Do you leave you pc on 24/7?

Mr-White · 13 Nov 2010 at 16:03

Levirginien said:
See what you mean...That's why my PC is located downstairs while my bed is definitely upstairs

My bedroom is more comfortable plus I have no reason to leave my comp on any more. When I was at uni I did coz I weren't paying the leccy bill lol

MW

Levirginien · 13 Nov 2010 at 16:04

pastymuncher said:
When i am not using my pc's they are off. By off i mean shut down and switched off at the wall as well.

That would mean crawling on all fours under my desk every day for me

Lunatic Dreyfus · 13 Nov 2010 at 16:08

My HTPC spends most of its time in sleep, waking only to record Homes Under the Hammer... No ill effects so far, apart from Media Center questioning my viewing tastes.

Conversely, my main PC (, and indeed all my PC's through the years) gets switched on and off all the time during the day and has never given me any grief... Any one who freaks out about doing this really should take a chill pill. I suppose if you have some flaky highly strung billion GHz over clocked system running off a 400w Tesco Value PSU, then this might be cause for concern.

Levirginien said:
That is my current routine as well but I was wondering if leaving it on would be beneficial for my vertex2 (trim...)
Thanks.

My Crucial SSD's don't seem to be suffering under my regime, which is probably just as well. If the price of a well maintained SSD was leaving the computer on 24/7, I'd probably reconsider my storage options. Probably.

d_brennen · 13 Nov 2010 at 16:12

S3 sleep for the win. Boots up and ready to use faster than the monitor

CaseyChaos · 13 Nov 2010 at 16:15

On 24/7 it's only a shuttle so noise and power usage ain't a big problem.

rory12 · 13 Nov 2010 at 16:29

iNPUt said:
No, I turn it off to save electricity and noise when I am sleeping, or going out. Sometimes auto shutdown after some downloading.

I've got an SSD so boot up time is fast, so no cons really.

All of this.

datalol-jack · 13 Nov 2010 at 16:38

It depends on what I use the machine for. For stability testing and science e.i. F@H/Seti etc, you pretty much just leave the thing going about its business day in day out, until you are happy with the results. I hibernate my main machine when not in use, and turn it off when I go away for an extended period of time, unless I need to dial in remotely into it.

Levirginien · 13 Nov 2010 at 16:58

d_brennen said:
S3 sleep for the win. Boots up and ready to use faster than the monitor

+1

FoxEye · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:12

Never turn mine off. S3 suspend every night

Up in running in about 3-5 seconds. Nice.

Levirginien · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:14

datalol-jack said:
It depends on what I use the machine for. For stability testing and science e.i. F@H/Seti etc, you pretty much just leave the thing going about its business day in day out, until you are happy with the results. I hibernate my main machine when not in use, and turn it off when I go away for an extended period of time, unless I need to dial in remotely into it.

this sounds so pro-like. I wish I could do that as I travel a lot...Well I assume dialling in remotedly means you can access your rig's content even when, say on holidays in la costa del sol? That would be soooo cool for me

Zodar · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:21

Always turn mine off, waste not want not. Even if it's not a huge amount of energy it saves, I don't mind switching it on first thing as I get up and then go sort a bowl of cereal or whatever, only to return to it freshly booted.

Luke · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:24

I'm folding on three computers so they are going 24/7.

wannabedamned · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:26

I used to have mine on 24/7 because I was a constant downloader. But since getting rid of broadband for a dongle(Temporary) I've started turning it off at night. No point leaving it on without an always on internet connection!

zetec452 · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:27

Generally I will shutdown in the day and evenings I'm not using my pc.

MooMoo444 · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:29

Boots up in about 20 secs, don't see the need to leave it on. Even the monitor takes about 10 secs to get going.

Back in the day with slow HDD's and several minutes startup though, sure it was probably good.

Levirginien · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:35

wannabedamned said:
I used to have mine on 24/7 because I was a constant downloader. But since getting rid of broadband for a dongle(Temporary) I've started turning it off at night. No point leaving it on without an always on internet connection!

fair enough

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xrs · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:42

I leave my Macs on all the time or put them to sleep. I completely turn off my PC.

virdee2 · 13 Nov 2010 at 17:45

mine goes to sleep after 15 minutes of idle time when im not home all day... but if im off work etc then its on all day cos i would use it so often :O)

Levirginien · 13 Nov 2010 at 18:05

xrs said:
I leave my Macs on all the time or put them to sleep. I completely turn off my PC.

sorry if you don't mind me asking: why Mac on and windows off? :confused:

Rabid Wolf · 13 Nov 2010 at 18:10

Mine is on all the time. Just turn the fan speed down on my tower before bed then switch it back up in the morning.