Is there a good to leave a computer on all the time?

shortymet55 · 02-19-2008, 11:32 PM

I leave mine on all day and night. However, It goes to sleep and the Hard drive turns off after 2 hrs of not using.

leSHok · 02-20-2008, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbrown456

I seriously just don't care.. Its the way to go

im so for that hahaha and it goes into sleep after a few hours but who cares pshhh.

oscaryu1 · 02-20-2008, 12:15 AM

Just enable automatic standby... save it some life... and reduce your power cost by a few millicents

voyagerfan99 · 02-20-2008, 01:45 AM

The RAM purge is the biggest reason for me shutting mine down. I also don't want to sleep to fan hum (my computer is right under my bed and right under my head!) Plus the case lighting is too bright to sleep with it on.

2048Megabytes · 02-20-2008, 01:45 AM

I shut my computer off at night and I turn it off if I am not going to use it within an hour.

dznutz · 02-20-2008, 06:22 AM

i leave my pc on 24/7. other than maintenance restarts the only time i shut it down is when internet goes out.

my old p4 build (with a cheap ecs mobo) was on for 4 years straight. the maxtor hd, sony dvd rom, and an nec cdr gave out.

p1r3 m1g3 · 02-20-2008, 06:50 AM

easy

turn it off because of lol electricity usage but could be useful to have free use of it when ever you want

02-20-2008, 12:15 AM	#23 (permalink)
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02-20-2008, 01:45 AM	#25 (permalink)
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02-20-2008, 06:22 AM	#26 (permalink)
dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 27 Posts: 511	i leave my pc on 24/7. other than maintenance restarts the only time i shut it down is when internet goes out. my old p4 build (with a cheap ecs mobo) was on for 4 years straight. the maxtor hd, sony dvd rom, and an nec cdr gave out. __________________ ANTEC 900 COOLERMASTER EXTREME 500w MSI NEO-F p35 INTEL E4500 EVGA geforce 7300gs 2gb CORSAIR XMS2 SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit, VISTA ULTIMATE 64 bit

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02-19-2008, 11:32 PM	#21 (permalink)
shortymet55 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 205	I leave mine on all day and night. However, It goes to sleep and the Hard drive turns off after 2 hrs of not using.

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voyagerfan99 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,670	The RAM purge is the biggest reason for me shutting mine down. I also don't want to sleep to fan hum (my computer is right under my bed and right under my head!) Plus the case lighting is too bright to sleep with it on.

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p1r3 m1g3 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5	easy turn it off because of lol electricity usage but could be useful to have free use of it when ever you want