It’s no secret that the cost of a high-end gaming setup, or one built for computationally intensive tasks, is only the beginning, as the digital mouth starts feeding from the wall socket. With a single GPU such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 capable of pulling more than 600W, and then a CPU drawing another 100W or more — far more if it has more in some cases — plus additional system resources, one rig can edge very close to 1000W or over by the time everything is cranked up. After all, we have seen more 1300W and 1600W PSUs being advertised for a reason, not to mention some with higher ratings marketed in Europe.
Enter meinGAMING, a German utility that is marketing monthly plans targeting gaming households whose needs might fit the bill (pun intended) and be able to potentially save some coin. As spotted by ComputerBase (via TechSpot), the utility is offering three plans ranging from 2,500 kWh/year up to 5,000 kWh/year. The first is for the casual gamer at 2,500 kWh, which is described as being for someone who games for maybe 10 hours or more per week. This is followed by the Pro Gamer, at 3,500 kWh per year, who may have multiple users in the household who game or have various other systems running at 30 hours or more per week. Lastly is the Gaming Households plan designed for those with multiple devices running for 50 hours or more per week, culminating in roughly 5,000 kWh per year. While the monthly rates are considerably higher than the norm, users end up paying much less per kWh.
Those who use the amount of power listed in the various tiers do stand to save money, but that really is the trick to making such an agreement worthwhile. Meanwhile, it’s very likely something like this could be beneficial for, say, a console user who spends maybe 10 hours per week playing on an energy-efficient display with headphones. Regardless, these “tariff” plans are an interesting concept as power costs continue to rise, as does the amount of electricity various devices use. The utility also states its power is sourced from 100% renewable energy but also clarifies that, due to how power is delivered throughout regions, it cannot guarantee that the user is receiving its power exclusively.
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