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RE: Penis Enlargement...
By mindless1 on 8/19/2011 1:49:55 PM , Rating: 2
WHAT? No, not $6.25M.

I'll make one reply to address the math for everyone. Since I'm making informed guesses about some figures the total will be only a ballpark figure, but certainly the "average" PC infected is nowhere near capable of 260W, remember the average PC is not an enthusiast class gaming rig, it's an integrated video OEM box or has a low end video card.

100,000 computers running an average of 12 hours a day. 12 hours accounts for some on only when used by owner and some on 24/7. 30 days * 12 hours/day = 360 hours.

Average low load/idle PC consumption is about 90W. It would be lower since most are integrated OEM systems, except it also accounts for aging systems without today's level of power management to downclock, HLT idle, etc., and multicore or gaming systems with higher idle load.

Under load I'm estimating an additional 70W power consumption from both CPU and GPU loading. We don't have to consider the 90W figure above, that's a constant, only the added 70W figure is power that would've otherwise not been used.

US average energy cost is about $0.11/KWH. $0.11/KWH * 360H * 70W = $2.77 addt'l cost per infected system, per month. "Maybe" some people did the math not remembering to divide by 1000 to convert watt-hours to KWH.

$2.77 * 100K PCs = $277,000 additional power consumed.

