How save power?

[RMN]

since i download a lot of stuffs i was wondering is there anyway i can make my system consume less power while on idle(only downloading)?

thankyou

[hansraj]

use "auto power on & shutdown" . you will be able to save maximum power

[aakash_mishra]

even you can remove your CD/DVD drives, graphic cards, floppy drives.
if u are using plug and play monitor then u can configure it to go into stanby mode after one minute. u will find the settings control panel>> power options.

[ax3]

y not switch off ur pc ..... best option .........

else @aakash_mishra ...... +1 ..... remove all ......

[Raccoon]

How will removing optical drives and floppy drives help?? If you dont use them, they wont consume any power!

If you have another HDD, then yes that will consume power... but less, as it will be "idling".

Btw, your comp isn't exactly idling when its downloading!

Besides setting your display to go into standby, you could fiddle in your bios. See if you have a setting to put "turn off" the slots that are not in use.

I don't think there is anything else you can do for power saving.