Slow down CPU to save money?

Hi!

At the present moment I have a P4 2.53 ghz and so far as I am concerned it uses a lot of electricity. So I wonder if I can go in on BIOS settings and slow down the speed for example down to 200-600 mhz over the night when I just have it on for downloading stuff, to reduce my bills on electirity? Is that possible, would it not damage my CPU?

I also wonder if anybody knows how big the differences are between 200 mhz, 300 mhz, 1 ghz, 2ghz and so on if you are focusing on the electricity usage?

Lets say for an example: "you will spare 6 times money having a 200 mhz CPU on than a 2.53 ghz".

Thanks!

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rono

Close your file sharing program and like this ,you'll save a lot!

People are overclocking or like you trying to "underclock".Overclocking is not recommended so it's up to you to take the risk!

Webmaster

You probably won't be able to lower it that much. I.e. I can run my 1466 on 1100 MHz. But it won't make a big difference on your electrical bill either... I think if you want to save money on electricity you should shutdown your PC instead of leaving it running to download 'files'...