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Cooling down power consumption of my PC

Ultiweap
10-18-2009, 08:20 AM
Hello,

I have an HP Compaq dx2300 Microtower and I see that my electricity bill is going up as I use my PC long hours. I would like to know if that there is a method or programs to reduce PC peripherals for it to take less power while using it.

Thanks in advance for any advice
Ultiweap

red1776
10-19-2009, 12:30 AM
go into control panel under power options and choose balanced or power saver option.

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Ultiweap
10-19-2009, 12:41 PM
Hmmm that thing I know but I want to reduce processor usage, HDD, memory while using it.

red1776
10-19-2009, 01:25 PM
you could go into your bios (if it has access to voltage and muliplier) and under clock/under-volt your CPU. if not you may be able to find a software program that will give you access to those settings.

Ultiweap
10-19-2009, 04:36 PM
For Processor i did but for HDD and memory, graphic card etc that i would like to do if possible.

red1776
10-19-2009, 10:10 PM
I think you are stuck there Ulti, you are using integrated graphics and you cant undervolt your HDD...i have heard of going green....but this is ridiculous :) JK. the biggest difference you will notice is the throttling down of your CPU when idle or low use.

Ultiweap
10-20-2009, 10:18 AM
Hmmm ok I was just willing to know if is was possible thus if not I will make with it. Thanks mate

fadownjoo
10-30-2009, 02:51 PM
underclock through bios or google for a program

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