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Questions tagged [power-consumption]

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Does installing larger RAM means consuming more energy?

Since every bit of a dynamic memory module needs to be refreshed to keep it's data, does that mean that if I install a module with more capacity than the current one on my laptop, more energy will be consumed? And how big will the difference in…
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What is typical power consumption of 2.5" laptop external hard drive connected to USB socket?

What is the approximate power and current consumption of a 2.5" laptop external Hard Drive 7200RPM SATA (300Gb), connected to a laptop USB port as an external hard drive? I've heard that using a regular HDD connected to laptop's USB socket as…
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USB backlit keyboard power consumption

Does someone know the power consumption of an USB backlit keyboard like the SteelSeries Apex? I'd like to connect it to a Keyboard/Mouse USB Switch that goes to PC by one USB 2.0 cable. The mouse I'm going to use is the SteelSeries Rival. Do I risk…
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Will leaving the laptop power brick connected to the power socket be dangerous?

My co-workers (who worked with the company longer than I have) loves to remove their laptop's power cord when they need to move around the office. I frown on this practice since they usually don't remove the power brick from the power socket. I've…
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How can I calculate power consumption of my PC in Watt?

How can I calculate power consumption of my PC in Watts, to prove my House owner (I live on rent), my PC doesn't consume much power? He blames me for huge power bills even though he uses a Fridge, A.C. etc and his son watches the TV all the time. We…
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Relation between GPU utilization and graphic card's power consumption

I wonder what the relation between GPU utilization and graphic card's power consumption is. E.g. in the screenshot below, GPU 2's utilization is 92%, while the power usage is 129 watts out of 250. Why isn't the power usage around 250 * 0.92 = 230…
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Multicore CPU energy requirement and load balancing

I am interested in load balancing for multicore CPU systems. If you use 1 CPU with multiple cores, is it more energy efficient to balance the load on several cores, or try to fill up single cores and leave others idle. The basic assumption is that…
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LCD/LED screens; how color affects the power consumption?

I have read on web, for CRTs black color would reduce the power consumption of the monitor but for LCDs it's the white color that reduce the power consumption. It says "The way LCD's produce black is to energize all the pixels that need to be…
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What's the component that consumes most power in a computer?

I've never been a serious hardware guy, so I got this question. What's the component that consumes the most in a computer? And more generally, how is distributed (more or less) the consumption among different components (processor, MB, RAM, disks,…
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Will a PSU rate-limit device's power consumption?

Scenario I have a Computer with a 450w rated PSU. I assume ~80 efficiency which brings me down to 360 for the computer. My video card (gtx 1060) max consumption is somewhere between 120-134 Question Let's say I put in a second card for crypto-mining…
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Solid State Disk for a desktop computer

I am building a new desktop computer and would like the performance and energy benefits of a solid state hard drive of 128GB-256GB. Looking around the internet I can't seem to find anything suitable. Are these disks still not worth buying? The…
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Reduce power use on computer

I watch a lot of movie's on my computer which is connected to my TV. Problem is i built the pc to be a gaming computer and it has the power supply to match (1200w). Is there a way to set it into a "Low power mode" whilst i am playing a movie to use…
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Do high-end graphics cards raise your electricity bill by much?

I currently own an Radeon HD 5570 graphics card which "supposedly" consumes a very small amount of power. The problem is that it stutters during some games and movies. My machine is an Intel quad core i5 - 750 with 4 gig ram running on windows 7…
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How to debug tick_sched_timer high power usage?

My tick_sched_timer is using a lot of power, this is the output of powertop: The battery reports a discharge rate of 24.7 W The power consumed was 516 J The estimated remaining time is 3 hours, 0 minutes Summary: 2419.8…
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Energy Efficiency: OLED

Which of the two is more energy efficient on a OLED Display? White text on a black background Black text on a white background Links to OLED vs LCD, efficiency wise, would also be appreciated.
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