How many 35w PC's 100 or 1000?
do you leave your computer switched on 24/7
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Don
Around 100
Soldato
No. All power saving and hibernation switched off and it gets booted up when needed and shut down after use.
There is a little red light on the mobo which stays on, so some power is still being drawn, but I can't be arsed to reach down behind the machine to switch off the psu.
There is a little red light on the mobo which stays on, so some power is still being drawn, but I can't be arsed to reach down behind the machine to switch off the psu.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/169941/Why_You_Should_Use_Sleep_Mode.html
Just press the power button for about 10 seconds and the whole thing will shut off then its dead, no need to go to the psu switch.
Just press the power button for about 10 seconds and the whole thing will shut off then its dead, no need to go to the psu switch.
Soldato
Plex server amongst other things so mine stays on.
Same here. Plex server when I’m away half the week. Other half it does off at night.
Home PC, no, I turn it off every evening. I do, however tend to walk away and leave it as it goes to sleep after 30 minutes or so.
Work PC, yes. I leave it on all the time and just lock it and turn off the monitors before I go home. Means I can then connect to it from home at any time if needed.
Work PC, yes. I leave it on all the time and just lock it and turn off the monitors before I go home. Means I can then connect to it from home at any time if needed.
Just done a CrystalDisk run I have one HD that's looking a bit dodgy and its been running for over 5.5years 49000 hours. I have copied it to another HD in case anything goes wrong.
Not sure what the current pending sector count is C5 0000000002 but its all backed up.
Always back up your hard drives guys.
Not sure what the current pending sector count is C5 0000000002 but its all backed up.
Always back up your hard drives guys.
Man of Honour
The reason given in that article:
Even after too much coffee, I don't regard a few seconds as an interminable wait. I turn my PC on, sit in the chair, turn my monitor on and it's already at the login screen. Even back when my boot time was almost a minute, I didn't regard that as an interminable wait. I turn things off when I'm not using them. No point wasting electricity.
When I were a lad, loading a game took 6 minutes and that was luxury!
Soldato
I can't imagine leaving it on idle 24/7 would use too much power would it? Especially if you closed email apps and had screens turns off after x amount of time, what else would it be doing that required much energy?
Soldato
My main computer (laptop) runs the house lighting. Not Philips Hue but the protocol used in theatres and nightclubs - DMX. So laptop stays on and screen goes off when I'm AFK. Cheap energy bill as all of my DMX fixtures are LED and I average 5kwH per day tops.