hmm... i think my computer has been on for like a week straight now...thats the longest its ever been on h:

i have the monitor shut off after 15 mins so i guess its not that bad.

my question is: does it eat up a lot of electricity? i think its running a 350w power supply but i dont know how 350w equates into how much the computer actually drains electricity.

the reason why its on is because im doing some downloading and i dont want to shut it off. is there a way to make the computer "slow down" its power consumption at night when i sleep without disconnecting the internet?

 

get broadband

 

i am on dsl :happysad:

 

computers don't draw much power unless you're taxing the hell out of it and even then it's not much.

 

just leave it on, you're good

 

I have 5 computers on all the time at home, including a 12port managed switch, 4 port KVM.

We also have 3 A/C units that are on 60-70% of the time. Our eletric bill is usually $70-90/month.

Just leave it on and turn the monitor off. I don't even bother with screen savers or auto turn off crap.

 

I seem to remember reading something about a computer using less electricity than a 60W light bulb. Of course this was quite a few years ago, but still, I don't think they use very much.

 

I think for just the computer part that would be right.

I believe that a 17" monitor typically uses about the same as a 100watt light bulb. And of course the bigger the monitor the more power it uses. But the pc, unless it's a heafty power house with tons of mods and options, it'll probably use about a 60W bulb.

 

It actually uses more electricity to power a computer on than to leave it running. I never turn mine off, just the monitor.

 

switch out of sbc