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Build your own mean, green computing machine

Green PCIn honor of Blog Action Day, you can build your own machine in accordance with green principles, such as conserving energy and reducing hazardous materials.

The geeks at Extreme Tech accomplished building a nice system, with lots of flexibility, using all lead free components and a green power supply. One take-away from their endeavor was the realization that in many instances the greenest components were more powerful than many less green options, because they're newer and more efficient.

There's step by step instructions if you want to give it a whirl and do something nice and green for the earth.

[via Treehugger]

7 ways to reduce your PC's power consumption

Vista power options
Sometimes it might seem hard to be a computer geek who cares about the environment. On the one hand, you understand the need to conserve energy and reduce carbon emissions. On the other hand you want power-hungry computers and gadgets running in every room in the house (you know, so you can shop or watch YouTube while you're in the shower).

Since today is Blog Action Day, we're going to take a look at a few ways to make your PC a bit more energy efficient.

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