“Computer performance have increased at an amazing rate in recent years, and unfortunately so does power consumption. An ultimate gaming system equipped with a quad-core processor, two NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra, 4 sticks of DDR2 memory and a few hard drives can easily consume 500W without doing anything! To reduce power wastage, a few industry standards have been developed to make our computers work more efficiently.”Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- OCZ ModXStream 780W Power Supply Review @ HardwareLogic
- Coolermaster M620 Powersupply review @ Rbmods
- Ultra X3 1000W Modular Power Supply @ 3dGameMan
- OCZ EvoStream 720W PSU @ t-break
- Ultra X-Finity & X-Pro 800W Power Supplies @ Techgage
- Spire SP-ATX-600W Power Supply @ Techgage
- OCZ ModXStream 780w Power Supply Review @ Virtual-Hideout
- Thermaltake Toughpower W0133RU 1200W Modular PSU @ Benchmark Reviews
Decoding power states
TechARP presents the PC Power Management Guide, a perfect primer on figuring out what exactly is going with power in your PC, beyond how many amps to expect from your 12W rail. If you are confused between ACPI and APM, or trying to figure out what a C4 State is and why your CPU went there, then read on, and all shall become clear.