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[โ€“] oce@jlai.lu 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What's the heat stress difference between idle/off and heavy-usage/idle for a PC? If the latter is much bigger, then turning it off may have a negligible impact while still saving some energy. Avoiding heavy-usage may also be a better solution than avoiding turning it off.

[โ€“] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's obviously more complicated than can be summarized in a lemmy comment, but that said you're absolutely correct. That load management is the reason bitcoin mining farms undervolt their cards, so that they can maximize lifetime while minimizing energy usage.