Energy Wise PC, worth the extra?

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 25th January 2008, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by HangOver

I was asked today to spec our next batch of PC's to be purchased to be as green/energy efficient as possible.

I spent a (long) while looking at Watts used and CPU cooling
and ........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
(oops did I doze off there?)

Anyhow bottom line was energy efficient PC $800 MORE than the standard PC specified but it would save about 60%, (average) on energy.
Sound good hey !

Then I looked into actual running costs per year and looks like it would save about $50 per year in electricity. hmmmmm $800 to save $50 a year?

I was then asked to specify a more "cost effective" combination of the two

What this boils down to is when you are looking for a new fridge/washing machine etc and you read 40-50-60% more energy efficient have a good look at what the actual running cost is first or maybe you'll be spending $800 to save $50 !

Did we get an outcome here?
would be interested in final specs

**HangOver** · 25th January 2008, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Did we get an outcome here?
would be interested in final specs

This is the system spec for best energy saving:

CORE2QUAD Q6600/2.40GHz 150
Asus P5E3 Intel X38 DDR3 3GbHDD 58
2Gb(2x1G

DDR3 1066MHz 30
Western Digital Green RE2-GP 500GB SATA 40
Earth Watts 430 Watt ATX12V v2.2 PSU 21
DVR-K06 Internal DVD/RW + Case mount 315
LGE L1919SSF 19" LCD 12
NX86T256H 0
SlimStar 820 Solargizer pack 30
SlimStar 820 Solargizer pack 30
80mm Fans 50
None - Supply USB drive 10

The column of figures is the energy saved on a component level as a percentage over the system I was going to order based purely on price/performance.

This is the actual spec I have submitted for quotes and was a bit of a compromise between energy saving, purchase price and performance.
Please bear in mind that this is not a gaming machine it's for business.

CORE2 DUO E8400 3.00GHz/ 6MB/ 1333FSB/
GA-P35C-DS3R
1x2GB DDR2 800Mhz
Gigabyte NX86T256H DDR3 256MB
Western Digital Green RE2-GP 500GB SATA
Earth Watts 430 Watt ATX12V PSU
LGE GSA-H55NBBK 20x +- Dual Layer
LGE L1919SP-SE 19" LCD
MS Basic Keyboard & Optical Wheel Mouse
Case with 50mm fans if possible
No FDD

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 26th January 2008, 08:26 AM

this might be worth a read too
AnandTech: Gigabyte goes "Green" with DES software

**HangOver** · 28th January 2008, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

this might be worth a read too
AnandTech: Gigabyte goes "Green" with DES software

Like the article said a good effort by Gigabyte but the savings where small,
but some saving is better than none
(summary....not a quote)

7w saved hmmmm

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 28th January 2008, 07:25 AM

I wonder if Gigabyte will retrofit it to older S series boards?
according to my 'boards overclocking software my core2 duo often sits around 2 ghz instead of its rated 2.66.

though I think if I wanted to go green I would have to dump the vid card that pulls over 100 watts,,,

naw,,,,,

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 28th January 2008, 07:29 AM

Do I want to be green?
or do I want to run this?
Press Release

try that on your P3

**HangOver** · 28th January 2008, 09:00 PM

Green is fine, sometimes.
That PC spec was for work computers but I woldn't run it for a home PC.
For a start the green costs too much to begin with and I wouldn't spend a few hundered more on a pc than I need to.
I would consider the green PSU it's not much more $$$ and save a fair bit of energy.

As for the 8800, $600-ish for a video card !!! I'd want half a PC for that !

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