Whats the best way to leave your PC?

wizle · 04-08-2008, 04:20 PM

My son and I ran a test for the year (2006) as to pwr consumption! It cost us a mere $10 for the year, leaving it running, compared to shutting down every night thru 2007. Thats here in Oregon, may be different elsewhere

wizle · 04-08-2008, 04:24 PM

My son and I ran a test thru 2006 and 2007! the difference between shutting down and leaving it on was only $10 thru those years. Thats in Oregon, may be different elsewhere

PabloTeK · 04-08-2008, 05:12 PM

Leaving it plugged in but not on allows the CMOS battery to trickle charge anyway so when you come to boot the system it doesn't throw it's toys out of the pram. Leaving it on 24/7 just wastes a lot of energy and reduces the life span of the PC fans compared to it being off.

salman · 04-08-2008, 05:20 PM

I wouldn't leave it on 24/7 its just unescasary extra power being used- cost, pollution etc.

g25racer · 04-08-2008, 05:39 PM

I almost always leave my pc on too for uploading and downloading stuff. Im not a leecher!! I just turn my monitor off and put all my fans on medium or low.

wellhellothere · 04-08-2008, 07:12 PM

But surely it does the system justice to switch off every now and then - my rig seems to run a lot smoother if its just been turned on...

voyagerfan99 · 04-08-2008, 10:25 PM

I don't really use mine often enough to keep it in standby. I shut it down and then turn off the power strip. That way, I don't need to turn on my speakers or monitors.

g25racer · 04-08-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wellhellothere

But surely it does the system justice to switch off every now and then - my rig seems to run a lot smoother if its just been turned on...

Very true!! I shut off my pc atleast every other day. Then again my 320gb hdd being almost full prob doesnt help my situation. LOL

royalmarine · 04-08-2008, 10:31 PM

computer's are designed to run 24/7

mine's been on for 4 weeks until yesterday when i decided to add a new graphics card.

wellhellothere · 04-08-2008, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by royalmarine

computer's are designed to run 24/7

mine's been on for 4 weeks until yesterday when i decided to add a new graphics card.

So performance isnt affected by never turning off?

04-08-2008, 04:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
wizle Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Age: 67 Posts: 416	My son and I ran a test for the year (2006) as to pwr consumption! It cost us a mere $10 for the year, leaving it running, compared to shutting down every night thru 2007. Thats here in Oregon, may be different elsewhere __________________ Cooler Master Centurion Gigabyte DS3 rev3.3 E6400 G.Skill 2 Gigs Radeon X1300 Xclio 450W 19" Princeton CRT I am no longer responsible for my actions or deeds...I'm retired

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wizle Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Age: 67 Posts: 416	My son and I ran a test thru 2006 and 2007! the difference between shutting down and leaving it on was only $10 thru those years. Thats in Oregon, may be different elsewhere __________________ Cooler Master Centurion Gigabyte DS3 rev3.3 E6400 G.Skill 2 Gigs Radeon X1300 Xclio 450W 19" Princeton CRT I am no longer responsible for my actions or deeds...I'm retired

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PabloTeK Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Peoples Republic of Nae Butta! Age: 17 Posts: 2,269	Leaving it plugged in but not on allows the CMOS battery to trickle charge anyway so when you come to boot the system it doesn't throw it's toys out of the pram. Leaving it on 24/7 just wastes a lot of energy and reduces the life span of the PC fans compared to it being off. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.8GHz \| Gigabyte EP43-DS3L \| GeIL 3GB PC2-6400 \| BFG GeForce 8800GT 512MB OC \| Seagate 500GB 7200.11 SATA \| Western Digital 250GB SE16 SATA \| Coolermaster CM690 \| Corsair HX520W Forum Rules

04-08-2008, 05:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
salman Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UK Posts: 580	I wouldn't leave it on 24/7 its just unescasary extra power being used- cost, pollution etc. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.5 MOBO: Abit Fatality FP-IN9-SLi RAM: Geil Value DDR2 1.0GB PC6400 800 MHz HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax 21 250GB 7200RPM 8MB GFX: Inno3D GeForce 7600 GS OPT: Lite-on LH-18A1P-488C OS: XP Pro [Ableton Live, Fl-Studio, Reason]

04-08-2008, 05:39 PM	#15 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,789	I almost always leave my pc on too for uploading and downloading stuff. Im not a leecher!! I just turn my monitor off and put all my fans on medium or low. __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

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wellhellothere Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 78	But surely it does the system justice to switch off every now and then - my rig seems to run a lot smoother if its just been turned on...

04-08-2008, 10:25 PM	#17 (permalink)
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04-08-2008, 10:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
royalmarine Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 374	computer's are designed to run 24/7 mine's been on for 4 weeks until yesterday when i decided to add a new graphics card.

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