. Both boxen run 2 WD drives, a 1 TB and a 500 giger.
 
Here the MPG from my 2008 MacPro
Mac Pro no monitor 269watts load
Mac Pro no monito 200watts idle
 
Mac Pro has dual CPUs so it'll consume little more. Replace your PCs fans with some better ones, costs less than 100$ and gets you a quiet box
 
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