Turning your computer off before bed.

[eXor]

I do not leave my machine on at night simply because I won't be using it for the duration of my slumber.

Your sig contradicts that statement.

 

[brummie]

sleep mode for me and my computer (it gets grumpy if it don't get a full 8 hours)

 

[Dark_Angel]

I turn my PC off simply because of wasting power / heat.

I do have a low end / cheap server that does any downloading i need though. What bit I do, but I leave it on almost all the time anyways.

 

[mjer1984]

I recently did a reinstall and after playing around for a few hours decided I would go to sleep. Without thinking I pressed shutdown/install updates, the next message I got was installing update 1/40.......I took almost an hour to install all the updates.

 

[Steve2000]

Your sig contradicts that statement.

Ah well spotted.

I'll have to start leaving it on now to offset my carbon emissions.

 

[Elrein]

On 24/7, the only thing that goes off is the screen after 2 hours of screen saver.

Leaving the A/C on full boar all night helps with cooling as well.....

Screw the carbon emissions crap i live is saudi arabia and don't pay the leky bill

 

[MikeHunt79]

turn your fans down, they don't need to be loud! My PC is quieter than my monitor!

 

[EvilOne]

I usally watch a film on mine as i goto sleep (always miss the endings lol).

Turn it off b4 i goto work tho, unless i need something importent downloading (not that often).

 

[Wossi]

If I'm downloading, then it gets left on, otherwise I turn it off. It's quiet enough to not bother me thankfully and have covered the leds so they annoy me.

 

[philjohn]

I leave my iMac on if downloading, can't hear it.

Similarly, I leave my G4 Mac Mini running which is not only silent but only draws about 12w when downloading stuff.

 

[Sin_Chase]

PC is on 24/7 and is not silent. I am used to it, so much so that I wake up if it reboots

 

[RobH]

I always turn it off, uses way too much power to justify leaving it on all night. I use an ASUS EeeBox for downloading anything which uses about 20 watts and is silent. It's also a media center running MediaPortal hooked up to my HDTV, easy to turn on and off as needed.

 

[krooton]

Nope, I spent a fair amount of money and time making my machine quiet, I cannot hear it from my bed

 

[MikeHunt79]

Nope, I spent a fair amount of money and time making my machine quiet, I cannot hear it from my bed

Don't you find it still makes your room noticeably warmer tho, even if you can't hear it?

 

[orderoftheflame]

I have a Server under the stairs, so it doesn't bother me.

This.

 

[J86]

Get a fan controller and just turn your fans down?

 

[Vulcan]

I have just built my pc and it has a lot of cooling fans and is quite loud, so sleeping with that on is quite impossible haha. Anybody else share this annoying problem?

I turn mine off cause the bright lights of all the fans, the noise, the heat, and it saves electricity/money

Get some decent Noctua fans, they are quiet, and don't have LEDs on them. I haven't even connected the LED at the front of my case to the motherboard, there's just no point.

As for electricity, it's 1/3 of the usual price during the night, and a decent computer won't use much juice on idle.

 

[needmorespeed]

i leave mine on 24/7 doesn't bother me at all

 

[krooton]

Don't you find it still makes your room noticeably warmer tho, even if you can't hear it?

Yes, but in the winter it's a blessing, and in the summer I have my windows open so it makes little difference.

My machine idles at 160w, so it would take 6 hours and 15 minutes of running to rack up a kWh, which costs 13p on my energy tariff.

So leaving it on overnight costs around 18p.

 

[jojothemonkey69]

have to turn mine off. it annoys me otherwise