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_______0 Guru
Joined: 15 Oct 2012 Posts: 521
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:37 pm Post subject: Best way to put tower in powesave mode? |
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Hi,
Which is the best way to save some cash in electrical bills for a tower?
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eccerr0r Watchman
Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 9677 Location: almost Mile High in the USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Turn it off when you're not using it, just like any other computer?
S3 and S4 work fine for many machines (but not all, even laptops), just configure it just like a laptop. The older machines tend to work better than the new ones.
I use S3 suspend/resume now that it actually works on my workstations, but the servers/pvr stay on 24/7.
I calculated my electricity costs around $5/month for my server, and a bit less than that for my Core2Duo PVR... _________________ Intel Core i7 2700K/Radeon R7 250/24GB DDR3/256GB SSD
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Ant P. Watchman
Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 6920
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Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Tweak the BIOS settings. That's the only real software difference from a laptop.
I've undervolted my desktop CPU a tiny amount, it's not a huge benefit but it's better than doing nothing. Turning on things like C1E helps too.
Some systems have a thing called "ACPI Away Mode" but it doesn't seem to do anything (might just be microsoft snake oil). |
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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eccerr0r Watchman
Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 9677 Location: almost Mile High in the USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:34 am Post subject: |
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If only it would last indefinitely and can travel with the purchaser, at today's cost, then I'd consider it, I was really disappointed that the lifetime of these cells don't exceed 100 years as there's no moving parts and it's not like a regular battery where even ions are moving. (I also wonder if the cost of building a system would add that value to the house/premises that you install it on, so if you move/sell, it would not be a sunk cost.) _________________ Intel Core i7 2700K/Radeon R7 250/24GB DDR3/256GB SSD
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