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impar
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impar
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Greetings!
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Power-Saving Motherboards: Fact Or Fiction? : The P45 Efficiency Battle
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Motherboard makers offset some of their products’ power consumption by dynamically switching voltage regulators on and off: relying on all six to 12 voltage regulators for processing provides more reliable power under high currents, while using only one or two voltage regulators reduces power requirements during idle periods. These technologies are a big part of marketing nowadays and we want to figure out if they actually work. We test six motherboards from ASRock, Asus, Foxconn, Gigabyte, and MSI to see which is most efficient.
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The Cost of Running Your PC
Have you ever thought about how much it cost to run your PC -- the one you're using to read this article? What does it cost to play games, surf the Internet, or download files? It all costs money -- money that you, your parents, or whoever is in charge of the monthly electricity will have to pay. Those of you in charge of paying this bill will surely be interested in keeping costs down, which is why you might want to pay a little more attention to what sort of hardware you are using in your computer. |
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