By Eyebee, on October 9th, 2008
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20 minutes
I like getting faster performance out of a system, but two compelling advantages can make underclocking your hardware an even better idea: energy savings and heat reduction. Sure, the energy savings is small, but it could make a real difference if everyone did it. A slower CPU means lower temperatures, and that translates into quieter fans.
“I’m tingling with the idea… this kind of crap just floors me!”
What am I thinking, I could add this to my list of services offered. I hear it now “..excuse me ma’am, would you like for me to slow your computer down to help save the planet, lower energy cost and give you more time for texting?”
By Eyebee, on November 13th, 2007
Compact Florescent Lamps.
Did you know that if you change a 100W regular light bulb for a 25W CFL (which gives a similar light output), you not only save 75% of the energy cost but also save the equivalent amount of carbon going into the atmosphere that your car pumps out in 93 miles?
Doing a quick bit of math here. As we have 33 bulbs in the house here, and they’re all now CFLs that’s the equivalent carbon output from driving over 3,000 miles in the average car (at 23.9mpg).
A regular light bulb only puts out 8% of the electrical energy it uses as light anyway. The rest is heat. Now you know why they’re so darned hot!
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