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| Thread ID: 35073 | 2003-07-01 11:34:00 | OT - PC Power Consumption | Chilling_Silently (228) | Press F1 |
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| 156769 | 2003-07-02 00:14:00 | Well I'm crunching SETI when ever the computer is on which generates more heat. So this is using more power is it godfather? *starts thinking about stopping the crunching* |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 156770 | 2003-07-02 02:46:00 | Unless you have a power analyser (highly unlikely!) then the simplest rule of thumb is to think of power consumption by heat generated. Remember though, if it uses 150 watts, and increases only by 20 watts when crunching or game playing, its no big deal. There is always the OFF switch. That works and reduces the power bill. |
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| 156771 | 2003-07-02 03:37:00 | Looks like there is probably no real point in stopping the crunching then, only affects temps by around 10°C. Thanks godfather. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 156772 | 2003-07-02 07:23:00 | 10 whole wopping degrees isn't something to overlook! I run SETI@Home on my 98 machine, used to run it on XP before I got my new HDD, and have yet decided whether to install it again... I kind of like the idea of contributing towards finding radio signal anomalies, despite some might say I should run something like the distributed computing cure for AIDS/anthrax/cancer programs instead... I should probably take a look at this from the ethical point of view... | agent (30) | ||
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