IT People's Technique of Energy Saving & Money Saving

The approaching of the high prices era, in order to have a better life, most of us must change our daily habits. Most important of all, we IT people certainly is no exception. We also have to start thorough taking the first step by the computer power-saving.

Do you know how much does a computer consume the voltage? Normally a PC consumes about 65 to 250 Watt. If it is a gamer’s computer, it will consume as high as 400 Watt. If it is a normal personal laptop, it consumes 15 to 45 Watt. I think you will know that gadgets like monitors, printer, modem and speaker also consumes power.

Even though sometimes our computer is in a STANDBY mode, can you believe that it still consumes power. The saying that goes “to restart the computer rather than leaving it in a sleep mode consumes more power” is totally a wrong concept. So, if you’re not using the computer just switch it off.

If you want to practice power-saving, try changing your habit to use Mini Notebook rather than PC. Nowadays, the pricing range for a mini notebook is not more than RM2500, while it is fully functioned which meets the daily needs of the general.

Let’s look at this table on the power consumption of a normal PC :

Computer
PC	60 ~ 250 Watt
Laptop	15 ~ 45 Watt
Sleep/Standby Mode	1 ~ 6 Watt

Monitor
Normal 17” CRT	80 Watt
Normal 17” LCD	35 Watt
Sleeping Mode	0 ~ 15 Watt
Close	0 ~ 10 Watt

Here, let me introduce 2 software in order to practice the power-saving habit:
1) Processor power-saving software
Two processors in the business aspects had the effort to do research on of power-saving. It is because computer processor is the most crucial group of the entire computer power consumption.
This software is based on the user's application. It automatically adjusts the processor’s clock, and also achieves the efficient cooling effect.

Website : cpu.rightmark.org
Software : RightMark CPU Clock Utility
Version : 2.3.5
Size : 472 KB













2) Vista Power-saving Gadget
Many people complain that Vista consumes more power than Windows XP. The software on this site stated that if some of the functions were switched off, we can save about 70% of the power! Do not hesitate anymore, quickly download it!!!

Website : www.codeplex.com
Software : Vista Battery Saver
Version : 2r1 trial version
Size : 969 KB

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