Comments on: PS3 power usage during Folding@Home

By: kunther

kunther — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:34:53 +0000

And how much would you spend just having it on?

In the case of my computer, it will remain on, folding or not. I don’t think I will find such a difference in my electricity consuption.

By: These Nuts

These Nuts — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:08:31 +0000

It seems folding @ home was best meant for machines that will be on anyway, and which are just idling.

At least in my experience, that doesn’t fit the PS3. Most people turning it off after playing it.

200 watts equates to 11 lbs a day of CO2 into the atmosphere. If you’re leaving your PS3 on just to fold, there’s a high environmental cost too.

By: ton_poulo

ton_poulo — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:44:25 +0000

Well, you can save money on heating in the winter :)

By: Logan

Logan — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:57:57 +0000

What is Folding@home? Or what does it mean??

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:07:53 +0000

I’ve been running folding pretty much 24×7 since it came out and I’m watching my electric bills creep up. I’m paying an extra 18 bucks a month for this to run. 216 bucks a year for protein folding? I think there might be more effective ways to donate.

By: random neuron misfires » Blog Archive » Are you Folding(@Home) on your PS3?

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:32:37 +0000

[...] Carl Nelson details, the PS3 running 24×7 crunching WU for Folding@Home is eating about 138KWh of power. [...]

By: XBOX 360 Spring 2007 update looks pretty good! » HCW Tech Blog

XBOX 360 Spring 2007 update looks pretty good! » HCW Tech Blog — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:08:01 +0000

[...] It is nice to see that they have turned off the fan for downloading (and presumably they will also be off while navigating the Dashboard) which makes the system a little more tolerable noise-wise. It’s also a good thing the 360 will turn itself off after downloading, because even at idle, it draws almost 160W – just about as much as the PS3 while it is Folding. [...]

By: Qannaboss

Qannaboss — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:58:52 +0000

Can anyone give me a better reason than “helping the better cause” to wasting your CPU cycles, ultimately lowering the amount of years your PS3 will last? Unless you’re so dirty that you have a few of them laying around…

By: PS3 as a folding machine - Computer Forums

PS3 as a folding machine - Computer Forums — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:58:06 +0000

[...] it provides on how much computational power PS3’s have added to the Folding At Home project. PS3 power usage during Folding@Home � HCW Tech Blog it would be great if we could get a bunch of PS3 owners here folding for team #12864 (Tech-Forums) [...]