Best way to save on the electricity bill

[sieistganzfett]

to truely save, dont use electric anything, you'll save yourself 100% of what it would cost. they didnt have electric for centuries, why do we need it. save the money, use candles for light and wash clothing by hand, hang it out to dry. and use someone else's computer. :laugh:

 

[fbrdphreak]

I have one of these
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=28550

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: BlingBlingArsch
in some cases it might be a good idea to have two computers, lets say one for office, internet, downloads and stuff and one for serious gaming.

and there are VIA EPIA mainboard&cpu systems, i think they run at 1000-1200MHz consuming less than 5W

Yeah, I have a via c3 mini server thats always on that serves files, printer server, torrent machine, etc. That way I don't have to run my beast whenever I want to download a huge file from a slow server.

 

[n19htmare]

There are other ways to save power. Undervolting is a start if you are not gonna OC.
For me, I turn off things that I dont use. Like my printer is always UNPLUGGED. I turn it on when I need to print. Monitor is always off when I am not around. Computer is either off or on stand by mode if I'm not using it . I don't have my TV on while I'm on the computer because it turns that I get caught in the computer and dont watch the TV at all, its just on in the back ground. I use a small desk lamp when I am not doing anything but computer (Don't need my room lit like day to work on a computer).
just little things I do to save power....

 

[nyker96]

If you really wanna save electricity, forget that 1.4->1.1v change, get a more energy efficient refrigerator // AC. That'll probbaly save you a ton over the years.

 

[letdown427]

Turn off all of your house heating, then buy some thermal underwear, a jumper, and some thick trousers.
Sell all of your lights to fund purhase of Night Vision Goggles. Buy rechargeable batteries for your NVGs and charge them at work.
If you need a computer, buy an efficient laptop, and charge it at work as much as possible.
Sell your TV and buy a book. Or two. If reading is hard with NVGs, buy an LED torch.
Good luck!

 

[Mark R]

Originally posted by: coomar
and active PFC is not really useful to the consumer, to businesses yes but not really to a guy owning 1-4 computers

While the active PFC, in itself, does nothing for domestic users - a PSU designed with active PFC in mind, can be made much more efficient than one without.

A helpful side-effect of the active PFC circuit allows a much improved design to be used for the main PSU.

'First generation' active-PFC PSUs were of no benefit to most people, because the PFC was just bolted onto an inefficient old design.

However, redesigned active PFC PSUs have overall efficiency that simply cannot be matched by non-PFC designs.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: n19htmare
There are other ways to save power. Undervolting is a start if you are not gonna OC.

Who says you can't overclock and undervolt at the same time? My HTPC is a mobile Celeron 1.6GHz running at 2.4GHz and is undervolted from default 1.3v to around 1.25v (reported, supposedly the pin mod makes motherboard "detect" 1.20v). My server is running a mobile P4 1.6GHz at 1.92GHz. Default voltage on that is also 1.3v but I have it undervolted to 1.16v.