California and five other US states ban pre-built gaming PCs based on energy standards - in December standard will expand to include devices featuring high-speed networking, multi-screen notebooks, and gaming monitors

13    27 Jul 2021 21:44 by u/SEELE

> Tier I requirements took effect on January 1, 2019. As of July 1, 2021, Tier II requirements affecting desktop computers, thin clients and mobile gaming systems took effect. > And come December 9, 2021, "computers with high-speed networking capability, multi-screen notebooks, notebooks with cyclical behavior, and monitors with high refresh rates" will be covered by the rules. First steps toward a complete ban on high powered general purpose computing. This obviously also affects: * Crypto mining * AI research * High-end graphics workstations (CAD, 3d graphics) * Game design Yes you can still build your own, for now. But if this causes a decrease in the demand for high-end parts sold, they will become even more expensive.

9 comments

7 u/SEELE [OP] 27 Jul 2021 22:07
They actually define a formula for allowed power consumption: https://energycodeace.com/site/custom/public/reference-ace-t20/index.html#!Documents/section16053statestandardsfornonfederallyregulatedappliances.htm#vcomputerscomputermonitorstelevisionssignagedisplaysandconsumera5.htm This is absolutely nuts. It also mandates the following for workstations and "small-scale servers": "Transition the computer into either the computer sleep mode or computer off mode measured in Section 1604(v)(5) within 30 minutes of user inactivity." Is that going to be enforced by the hardware or software? How the fuck is that appropriate for a server?
4 u/3putt 27 Jul 2021 22:25
Hooray California, really saving the world aren't you. Have fun during the recall election NEWSOM!
3 u/anomalous 28 Jul 2021 10:37
The hilarious fact is this will disproportionately affect the sort of people that vote dem. A gamer that uses a high-end prebuilt pc that lives in California...good chance they look a bit like the average redditor. Fuck em. ![](https://media.tenor.com/images/1ae9e6ad8fb4aeccc123c3fccab090a6/tenor.gif)
2 u/Hubert 27 Jul 2021 23:02
New Hampshire: Live Free or Die California: Live Free and Die
1 u/3putt 28 Jul 2021 00:54
Aint nothing free about it.
2 u/Hubert 28 Jul 2021 01:08
I meant that if you chose to live free in California you're probably gonna die.
2 u/3putt 28 Jul 2021 02:02
Oh... yes... very much yes.
2 u/3putt 28 Jul 2021 00:53
No one needs a high capacity assault PC.
2 u/None 28 Jul 2021 02:47
I would totally start wasting energy just to spite them