Here’s an interesting article that talks about the costs of leaving your PC on 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You’ll be surprised how much it uses, even when its sitting idle. To some extent, I disagree with the author’s comments about not using high-end kit. Providing you’re responsible when it comes to turning your PC off when it isn’t being used, I don’t see a problem with enjoying the marvels of high-end CPUs and graphics cards. Leaving a PC sitting idle isn’t good for the environment, no matter how energy efficient you think it is.

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