How often do you turn off your PC?

Grimley · Friday at 14:18

Almost daily. On for use, Off before bed. Fan noise would keep me awake.

blueacid · Friday at 18:15

Mine's only on whenever gaming. My general computing / browsing is done from laptops (which are on suspend with lids closed when not in use)

tiberuk · Friday at 18:44

switched off at the wall every time I stop using it. Vaguely confused why anyone wouldn't for general gaming use

MeatLoaf · 2024-11-27T10:00:12+0000

Mines off overnight.

Used to leave it on 24/7 before electric prices went crazy

Slogan · 2024-11-27T10:05:22+0000

Would usually shut it down when not in use but main computer is also operating as a server at the moment, so it stays on.

Power draw is fairly low as it's not doing anything of note though.

JasonM · 2024-11-27T13:28:19+0000

My main computer is either working (on), or it's in standby.

The only times it's shut down is if I'm on holiday. The other time is if there is a very bad thunderstorm we can occasionally have power outages / surges, I might switch off at the mains plug when these are happening. I really need to think about a UPS for these situations.

dave28 · 2024-11-27T13:39:08+0000

I never leave them on at night and simply leave in stand-by in the day if not using for a while

Webzta · 2024-11-27T14:28:30+0000

Ayahuasca said:
Rarely ever, got to get the seeding time up on that there torrents.

+1

jaybee · 2024-11-27T14:32:35+0000

something daft already!! said:
They hardly draw any power when idle anyway. Plus, it's my Plex server.

Define hardly any draw?

What does it idle at? It may surprise you.

Rapster · 2024-11-27T16:22:04+0000

Off when not using or if I'm leaving it unattended for more than an hour.

Rapster · 2024-11-27T16:26:25+0000

jaybee said:
Define hardly any draw?
What does it idle at? It may surprise you.

With the monitor off, my PC idles at 145W. (Monitor on - 184W.) That's not an inconsiderable amount hence why I turn mine off.

(5800x3D, 4090, 32GB RAM, 850W Platinum)

jaybee · 2024-11-27T16:53:52+0000

Rapster said:
With the monitor off, my PC idles at 145W. (Monitor on - 184W.) That's not an inconsiderable amount hence why I turn mine off.

(5800x3D, 4090, 32GB RAM, 850W Platinum)

Yeah. That's £317.55 per year in electricity to keep on 24/7 @25pence per kwh.

My plex server idles at 25watts. £54.75 per year if on 24/7.

Rapster · 2024-11-27T17:25:42+0000

jaybee said:
Yeah. That's £317.55 per year in electricity to keep on 24/7 @25pence per kwh.

My plex server idles at 25watts. £54.75 per year if on 24/7.

Yeah, I never like seeing the number expressed in £'s and p's. =)

nightwish · 2024-11-27T18:14:08+0000

Rarely. I have too much open at once - work, play, kids YouTube videos - to want to shut it all down and have to start over every day. It gets rebooted for updates, but that's about it. It does sleep/hibernate overnight of course.

Also a Plex server, which if I didn't have on this machine, I'd need on another, while I'd still need this on most of the time, so...