Gaming computers consume $10 billion worth of electricity every year

Gaming computers need to be really powerful in order to handle modern games with max settings, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they’re massive power hogs, but it’s still a bit surprising to see just HOW much power they consume. Even though they make up just 2.5% of the global PC equipment base, which includes consoles, gaming computers account for a whopping 21% of the power consumed by these devices. This is according to a new study that was published in the journal Energy Efficiency, which also claims that gaming computers consume about $10 billion worth of electricity every year, but that number doesn’t have to be so high.