Soldato
What's so smart about them? They're pretty dumb if they cease to function when you change energy suppliers.
do you leave your computer switched on 24/7
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What's so smart about them? They're pretty dumb if they cease to function when you change energy suppliers.
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My main PC always run 24/7, never had any issues. Only thing that goes off is the screens. I also like it on for remote access if I'm out.
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Only when I forget to switch it off or Origin crashes on shutdown after I’ve switched off the screen which halts the shutdown process.
It's my Plex server as well as my main gaming PC so it's on 24/7. Used to have a separate server for that stuff so the gaming PC was only on as required, but when the server broke I didn't see a lot of point in the initial outlay to maybe make it back over a couple of years on power consumption.
Caporegime
No always off. Takes seconds to cold boot.
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Glad thats not just me then, its always origin that causes shutdown issues for me.
Yup, had mine on 24/7 for 5+ years now, means I can access it by remote while not at home, and overnight I can run mining software on it for free heating.
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It's actually pretty interesting to see the way this thread is going counter to the usual direction, presumably due to being in GD and not the computing sections of the site
*EDIT*
It's actually pretty interesting to see the way this thread is going counter to the usual direction, presumably due to being in GD and not the computing sections of the site
A modern gaming PC idling with 1 GPU shoud use around 25-50W from the wall. For older ones and mutil gpu it can go to 50-100W or more for extreme examples.
My PC is on 24/7 and normally doing something, but my laptop isn't as that boots in around 10 sec or less.
Soldato
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.
Reaching down for 10 seconds is 10 seconds too long
Soldato
No chance, waste of electricity.
And I pay the bill.
Takes seconds to boot up when I need it.
And I pay the bill.
Takes seconds to boot up when I need it.
Caporegime
Glad it’s not just me either, it’s been doing it for a while now.
When I turn it on it's on until I go to bed. I did use to leave it on 24/7 but for a few years now I've been switching it off and I've got my brother who I live with to finally start turning his off during the day while he's at work but he leaves it on when he sleeps. He has broken sleep though so is on and off a few times during night hours so I don't pester him about that too much. Just turning it off when he's at work has had a noticeable impact on energy consumption.
Only when I need it.
Steam stream wakes it up.
Any media streaming requests wake it Up.
Its on standby 24/7 but only on for an hour ish a day.
Seeing as it only takes 10s to boot and start streaming games or video no need to have it on 24/7
Steam stream wakes it up.
Any media streaming requests wake it Up.
Its on standby 24/7 but only on for an hour ish a day.
Seeing as it only takes 10s to boot and start streaming games or video no need to have it on 24/7
Only gets switched on when used.
Our NAS is on depending on the time. I have it come on in the evenings during the week and all day at weekends. It switches off over night once the routine backups are done. I see no point in having it on when it is not being used.
The only thing on all the time is the router/switch.
Our NAS is on depending on the time. I have it come on in the evenings during the week and all day at weekends. It switches off over night once the routine backups are done. I see no point in having it on when it is not being used.
The only thing on all the time is the router/switch.