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| Thread ID: 120917 | 2011-10-02 18:40:00 | Ban on power hungry PCs | nedkelly (9059) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1235093 | 2011-10-02 18:40:00 | www.stuff.co.nz Oh this should be interesting to see how people take it |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1235094 | 2011-10-02 18:57:00 | Looks like a good idea to me. | Metla (12) | ||
| 1235095 | 2011-10-02 19:57:00 | Yeah and it's unlikely to effect those of us who build our own from parts. They would need a generous limit for the gaming category though or it could potentially kill store bought games machines (does such a thing exist?) What made me laugh is the bit at the bottom about kiwibank saving carbon emissions with software to auto shutdown their pc's. Power consumption sure, but carbon emissions? do they run their offices on coal? I'm aware that power use is converted to equivalent carbon emissions by those that calculate such things, but it's ridiculous. Particularly in a country primarily powered by hydro damns. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1235096 | 2011-10-02 19:59:00 | "Recent testing in Australia had found no correlation between the price and the energy efficiency of computers.". Really? I would have thought there was, price depends largely on CPU performance, and the higher spec the computer is, the more power it is going to use is it not? So there is a correlation between price and power usage to some degree already. Is that to difficult for an Australian to work out? | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1235097 | 2011-10-02 20:19:00 | As long as it stays with pre-built and does not include the import or sale of parts who cares. It will be a cold day in hell when I build to power consumption rather than performance. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1235098 | 2011-10-02 20:42:00 | More power = more speed. To restrict businesses putting in faster systems due to power restraints will cost time on the job | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1235099 | 2011-10-02 20:43:00 | As I understand from the article, the rating will be based on the internal power supply. For example, a 1200W PSU might have a 2.5 star rating, a 600W PSU maybe 4 star, a 350W PSU maybe 5 star etc. Therefore any computer you build, the rating will be at whatever PSU you install. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1235100 | 2011-10-02 21:22:00 | Does this mean they'll be able to kill off the sale of those Hyena pieces of ****? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1235101 | 2011-10-02 21:25:00 | you'd hope so Agent_24 | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1235102 | 2011-10-02 21:56:00 | Iantech, A bit like what you see on fridges cars etc?? | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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