"WANTED THREAD" Computer Warm Up & System Uptime

Shanemeister93

Shanemeister93

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Hi All,

I just wanted your opinion as to whether I should let my PC "Warm Up" after I turned it on first thing in the morning then log on after the HDD light doesn't flash or flashes at a slow rate after all the data has been read from the HDD.

Is it worth the time to let my PC "Warm Up" and do any of my fellow forum members do this?

If so why?

I do have fast boot turned off as my computer boots up quick enough without it enabled.

Also I would like to leave my PC on 24/7 and I know it will increase the leccy bill each month which isn't an issue, but is there any really any benefit from leaving PC on all the time for a matter of convenience other than a weekly shutdown and restarts for Software / OS Patches.

Will leaving my PC on 24/7 do any harm to my components and would you recommend it?

P.S I know this thread has the contents of two seperate threads but I wanted to do as they say "Kill two birds with one stone".

Cheers Shane :p.
 
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No need to let it "warm up", if you leave it until things have fully loaded in the background then it may log on faster, but overall the time taken will be the same.

Leaving the PC on 24/7 won't do it any harm, many people do just that for a number of reasons. If you don't have a reason to leave it on 24/7, I don't see why you would, because as you said you'll be paying for the electricity. If the reason is that your boot time is slow, invest in an SSD, or just put it to sleep when you're not using it - it'll wake in seconds, and use next to no power.
 
Boot times are fairly decent considering the spec and I will be using it as a means of backing up the network's media files amongst other things like gaming and internet surfing to college work and thank you for your help. Thanks @ozaudio@CaptainUnlikely at least I know it will be fine to leave the PC on all the time.
 
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CaptainUnlikely said:
Little to none? Unless your PC's faulty, should be none! :)
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little meaning people may have a pump fail after a few years for those who water cool:p

V F said:
O_o Another computer? how do you get things done if it's pegged 100%?
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folding puts the cpu and gpu at full load but backs of when you are using the pc, no stutter , lag or anything else :)

and when gaming which isn't often, I just pause folding ! :) simples
 
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@ozaudio I don't use water cooling so I am lucky in that respect and my cpu and gpu are never on full load unless gaming and media encoding.
also what does folding mean as I have never heard of it before?
 
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ozaudio said:
folding puts the cpu and gpu at full load but backs of when you are using the pc, no stutter , lag or anything else :)

and when gaming which isn't often, I just pause folding ! :) simples
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I see. But gaming isn't 24/7 power usage that puts up your electricity bill.
 
Just be aware that nearly all PC hardware has a MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) so that running it hardcore 24/7 will start eating to allotment quicker then just regular use.
 
theres people who have run cpus and gpus 24/7 for years without a fault , before anything comes to its end of life, it'll be out dated and replaced by then

as long as its within a decent temp, myn is between 50 and 60c at full load. its overclocked but no extra volts, I have no dout it'll last for years. keeping the heatsinks clean is something I do every few months aswell to keep it in tip top condition!

Shanemeister93 said:
@ozaudio I don't use water cooling so I am lucky in that respect and my cpu and gpu are never on full load unless gaming and media encoding.
also what does folding mean as I have never heard of it before?
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click the link in my sig ;) a part of the forum you have never been in im guessing :p
 
Concorde Rules said:
Still unlikely to be in a timeframe that doesn't make it obsolete, so ultimately irrelevant.
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It depends on how long the OP is planning to run the machine really but think in terms of an SSD running 24/7 for 3 years.... that's 26,280 hours which is near most earlier SSD's life cycle and that of the fans, most HDD's will deffo fail in that kinda time frame if that is the primly drive.
 
Ethermaster said:
It depends on how long the OP is planning to run the machine really but think in terms of an SSD running 24/7 for 3 years.... that's 26,280 hours which is near most earlier SSD's life cycle and that of the fans, most HDD's will deffo fail in that kinda time frame if that is the primly drive.
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SSD life span is down to how much read/write activity (mainly write), not time on. If anything they are far better than standard drive for wear and tear if the actual disc access usage is low.

My old Vertex 2 is on 27011 hours and for 2.5 years of that it was my main drive. Total reads 28.13 TB, Writes 6.56 TB. Power on Count 180, 80% of these would be fast restarts or within 1 hour.

My 1.5 GB WD green (The ones that have people have been having problems using in NAS). 32225 hours and counting, 1,549,249 Load cycle count, Start/Stop count 263. Now this could die tomorrow (not had any signs of this), but it's had a good life. :P (Time to back up)

Also turning a PC on and off and the associated temperature changes can also over time have an effect on life span of your parts.

I've certainly had to deal with a lot of failed HDD's from small office & home users and the pretty much exclusive trait is low Power on hours, high power cycle counts. :)

The main parts that will wear out faster will be fans and maybe the PSU (particularly the fan in it), but really you should get a decent PSU if you are running 24/7 to limit this.
 
I'm really not sure I understand why anyone would keep their PC on 24 hours a day unless they were doing something like folding, mining, whatever with it. With an SSD and keeping the running programs clean it'll boot in seconds anyway.
 
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I'm really not sure I understand why anyone would keep their PC on 24 hours a day unless they were doing something like folding, mining, whatever with it. With an SSD and keeping the running programs clean it'll boot in seconds anyway.
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I'd be leaving it on 24 hours a day so then other computers on the network can back up to my pc then i'd transfer the back ups to a external that is connected to my PC and also i want to leave it on all night so then all the maintanence is done for when i want to use it
 
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