I use a Radeon HD6970, which needs 550W of power, what does it mean in terms of Electricity Consumption?

Will I expect a higher cost in my electricity bill?|||The 6970 itself only uses about 220W on maximum load, but im assuming you have a 550W PSU



550W refers to 550W per hour on maximum load. Your energy consumption is measured in kWh. From memory, here in Australia, its 28 cents per kWh. So, for example, you are running your computer on absolute maximum load for a period of time, say 2 hours (this is hard to do, seeing that you would have to be running a stability test or something), you would consume 1100W, or 1.1kWh. that would cost ~30 cents in Australia. However, your GPU runs on about 3% on idle and your CPU not much more. therefore, if you are not playing hours upon hours of games, i wouldnt worry too much about power consumption.



HOWEVER, do be mindful that this is a high drawing PC component so youre power bill may be slightly higher