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Hi all,
Anyone know of software to monitor watt usage? Just wanting to see what mine looks like, thanks all...
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monitor watt usage?
Hi all,
Anyone know of software to monitor watt usage? Just wanting to see what mine looks like, thanks allBodhi 1.3 & Bodhi 1.4 using E17
Dell Studio 17, Intel Graphics card, 4 gigs of RAM, E17
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I don't think there is a hardware interface for power supplies, so at best you could measure only what the motherboard reported if anything. You could pretty easily estimate your power consumption.
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Thanks for the replies, I was hoping that there was software (buying something to test watt usage seems...contradictory, the point is to conserve but I'm going to buy something which requires energy/raw materials to make
) If I had a better reason I'd buy it but for now I suppose I'll just guestimate. I've been looking at atom processor bare bones, I think for under $250 I could get a really efficient media box, make it sleep after 5 minutes of inactivity, shutdown the strip every night for 4-8 hours while I sleep. Thanks again
Bodhi 1.3 & Bodhi 1.4 using E17
Dell Studio 17, Intel Graphics card, 4 gigs of RAM, E17
"The beauty in life can only be found by moving past the materialism which defines human nature and into the higher realm of thought and knowledge"
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