Here are some tips to make your PC more energy efficient or even to help you plan a new, power-saving system. First of all, you should pay attention to energy consumption when choosing PC components.

How many Watts does your computer use? These Power Supply Calculators will help you measure your PCs total power consumption & calculate the energy use.

In any electronic device, the bulk of the power consumption comes from the display. Though displays vary, turning off your monitor can save roughly 50W of overall computer power consumption.

Just how much consumption has increased is a subject of no small contention — estimates that gadgets on standby consume around 10 per cent of a household's power supply are often bandied about ...

SolarWinds partners with Cisco EnergyWise to track energy usage across IP devices, joining a slew of vendors tracking PC power, data center and network device energy consumption.

Total PC Power Consumption w/ i7-4790S and NVIDIA T400 only between 32-50 watts. Right now typing this message in the web browser and it's staying under 40 watts.

Other companies are tackling PC power consumption from different directions. New Hampshire's Degree Controls has created a network of sensors that can pinpoint hot spots in a server room and ...

EnergJ is a power-saving system that allocates less voltage to regions of computer chips that are handling less-precise functions.

Keeping the peak power consumption below the 100W marker is also important if you're trying to contribute to medical research projects like folding at home.