Seven steps to save PC power

What would a normal dual core desktop with 17/19" Lcd consume?
And same specs in Laptop?
 
Can someone explain to how electricity works as i am confused on the topic.

Lets say my cpu idle consumes 50w, is that an hour or at one time? i am confused as to how the W work over time :).
 
I had to stop overclocking to save electricity, my system idles at 132W as a PVR but if I decide overclock my PC it jumps to 154W on idle.
 
killadoob said:
Can someone explain to how electricity works as i am confused on the topic.

Lets say my cpu idle consumes 50w, is that an hour or at one time? i am confused as to how the W work over time :).
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Over an hour your hypothetical PC would consume 50 Watt hours (Wh).
 
The article would've been very different if the headline was:
Seven steps to save Power PC.
 
I can't..... Computer needs MAx power..:eek:

420+watts per hour:D ,speakers to alert when a client emails me and Hub for the 18 users connected to my PC. ;)'
 
killadoob said:
Can someone explain to how electricity works as i am confused on the topic.

Lets say my cpu idle consumes 50w, is that an hour or at one time? i am confused as to how the W work over time :).
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Energy is consumed by your PC (measured in, say, Joules). Power measures the rate at which that energy is consumed (measured in, say Joules per second, or Watt).

Over an hour, if your PC consumes 50W, you will have consumed 50Wh (Watt-hour) of ENERGY. Some of that energy went to doing useful stuff (encoding your home pr0n), and some of it was wasted as heat (or whatever).

There is a lot more to power (e.g. it has both "real" and "imaginary" parts) and its application, but I think that suffices to answer your question.
 
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