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If you're using it mainly for gaming it might be more worthwhile to build it yourself. A dual-core AMD processor running at a decent speed for starters. A fairly good video card is also needed.Alchemist said:
But if it's casual > games then go with a pre-built one. HPs are okay. Dells I don't really like and Optimas too.
ShiningClefairy
Meteor Trainer
Here's a simple question: What uses less power, hibernate or standby? My family's power bill was $347 dollars this month, which is just about enough to buy a computer with a Celeron. I'm going to take measures such as these to help out, especially since this is mostly my fault.
Hibernation is like shutdown but it saves the state. When I hibernate it, I pull the plug or turn the switch off (extension strip) so it doesn't waste energy... Shutting it down takes a long time because when you turn it on again, I have to wait 5 minutes to get it fully up and running.
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Charizard_Fire_God
*tiwts widdw head*
Depends actually. Unless a tweak or install wants me to I won't do it. Doesn't really speed up things at all. True, problems can start happenin' after say... 2 weeks of uptime with lotsa tweaking and app running, tch, but an advanced user can always solve those problems without the use of a restart, by going as far as terminating and re-opening explorer even.Latios said:
Lolz, I have Outrageous power bills from that too. XD
I hate hibernate, tch, it puts up a system file tha size of my RAM on my HDD where it can dump tha RAM. Besides, I wanna make uptime. X33333333
My comp only goes off if power failiures longer than 15 minutes occur because my UPS runs dry, or if I have something ta install inside it. o.=.O;;
i dunno. i have two computers (server and a desktop) that have been turned off maybe a combined total of 72hours in the last 3 years. the only one i actually turn off is my laptop because i sometimes go couple days between uses.
but if you are worried about power, hybernate does completely shut down your computer. it saves all your current "state" (open programs, etc) to a hybernate file on the harddrive, then shuts the computer down. when you restart it, it loads back all the programs saved in the hybernate file.
standby will save a lot of power over a running computer, but it does leave certain parts running. standby powers down things like your drives and most fans but it leaves enough parts running to keep all the info in RAM so "startup" from standby is usually ~2-3 seconds.
but if you are worried about power, hybernate does completely shut down your computer. it saves all your current "state" (open programs, etc) to a hybernate file on the harddrive, then shuts the computer down. when you restart it, it loads back all the programs saved in the hybernate file.
standby will save a lot of power over a running computer, but it does leave certain parts running. standby powers down things like your drives and most fans but it leaves enough parts running to keep all the info in RAM so "startup" from standby is usually ~2-3 seconds.
ShiningClefairy
Meteor Trainer
There's a very good reason for hibernate. You can't set the computer to shut down when it goes idle. I don't know, if I go to play a console game, if I'm going to be back on soon, so I have it configured like this:
5 minutes: Monitor turns off
15 minutes: Hard disks turn off
30 minutes: Computer goes into standby
45 minutes: Computer hibernates.
That should save my parents a bit of money.
5 minutes: Monitor turns off
15 minutes: Hard disks turn off
30 minutes: Computer goes into standby
45 minutes: Computer hibernates.
That should save my parents a bit of money.
ShiningClefairy
Meteor Trainer
I already addressed that. This has nothing to do with patience.Latios said:
I leave it idle. I go off and on the computer about 3 times a day, and it's unreasonable to have to shut it down every time. I do shut it down overnight though.Me said:
Seriously though, I'll go and play my Gamecube for 30 minutes to 2 hours. I don't know how long I'll be on my Gamecube when I go play it. If it's only for 30 minutes, there's no reason to shut it down. If it's for over 45 minutes, it goes into hibernate on its own.
ShiningClefairy
Meteor Trainer
You need to post your specs. We aren't psychics.melvin said:
Yes, your specs are required for fine tuning but for your game requests I can recommend for someone on a budget to find parts for or buy a premade PC with these specs:
A good processor (1.5GHz MINIMUM for XP)
512MB RAM minimum (for XP)
A decent video card (I'd go for the Albatron 7800GT, great value and performance)
A sound card is nice but not necessary, and will improve framerates if your game includes a lot of background sound or music (in particular .wav files). An example of such a game would be MS Flight Simulator.]
But generally, the better your raw processing speed and RAM, the faster things should be.
A good processor (1.5GHz MINIMUM for XP)
512MB RAM minimum (for XP)
A decent video card (I'd go for the Albatron 7800GT, great value and performance)
A sound card is nice but not necessary, and will improve framerates if your game includes a lot of background sound or music (in particular .wav files). An example of such a game would be MS Flight Simulator.]
But generally, the better your raw processing speed and RAM, the faster things should be.
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