Do you power off your PC?

McBain · 9 Mar 2023 at 09:30

Yes thankfully, its been powered off for 6 months or so.

Deleted member 77746 · 9 Mar 2023 at 09:32

McBain said:
Yes thankfully, its been powered off for 6 months or so.

So what you using now?

jaybee · 9 Mar 2023 at 09:35

On the basis that I'm not rich, yes I shut down everything where possible. Our server is only scheduled to be online between 3pm to midnight each day as well for Plex serving. It will wait until low activity after midnight to shutdown in case someone is in the middle of a film.

eddie101 · 9 Mar 2023 at 09:44

malachi said:
Slighty off subject.

Replaced all your rooms lights with LED lights. Helps abit.

Did this when I moved in 6/7 years ago. Massive difference.

Blackvault · 9 Mar 2023 at 09:46

Ice Tea said:
Anyone changed their habits with the cost of living?

Yeah, I always turn my gaming rig off when not in use. Although I rarely have it booted up these days. I also turn off my work laptop when not actually working, and put it on sleep mode when having lunch.

Freefaller · 9 Mar 2023 at 09:54

malachi said:
Slighty off subject.

Replaced all your rooms lights with LED lights. Helps abit.

Yes I did that many years ago because the kids and the wife (and in laws) have a habit of leaving lights on.

McBain · 9 Mar 2023 at 10:13

GaryTheSnail said:
So what you using now?

For browsing - MacBook Air, for gaming - console.

dlockers · 9 Mar 2023 at 10:15

Is there much difference between the higher brightness Phillips bulbs compared to the cheaper 800 lumen ones?

Bassmansam · 9 Mar 2023 at 10:20

I don't have a PC, i have a macbook air!

kona786 · 9 Mar 2023 at 10:36

malachi said:
Slighty off subject.

Replaced all your rooms lights with LED lights. Helps abit.

Did this back in 2014!

Rimsy · 9 Mar 2023 at 10:47

Bassmansam said:
I don't have a PC, i have a macbook air!

So the apple marketing / brain washing works on some people then!!!

kona786 · 9 Mar 2023 at 10:51

Bassmansam said:
I don't have a PC, i have a macbook air!

My condolences...

RxR · 9 Mar 2023 at 10:54

Yes, Greta. I do.

Raiden85 · 9 Mar 2023 at 18:04

Ice Tea said:
Anyone changed their habits with the cost of living?

Certainly not, my gaming PC still runs 24/7, same as it has for roughly 20yrs. Only thing that gets turned off when going out or to bed is the monitors.

While the hardware like the GPU/CPU downclocks themselves as normal all power saving features are switched off.

moon man · 9 Mar 2023 at 18:15

Only have a laptop, mostly i just close the lid but a few times a week i do ccleaner, malwarebytes and turn off or restart

Freefaller · 9 Mar 2023 at 20:02

Raiden85 said:
Certainly not, my gaming PC still runs 24/7, same as it has for roughly 20yrs. Only thing that gets turned off when going out or to bed is the monitors.

While the hardware like the GPU/CPU downclocks themselves as normal all power saving features are switched off.

Any reason for that? It seems daft to leave things powered on. Even if affordability isn't an issue it doesn't make sense.

Cyber-Mav · 9 Mar 2023 at 20:35

sleep mode

Terminal_Boy · 9 Mar 2023 at 20:47

I not only power our 2 PCs off when not in use, I unplug them from the mains when a thunderstorm is due as rural EDF is notoriously “spiky” during storms.

m@rty · 9 Mar 2023 at 20:49

The heat from the computer keeps me warm, I try to keep it on

adidan · 9 Mar 2023 at 20:49

Powered off. Same as anything I'm not using shortly.