It will put the drive into "park" ie not spinning, the drive will still have power but use alot less of it and it will improve the life of the drive also.
It will put the drive into "park" ie not spinning, the drive will still have power but use alot less of it and it will improve the life of the drive also.
Hello everyone! Please let me know if I'm missing something important, as I'm new to the forum and not the most learned with computers.
I put my computer on sleep overnight and whenever I leave it for a while during the day. I've been doing this since I got it. There weren't any problems until I...
1.Can using the high performance power plan shorten the life of a computer? Or does it just use more energy?
2.Does it affect HDD performance and life?
I have Intel i5 2500K CPU. When Windows runs a game in Balance mode, I get either 1605 Mhz or between 3300 and 3600. When I use High Performance, it goes up to 3700. Does it make any difference in performance? Also, what else is accelerated? Is High Performance worth it?
I was looking through the control panel because I was bored and found this option for high performance power plan. I thought it was going to be good but my Dad said that he does not trust it or something like that. He said that he does not know if it will do something to the chips and burn them up...
so i was running tuneup utilities and its giving me recommendations to optimize my comp. it has the option of setting my power plan to be balanced or for high performance, what does the majority use?
if i go with high performance does it really kill that of power, resources etc that much?