Computer Power Consumption and Saving

[devpat]

hi i am mostly using computer for playing games. daily i am playing at night my mom always telling me about the power consumption of pc but i think pc require very less power to work is this true. please reply me.thank you

[Kirtikumar]

There are many websites which helps the calculation power consumption try here Calculating PC Power Consumption

[deoWo]

Computers
Desktop Computer 60-250 watts
On screen saver 60-250 watts (no difference)
Sleep / standby 1 -6 watts
Laptop 15-45 watts
Monitors Typical 17"
CRT 80 watts
Typical 17" LCD 35 watts
Apple MS 17" CRT, 63 watts
Apple MS 17" CRT,mostly black 54 watts
Sleeping monitor (dark screen) 0-15 watts
Monitor turned off at switch 0-10 watts

Apple iMac G5 w/built in 20" LCD screen

Doing nothing 97 watts
Monitor dimmed 84 watts
Monitor sleep 62 watts
Copying files 110 watts
Watching a DVD 110 watts
Opening a bunch of pictures 120 watts
Computer sleep 3.5 watts

and for gaming obliviously its going to more than any process.

[Fabian]

read this you will get idea about power consumption and saving. and if you looking for game then forget it why you bothering much ?
http://saf.bio.caltech.edu/saving_power.html

[Shubodh]

check this for saving mode in vista Windows Vista power saving mode

[mahtole.s]

Hello deoWo ..
Thank you for saying in Electrical Consumption Mode.

Kindly tell me how much for me.
I have 19" Intex TFT monitor
Motherboard D945GCNL, CeleronD 347 processor (max tdp = 83 watt)

! kindly give me judgement.

Thanks

[varun77sports]

I have a I5 -750 CPU + gigabyte P55-us3l
2x 2gb 1600Msz ram
ATI HD5570 card


my total power consumption is


around 150 to215 W.

I download large files from internet .So my computer is on for long hours .

can I reduce my power consumption when I am downloading files.