Turning your computer off before bed.

bledd · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:02

get a very low powered and quiet machine and use that for downloading, keep it in another room or in a cupboard

use remote desktop to control it from your main pc

simple

my gaming pc is set to sleep after 5 mins of inactivity, the amount of power a quad core and fairly high end graphics card use will soon add up

Mr Jack · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:14

Of course I turn it off; no point wasting all that energy.

macfb · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:22

MacBook has saved me this pain. Although before I got the MacBook, the PowerMac G4 I had was really loud. So loud infact that I didn't want to turn it on during the day O.o

rypt · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:33

I sleep fine with the loud fans and blue lights being on my desk next to the bed; so never turn it off

In fact never turn of the laptop; the file server or the desktop pc all of which are on/by/under my desk next to the bed

platinum87 · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:35

havent turned my pc off since i built it, except for restarts / holiday etc

downloads auto begin at 4am - 7am (group feed) and so when im up i dont have to wait 2 hours

aardvark · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:39

i find it harder to sleep with it off - i'm so used to the noise it makes, the silence is weird.

gurusan · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:43

watercooling + fan controller = win

Wyrdo · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:45

rsatd said:
No, because my computer is not in my bedroom

This

Christo · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:47

I specifically built my PC for silence - got out of the overclocking malarky as it made the PC so damn loud. The loudest thing I can hear in my room at night are the prostitutes shouting on the streets!
Passive PSU, a massive heatsink and 1 120mm silent fan = heaven.

NerveAgent · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:52

My Macbook is pretty much silent but its rare that I'm downloading anything that will go on overnight

gillywibble · 6 Jul 2009 at 12:53

You're killing the planet :eek:

peige · 6 Jul 2009 at 13:00

With the aid of the Transmission client installed on my Popcorn my PC now goes off every night and doesn't come on again till I need it.
I used to have it on 24/7 with downloads and Boinc running, a recent aim of cutting down my bills and saving on waisted money put a stop to that

Logsi · 6 Jul 2009 at 13:01

I used to have that problem, then i grew out of it and bought a MacBook Pro and that is silent.

bledd · 6 Jul 2009 at 13:02

it's not 'the planet' i care about by using sleep mode, it's my pocket!

seems daft to leave pc's on all day when they take about 2-3 seconds to return from sleep mode.

having a low power machine to download with a gigabit network to your machine = win..

Glaucus · 6 Jul 2009 at 13:03

Buy new fans. noctua 800rpm or scyth rpm as well as aftermarket gfx coolers and cpu coolers

gurusan · 6 Jul 2009 at 13:04

bledd. said:
it's not 'the planet' i care about by using sleep mode, it's my pocket!

seems daft to leave pc's on all day when they take about 2-3 seconds to return from sleep mode.

having a low power machine to download with a gigabit network to your machine = win..

my machine is low power even when clocked. I doubt it uses much more than 100W when downloading

fRostiE · 6 Jul 2009 at 13:05

i thought about this when building my computer, so no it doesn't annoy me or keep me awake, its nice and quiet thanks.

rsatd · 6 Jul 2009 at 13:06

bledd. said:
having a low power machine to download with a gigabit network to your machine = win..

*Hugs his 7W TDP "beast"

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Don't download things but it, but it does have a webserver instead.