Hey you pc gaming nerdbutts

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2013-06-17 21:52

i actually managed to shave 30 bucks off my electricity bill by hibernating... and not using this big ass 5-bulb halogen lamp unless guests are over. Lamp is probably the biggest source, but my desktop certainly doesn't slouch. I disabled the hibernate-after-time function because that seemed to let it wake up. Instead, I set it up so that pressing the power button will force it to hibernate. That seems to keep it in hibernation until I press the power button again. So whenever I decide I'm going to bed, I hit the power button. Unless I'm downloading or something, in which case it just goes to sleep after a while.

**tyven** · 2013-06-17 22:09

Is there a dif between hibernate and sleep? I use sleep!

**Caiyuo** · 2013-06-17 22:20

Originally Posted by Howie Roary

my gf almost exclusively uses hibernate on her laptop so I started trying it out on my desktop to conserve electricity and changed timers to hibernate after an hour but was annoyed to find that it would wake up at 3am for anti-virus then still be on by the morning

Originally Posted by BaneTheBrawler

i actually managed to shave 30 bucks off my electricity bill by hibernating... and not using this big ass 5-bulb halogen lamp unless guests are over. Lamp is probably the biggest source, but my desktop certainly doesn't slouch. I disabled the hibernate-after-time function because that seemed to let it wake up. Instead, I set it up so that pressing the power button will force it to hibernate. That seems to keep it in hibernation until I press the power button again. So whenever I decide I'm going to bed, I hit the power button. Unless I'm downloading or something, in which case it just goes to sleep after a while.

sleep/hibernate powergame: http://getsmartpower.co.uk/

also sleep and hibernate differ in that sleep is just a low-power state while hibernate writes everything in RAM to the disk and then effectively turns the computer off. Outside of power savings, there's another upside in that with a desktop even if the power were to go out while it was in hibernation you're good. Hybrid sleep has the same precaution but if it isn't needed will just pause and resume from sleep like normal.

**SephYuyX** · 2013-06-17 23:25

Sleep anytime I walk away for more than a few minutes.
If only online games like XI, etc, wouldnt disconnect.

**Conrad** · 2013-06-21 07:45

Hey guys I got a newegg email today, Seagate 240GB SSD that comes with a free 2TB HDD for $210 but it's only available today. Might be of interest to some people here

**Qalbert** · 2013-06-21 07:48

pretty solid deal

**Conrad** · 2013-06-21 07:50

yes qalbert

**tyven** · 2013-06-21 08:04

i cannot bring myself to spend so much money on such an unstable piece of hardwarz

**tyven** · 2013-06-21 08:05

tho the additional 2 tb hdd is pretty jawsome

**tyven** · 2013-06-21 08:06

FUCK IT I'M IN FOR 1

**shepardG** · 2013-06-21 09:41

HE GONNA DO 1

**Day** · 2013-06-21 11:03

These deals always come after you buy everything @_@. I snagged a 2TB for 80 the other day thought I had a deal. fuck. oh well.

**Conrad** · 2013-06-21 13:10

could always return it and get this one

**Conrad** · 2013-06-21 13:11

nvm it's sold out

**Day** · 2013-06-21 13:16

Pshh that shits running in my case now

It's all good. I'm fine with out the SSD for now.

**Day** · 2013-06-21 13:17

Originally Posted by tyven

FUCK IT I'M IN FOR 1

Originally Posted by shepardG

HE GONNA DO 1

I laughed out loud so hard btw.

**Howie Roary** · 2013-06-26 15:43

hijacking,

got approved for funding for a laptop at school, they gave me a whopping $350 lol, and for extenuating circumstances I won't be spending much more than that -- advice on these cheap laptops/tablet option?

anyway I made a post in tech but that forum moves slower than something perm would make a nasty metaphor about that resides in a woman's hotspot

post in full below:

Spoiler: show

**MF Perm tha Fineass** · 2013-06-27 02:59

**Brill Weave** · 2013-06-27 05:19

Awwww lol

**Howie Roary** · 2013-06-27 14:36

I appreciate the reply, tech didn't even give that. That section is the worst, I'm better off PMing Ceph

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