How much does a gaming PC cost per month in Rhode Island?

About $14.23 a month, assuming 400 W, 4 hours a day, 365 days a year at 29.23¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a gaming PC use?

Roughly 584 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.40 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Rhode Island has the 6th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $107 a year.

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Cost to run a gaming PC in Rhode Island (June 2026 rates)

At 29.23¢ per kilowatt-hour — Rhode Island's average residential price in June 2026 — running a gaming PC costs $171 a year. That is 59% more than the national average of $107. Rhode Island's residential rate is up 8.9% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $157 to $171 a year.

Per hour: 11.7¢
Per day of use: 46.8¢
Per month: $14.23
Per year: $171

Assumption: 400 W, 4 hours a day, 365 days a year — 584 kWh a year. Under load with a mid-to-high-end GPU. Idling at the desktop is closer to 80 W, and the monitor is on top of this. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Rhode Island compares

Rhode Island pays 29.23¢/kWh, the 6th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $63.60 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same gaming PC costs $76.56 a year in Nevada and $308 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $231 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New Hampshire	27.01¢	$13.14	$158
Alaska	28.21¢	$13.73	$165
Rhode Island	29.23¢	$14.23	$171
New York	29.49¢	$14.35	$172
Maine	29.59¢	$14.40	$173

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a gaming PC.

What else costs about the same in Rhode Island

Aquarium$173 a year in RI Well pump$160 a year in RI Dehumidifier$158 a year in RI

Cutting the number down

Capping frame rate to the monitor's refresh rate cuts GPU draw substantially with no visible difference.
Sleep rather than idle: a machine left at the desktop overnight can use more in a year than the gaming itself.
Undervolting a modern GPU typically trims power meaningfully at near-identical performance.

Questions

How much does a gaming PC cost per month in Rhode Island?: About $14.23 a month, assuming 400 W, 4 hours a day, 365 days a year at 29.23¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a gaming PC use?: Roughly 584 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.40 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Rhode Island has the 6th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $107 a year.