Electricity, hardware wear, maintenance: compare the real monthly cost of leaving your PC on 24/7 with a cloud streaming service.
Average consumption under encoding load. A gaming PC with a dedicated GPU typically draws 250-500 W.
Check your utility bill — the average price per kWh including taxes.
Purchase price of the machine you would dedicate to streaming.
Continuous load shortens hardware life: 3-4 years is a realistic estimate.
Software licenses, replacement parts, extra bandwidth, cooling…
Monthly price of the cloud service you are comparing against.
Indicative estimate based on the figures entered, for illustration purposes only. Actual costs depend on your hardware, local electricity rates and usage.
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