Who leaves their PC on all the time?

Servo · 18 Feb 2006 at 00:40

I leave all 3 pc's on 24/7 to keep my room warm, it's cheaper than gas now

PS. I only leave one on 24/7.

meaz · 18 Feb 2006 at 00:43

I leave all 9 of my PC's on 24/7. Reason for this being that they run the Seti@Home project and can do much more work this way. The other reason is that I seem to get no problems with any PC's...before when I ran PC's when I needed use from them I got power supplies that broke more regualy and many more Windows problems. 3 in my room and the rest downstairs. I turn the monitors off when they're not in use though as they use a lot more power I think.

Big.Wayne · 18 Feb 2006 at 00:58

If your not using an crunching software *or* using your PC as a PVR then you can get the PC to switch into powersaving mode (S3) seems to be the way forward!

Make sure that your old fashioned CRTs are set to switch off because they use a lot more juice than the newer LCDs. . .

With a little effort its quite possible to make your PC quiet, I can understand people switching them off because of the noise, but once you silence them there is no need (except maybe when u go on holiday, however last time I went away for two weeks I left 3 PC's folding!)

Stan_Lite · 18 Feb 2006 at 01:26

Big.Wayne said:
................. last time I went away for two weeks I left 3 PC's folding!

I work offshore and I leave mine on whilst I'm away (2-3 weeks at a time usually - I'm in Egypt just now and will be away for at least a month and all my rigs are folding away back home

).

Stan

PoliticallyCorrect · 18 Feb 2006 at 01:51

I leave my computer on all day because even if i'm not near it i'll leave it playing music or downloading sumthing. But i turn it off at night because it's in my bedroom, however it is pretty silent.

VaderDSL · 18 Feb 2006 at 01:58

my pc is 24/7 but in halls i dont directly pay for leccy and run seti2 24/7

b0rn2sk8 · 18 Feb 2006 at 02:39

I eave my PC on 24/7 for 1 main reaon.

Im always poping in and out and to lazy to wait for the machine to boot every time.

At night is when all the downloading(so i dont clod the connection for the other users) and maintance (defrag, virus etc) gets done while i sleep.

EDIT:

PC is in always on mode with monitor and speakers off when not in use.

Raikiri · 18 Feb 2006 at 02:42

b0rn2sk8 said:
I eave my PC on 24/7 for 1 main reaon.

Im always poping in and out and to lazy to wait for the machine to boot every time.

At night is when all the downloading(so i dont clod the connection for the other users) and maintance (defrag, virus etc) gets done while i sleep.

PC is in always on mode with monitor and speakers off when not in use.

Same here, although the internet is all mine

Tute · 18 Feb 2006 at 02:55

I turn off at night, then when I get up I switch on my PC, whatever i'm doing. It then stays on all day, sometimes with the monitor powered down, until I go to bed, when I turn it off.

Too worried about fire risks to leave it on 24/7, but I hate having to wait for it to boot. So I let it boot while I get dressed, then use it during the day as necessary.

Much easier. The only time i've had a PSU go pop on me, it was from a rig that stayed on 24/7 anyway (my dad's).

CurlyWhirly · 18 Feb 2006 at 07:18

Orifice said:
I always leave my pc on, despite having one that burst into flames in the past.

That's one of the reasons why I don't leave my PC on 24/7 :rolleyes:

As it would be unmonitored while your asleep, it could burn the house down!

ANDARIAL · 18 Feb 2006 at 08:02

CurlyWhirly said:
That's one of the reasons why I don't leave my PC on 24/7

As it would be unmonitored while your asleep, it could burn the house down!

and you could be knocked down by a bus or struck by lightening or run down by an escaped elephant

best to stay in a cave all alone,reduce the risks that way too

(j/k)

CurlyWhirly · 18 Feb 2006 at 08:08

ANDARIAL said:
and you could be knocked down by a bus or struck by lightening or run down by an escaped elephant
best to stay in a cave all alone,reduce the risks that way too

Well if you had my motherboard you would probably think differently as for some stupid reason the CPU shutdown temperature will only 'kick in' when it reaches 110C which is way too high and there is no way to alter it to a lower setting only enable or disable it

In any case I save on 'wear and tear' and electricity :rolleyes:

ANDARIAL · 18 Feb 2006 at 09:14

time for an upgrade methinks if you have problems like that

edger · 18 Feb 2006 at 11:13

I turn my pc off in the summer, it makes the room FAR too hot.
But the rest of the year I leave it on 24/7.

BigDom · 18 Feb 2006 at 13:50

Monstermunch said:
But not for the local powergrid, especially if you're running a 600w+ PSU.

I tend to leave mine on for days on end downloading stuff but I must admit that the leccy bill changes somewhat

The rating of the PSU doesn't equal the draw of the PSU. Someone with a 430W PSU who has a heavier system can easilly draw more power than a 600W PSU in a system with a lighter spec. The rating is the maximum it can supply, not the normal it draws.

vintage-x · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:22

My Pc was on 24/7 for about 3 weeks with no problems whatso ever. I switched it off for the first time a couple of days ago and now whenever I try to boot it resets when it gets to the windows boot screen.

Bookime Wood · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:33

Only time my pc's are off, is when I am fixing stuff that aint broke, saying that, my fiddling about has dropped dramatically since I started to fold on my main rig, but yes 2x 24/7 rigs - main rig(now folding also) and 1 folder, used to run 4 pcs, down to 2 at the moment. The constant whirr of the fans is so soothing....lol

DaZzZa · 18 Feb 2006 at 19:31

if your rents are nagging at you for leaving it on 24/7 i read somewhere that it costs something like 3p per day to leave it running 24/7 at 100% load

somewhere along those lines, so just give them 5p per day and say "keep the change you filthy animal"

PoliticallyCorrect · 21 Feb 2006 at 21:43

edger said:
I turn my pc off in the summer, it makes the room FAR too hot.
But the rest of the year I leave it on 24/7.

yeh i turn my PC off more in the summer,

i'm not usually at my computer in the summer tho, usually out in the sun having fun lol

but if i am at my PC playing CS:S or wotever i have a fan in my face

Behemoth · 21 Feb 2006 at 22:39

mark1 said:
I would leave it on but my parents won't let me

Same here mate.

There was a time I left my PC on all the time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Then the leeccy bill came through, it was huge, so I turned it off over night, which is a real pain because if Iw ant to download a big file thats the best time to do it.

I turn my PC on first thing in the morning, and it doesn't get turned off till I goto bed, could be 12am, maybe 1am in the morning. It's on when I'm at work, usually running boinc or downloading something.

Who leaves their PC on all the time?

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