Lately, I have been leaving my PC on for long periods. so for example, i boot it up on a Saturday morning and then only switch off late on Sat night, even though i may only use it sporadically now and then intra-day. I have read inconclusive and conflicting reports both ways on which option is better, so decided to poll the forum to see how you guys roll
With the cost of electricity these days, I turn off every single thing I can.
So I only turn my PC on when needed, and when I'm done with it, I switch it off.
Sometimes I forget about it though.
Well i leave my pc on 24/7 only restart it maybe once or twice a week. i do this because i'm sometimes away from home for 3 days then i log in through team viewer to manage my downloads and skype with the missus. And when i come home from night shifts i sometimes feel like just hopping in and playing a game then i don't want to wait for the pc to start up or anything so i always leave my pc on, I think joker will be best to tell us if it's healthy or not
hot dang, you guys are quick! I was still finalizing the poll and you 2 had already commented :-)
Well i'm sitting at work playing marvel and cookie clicker :p then gonna do some dota :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hiro
Switch on when I wake up; switch off when I'm either away or go to sleep.
what about StickCricket ?Quote:
Originally Posted by AlienTaker
I only occasionally switch it off when I go to bed and it's not downloading something, but most of the time I just leave it on, so I can access it remotely when I need to.
the two concerns I have are :Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugene
1) Electricity consumption from PC idling away
2)Wear & Tear on the hardware
do you reckon these negligible worries ?
Like i said best person i think for that answer (wear & Tear) would be jokerQuote:
Originally Posted by Hiro
http://lifehacker.com/5940176/is-it-...n-all-the-timeQuote:
Originally Posted by AlienTaker
The universe has (as well as many of its reputable sources) covered all these questions before. Google is your friend :)
If you leave your pc on and let it go into sleep mode the idle power consumption is incredibly low and you will most likely not see any difference on your month end electricity bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiro
As for hardware wear and tear, again won't make much if any difference because the system is in idle, so the hardware isn't under any load. The only time you'll see any form of wear and tear is if the pc runs 24/7 under full load and even then, if its properly ventilated and not getting hot it'll be fine.
if you doing it to save energy, you should unplug instead of turning em off. Transformers consume power even when nothing is drawing power. or flick the switch at the back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iam3G
A PC that is turned off can still draw up to 1W/h, oh and while we at it your phone charger still consume power even if no phone is plugged in.
I personally let my PC hop in and out of sleep. I hate to close my browser, so when I have to shut down or restart, I press the the restart switch :p
I normally use sleep often but I try shut it down ever 48 hours. No idea why but that's me
I switch my PC on when I wake up in the morning and, most of the day I'm on it, so it only gets shut down at or after 00:00.
Never shuts down ..... I never know when I'll be needing something or doing something so better to be prepared.
All I'll say is Torrents dictates your life somehow"whistling:
I switched it off at the wall plugs. Is this not the same as unplugging? Or turning the plugs off at the main switchboard?Quote:
Originally Posted by AlphaJohn
My PC stays on pretty much 24/7.
Been getting into [email protected] to help out as much as I can.
Wait until you download torrents in minutes. It loses its hold on your life rather quickly :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nikkel
My PC runs 24/7.
I only restart it every 1.5 - 2 weeks for a fresh reboot.
Yup, that should be just as good, as long as your plugs and cables are wired correctly :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Iam3G
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1: when did Google fiber come to South Africa?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lycanthrope
2: Crushing envy.
1: He's in Sweden.Quote:
Originally Posted by addam
2: Agreed.
i leave it on 24/7, also hardware are more likely to fail from constantly switching your pc on and off, cause thats when the most current flows through your components. ;)
I only shut down when I go away for a weekend or a few days. Other than that, I leave everything running with Visual Studio, Outlook and Chrome open so I can continue exactly where I stopped the night before. I only reboot over weekends if I want to log into my gaming partition which runs on Windows 7 but since I haven't done much gaming recently, my PC was up and running for 3 weeks without a reboot until I updated my graphics drivers which caused my PC to freeze up.
On and off when required - usually.
My PC is on when im at home. when im asleep or awake. I download stuff at night most of the time. I turn off the unneeded fans when im sleeping or watching movie or on the interwebs
I ran into a deeply troubling dilemma...I simply ran out of things that I needed to torrent :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Nikkel
Life seems devoid of purpose now :p
Always on whenever at home and off when I have to go into the office.
Okayy, that makes a lot of sense. Well, I'm moving to Europe then!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugene
I leave mine on, longest period it's been on was something like 42 days this year.
Cool, so lots of you leave pc on. Guess I don't need to feel guilty about leaving it on for a full day :)
I usually just leave my PC on 24/7. It's nice for those long downloads, and just because I'm really lazy...
I would have left mine running, if my old GPU didn't sound like a tractor :p
I leave my work pc and the one I use as a media centre on 24/7
My HTPC stays on all day as it is also my download pc, but I built it with that in mind so all the components have low power consumption to try minimise cost.
Work pc never gets switched off. Home laptop I never leave on... Only turn on when I get home from work.. Sometimes I will leave it on overnight for downloads to finish with auto shutdown enabled
Pretty much try to switch off when I can. Although i work from home so my work pc is always on during the day, and only at the end of the day do I switch it off.
I think if I had a laptop, it would be on and off all the time. It just seems like it's 'supposed' to be be, you know.