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[citation][nom]phyco126[/nom]Monitors consume a negligible amount of energy. Yes, you can get lower your energy consumption a little, but implementing what you guys have suggest may, at best, save someone a dollar a year on their bill. The processor using a ton of energy, followed by RAM, the GPU (the GPU can be first on this list), and then the HDDs. If you really want to save money, get energy efficient RAM, a low end GPU, and a ultra-efficient processor.[/citation]
Agreed, but tie it all together, you step away from your screen and it turns the screen off, then it also goes directly to hibernate, cutting all the CPU / GPU and HDD activity to zero-ish.
[citation][nom]alyoshka[/nom]Would you really want your rig to boot up when you're not at home or in your office cabin, maybe the cat walked in and saw all the fishes on the login screen, by the time you get home.... the cat would already be in the hospital[/citation]
Well my fault I just said a proximity sensor but as some bright spark earlier said you could use a Kinect sensor, which would know the difference between a person and a cat
In fact when the Kinect SDK hits the world full steam for Windows 8 I think things like this will be all over the place.
Agreed, but tie it all together, you step away from your screen and it turns the screen off, then it also goes directly to hibernate, cutting all the CPU / GPU and HDD activity to zero-ish.
[citation][nom]alyoshka[/nom]Would you really want your rig to boot up when you're not at home or in your office cabin, maybe the cat walked in and saw all the fishes on the login screen, by the time you get home.... the cat would already be in the hospital[/citation]
Well my fault I just said a proximity sensor but as some bright spark earlier said you could use a Kinect sensor, which would know the difference between a person and a cat
In fact when the Kinect SDK hits the world full steam for Windows 8 I think things like this will be all over the place.
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