Do you leave PC on all day/night or switch on/off as required?

Do you leave PC on all day/night or switch on/off as required?

  • My PC is on most of the time, even if I'm not in front of it

    Votes: 41 71.9%

  • I switch on when i need it, then back off when i'm done

    Votes: 16 28.1%
  • Total voters
    57
Hiro

Hiro

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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 :-)
 
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.
 
Eugene said:
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.
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the two concerns I have are :
1) Electricity consumption from PC idling away
2)Wear & Tear on the hardware

do you reckon these negligible worries ?
 
Hiro said:
the two concerns I have are :
1) Electricity consumption from PC idling away
2)Wear & Tear on the hardware

do you reckon these negligible worries ?
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Like i said best person i think for that answer (wear & Tear) would be joker
 
Hiro said:
the two concerns I have are :
1) Electricity consumption from PC idling away
2)Wear & Tear on the hardware

do you reckon these negligible worries ?
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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.
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.
 
Iam3G said:
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.
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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.

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.
 
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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 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.
 
AlphaJohn said:
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.

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.
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I switched it off at the wall plugs. Is this not the same as unplugging? Or turning the plugs off at the main switchboard?
 
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