8 ways to keep California from banning your desktop PC

Yes, we know, California hasn’t banned your desktop gaming PC just yet, but we can tell you that one way to keep government regulators from climbing on your back is to be proactive about it.Today, for example, there are no regulations in place over DIY computers’ power efficiency. The gaming desktop PC is still at risk of being be painted as an environmental villain, however, by groups looking to regulate anything that sucks a lot of power.That’s why we think the easiest way to keep the target off the DIY desktop PC is to be proactive about it. Here are eight things you can already do to keep the government out of your PC—for now, anyway.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3627395/8-ways-to-use-less-power-on-desktop-pcs.html#tk.rss_all

Created 4y | Aug 6, 2021, 11:21:42 AM


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