Do folding clients rely on any other processes?

[bovine.baron]

I'm still living at home so I'm still running my PC on my parents' dime. Because of that, I don't want to drive up the power bill any more than I have to when I start folding 24/7 during the Chimp Challenge. I figure it might draw less power if when I'm done using the computer, I rebooted so that only the folding clients and absolutely necessary processes run. Does anyone know if F@H needs any other than the ones mandatory for running windows? And how about monitoring programs (I'm using HFM.NET)? Thanks, guys!

[boggtrotter59]

Unless you were running cpu or gpu intensive programs in the background... I doubt very much that a few extra processes running alongside your folding clients would have a significant or measurable impact on power consumption...

[bovine.baron]

That's true. But I also thought it'd help to squeeze every bit of performance I could for my power draw by having as many system resources as possible dedicated to folding too.

[chrisk]

I am sure a second or two could be shaved here or there, but its the cpu-intensive stuff that really makes any difference.

[bovine.baron]

Ah, so negligible on both counts. Thanks, guys.

[_dangtx_]

dont forget your browser. i.e. and ff will use 2-10% while active..sometimes more

[bovine.baron]

Yeah, and I've noticed Desktop Windows Manager does too. Guess I should exit all windows when I'm done, maybe turn off Aero just to be safe.