Environmentally friendly PCs, a new trend for 2008?

Posted on Saturday, December 29 2007 @ 8:00 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Performance per Watt seems to be a key element in modern processor design, upping the power efficiency of the PC, will this trend continue in 2008?
Not too long ago the pinnacle of gaming bliss was a dual core AMD PC outfitted with two Nvidia graphics cards in a SLI configuration, obviously sporting a RAID0 configuration of the fastest 10K rpm desktop drives and a barrage of case fans to keep all these hot components running cool. To state that the power requirements of such a system were rather steep would be an understatement as a +500W power supply was a stringent requirement and usually barely able to keep pace. Obviously the impact on your annual electricity bill for running such a PC on a daily basis would be substantial, or from an environmentalist point of view the equivalent of a hard smack across the face..
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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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