Posted June 16, 2014 Was wondering this for a while now.. I usually keep my PC on when I leave for work in the morning, but lately I've decided to put it to sleep or even turn it off since I'm gone for 9-12 hours usually and I don't want it to function as a vacuum cleaner for no reason.. Wanted to hear your opinion on the matter.. do you guys leave it on regardless? do you turn it off every day? or do you use the sleep option? do any of the above have any positive\negative repercussions? Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced | i5 3570k @ 4.2ghz | MSI gtx 660ti pe oc | Gygabite z77x-d3h | 8GB g.skill ripjaws| Samsung 830 ssd | Seasonic m12II 620w Corsair M45 mouse | Corsair K65 Keyboard | LG 27EA33V 27' ips| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I turn it off every night and when im not using it. Case: Corsair Carbdie 330R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Asus Z97-A CPU: AMD FX-6300 i5 4690K 3.5 GHZ + 212 EVO GPU: ASUS GTX 760 DirectCUII Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M Monitor: AOC Q2963pm 29'' 21:9 IPS Mouse: Mionix Naos 8200 Mousepad: Mionix Sargas 320 Headset: HyperX Cloud Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGBIKEA Headset/Headphone Holder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I turn it off every night and when im not using it. Hey Youtube. (cause 301 posts.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I would much rather just turn it off than have it put on sleep, but then I have a need to keep certain programs open to avoid losing work on computer. My reasons in a list for turning it off when I'm going to bed and not using it for more than 2 hours. It saves power, I have no need to leave it on 24/7 SSD boot times and actual time it takes for programs to become usable make it so I can be up and running on google in under a minute. I guess its just less time for my AIO pump to be running so maybe I will add to its lifespan. Spoiler Corsair 400C- Intel i7 6700- Gigabyte Gaming 6- GTX 1080 Founders Ed. - Intel 530 120GB + 2xWD 1TB + Adata 610 256GB- 16GB 2400MHz G.Skill- Evga G2 650 PSU- Corsair H110- ASUS PB278Q- Dell u2412m- Logitech G710+ - Logitech g700 - Sennheiser PC350 SE/598se Is it just me or is Grammar slowly becoming extinct on LTT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Hey Youtube. (cause 301 posts.) And now it's ruined Case: Corsair Carbdie 330R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Asus Z97-A CPU: AMD FX-6300 i5 4690K 3.5 GHZ + 212 EVO GPU: ASUS GTX 760 DirectCUII Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M Monitor: AOC Q2963pm 29'' 21:9 IPS Mouse: Mionix Naos 8200 Mousepad: Mionix Sargas 320 Headset: HyperX Cloud Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGBIKEA Headset/Headphone Holder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Vacuum? why would it be a vacuum? unless you had loud as shit fans on it [spoiler=My Beast Rig Damocles]Case: Coolermaster Storm Stryker Motherboard: Asus x79 deluxe CPU: Intel I7 4960x @3.6GHz (soon to be oc) RAM: Kingston HyperX 64GB @2400MHz GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 770 (Gigabyte) @4GB PSU: Corsair RM1000 Fully modular CPUCooler: Corsair H100i Watercooling Storage: Seagate 2TB SV35.6 SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM 64MB 3.5" x2 Sound: Creative Soundblaster ZxR sound card This is my old pc which I am reamending to be a media server or a nas. Motherboard: Generic fujitsu CPU: Intel pentium G640 @2.8 GHz RAM: 4GB generic fujitsu memory PSU: CPUCooler: Stock intel cpu cooler Storage: Fujitsu MHZ2120BH @120GB, Soon to have a HDD for more storage. _ASSASSIN_ Jerakl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 when youre the one who has to pay the power bill, then yea it gets turned off when im at work or asleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I usually just set mine to F@overnight on medium/low intensity so it has something to do but doesn't cook all night. Occasionally, I will turn it off to give it a rest or clean it. The normal stretch is about 3 days continuously before some kind of shutdown. Motherboard: MSI 770-C45 2606Mhz HT 200Mhz Bclk | CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE 3606Mhz | GPU: ASUS R9 270 DCU2 2GB 1125MHz Core 1500Mhz vRAM RAM: HyperX Black PC3-12800 1600MHz 9-9-9-20 | Storage: HyperX 3K 120GB SSD SATA II + 570GB| PSU: EVGA 500B 500W F@H Stats: 7,077,384pts x 576wu (08/14/2015) green=stock setting red=above spec blue=below spec System Name: Rocinante = "workhorse" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Author Vacuum? why would it be a vacuum? unless you had loud as shit fans on it Your PC sucks in dust regardless of the fan speeds.. Even if you configure the pressure in your case to be positive, ie more intake than exhaust, you will eventually accumulate dust, I have a negative pressure case, one 200mm intake, one 200mm exhaust and one 120mm exhaust, which in my opinion lets less dust in and is a more efficient cooling solution. Also I keep ALL my fans (cpu, intake, exhaust) speeds very slow @~ 500RPM (via a fan controller) unless I'm gaming. Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced | i5 3570k @ 4.2ghz | MSI gtx 660ti pe oc | Gygabite z77x-d3h | 8GB g.skill ripjaws| Samsung 830 ssd | Seasonic m12II 620w Corsair M45 mouse | Corsair K65 Keyboard | LG 27EA33V 27' ips| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Author when youre the one who has to pay the power bill, then yea it gets turned off when im at work or asleep I do pay the power bill, but PC's are mostly power efficient, Iv'e never noticed anything out of the ordinary in my power bill, it's quite normal and to be honest, lower than most of my friends. Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced | i5 3570k @ 4.2ghz | MSI gtx 660ti pe oc | Gygabite z77x-d3h | 8GB g.skill ripjaws| Samsung 830 ssd | Seasonic m12II 620w Corsair M45 mouse | Corsair K65 Keyboard | LG 27EA33V 27' ips| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Author Also, Iv'e never kept my PC on for faster response time reasons, my OS is installed on an ssd and if my PC is asleep\off or even on, it will be in the desktop in less than 20 seconds. Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced | i5 3570k @ 4.2ghz | MSI gtx 660ti pe oc | Gygabite z77x-d3h | 8GB g.skill ripjaws| Samsung 830 ssd | Seasonic m12II 620w Corsair M45 mouse | Corsair K65 Keyboard | LG 27EA33V 27' ips| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I keep mine sleep whenever I'm not using my PC, I only shut down when I'm going to be away for multiple days. CPU- 4690k @4.5ghz / 1.3v Mobo- Asus Maximus VI Gene RAM- 12GB GSkill Assorted 1600mhz GPU- ASUS GTX 760 DCUII-OC Storage- 1TB 7200rpm WD Blue + Kingston SSDNow 240GB PSU- Silverstone Strider ST75F-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Also, Iv'e never kept my PC on for faster response time reasons, my OS is installed on an ssd and if my PC is asleep\off or even on, it will be in the desktop in less than 20 seconds. Then why leave it on? especially when at work (or asleep or not using the PC) I shut mine down whenever it is not in use, if I was popping away from the pc for say an a hour or 2 I would sleep it/hibernate if a little longer. But at night or when at work its completely off Desktop - Corsair 300r i7 4770k H100i MSI 780ti 16GB Vengeance Pro 2400mhz Crucial MX100 512gb Samsung Evo 250gb 2 TB WD Green, AOC Q2770PQU 1440p 27" monitor Laptop Clevo W110er - 11.6" 768p, i5 3230m, 650m GT 2gb, OCZ vertex 4 256gb, 4gb ram, Server: Fractal Define Mini, MSI Z78-G43, Intel G3220, 8GB Corsair Vengeance, 4x 3tb WD Reds in Raid 10, Phone Oppo Reno 10x 256gb , Camera Sony A7iii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Author Then why leave it on? especially when at work (or asleep or not using the PC) I shut mine down whenever it is not in use, if I was popping away from the pc for say an a hour or 2 I would sleep it/hibernate if a little longer. But at night or when at work its completely off I am just curious as to how other people are behaving, you can never learn enough Anyhow, as to my preference, sleeping my PC is now what I do every morning. it's on at night though as it is my main downloading time, and my alarm clock is on my PC (my phone is charged in a drawer in my desk, not near my bed) it's completely silent, fans down and hdd's sleeping, can't hear it even if I wanted to. Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced | i5 3570k @ 4.2ghz | MSI gtx 660ti pe oc | Gygabite z77x-d3h | 8GB g.skill ripjaws| Samsung 830 ssd | Seasonic m12II 620w Corsair M45 mouse | Corsair K65 Keyboard | LG 27EA33V 27' ips| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 it's on at night though as it is my main downloading time, Ah well 150mb internet, so I guess I don't really need a downloading time this is probably a big reason for people who leave it on Desktop - Corsair 300r i7 4770k H100i MSI 780ti 16GB Vengeance Pro 2400mhz Crucial MX100 512gb Samsung Evo 250gb 2 TB WD Green, AOC Q2770PQU 1440p 27" monitor Laptop Clevo W110er - 11.6" 768p, i5 3230m, 650m GT 2gb, OCZ vertex 4 256gb, 4gb ram, Server: Fractal Define Mini, MSI Z78-G43, Intel G3220, 8GB Corsair Vengeance, 4x 3tb WD Reds in Raid 10, Phone Oppo Reno 10x 256gb , Camera Sony A7iii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I usually turn off my desktop PC whenever I'm not using it, because of SSD boot times. My laptop I usually leave on 24/7, but whenever I need to take it with me (back when I went to school) I usually just put it to sleep. This is mostly due to the fact that it is SLOOOOW at booting up and I'm very impatient with those things. Case: Corsair Carbide 300R CPU: Intel i7 2600k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo w. 2x Cooler Master Blade Master 120mm Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX 1600mhz GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 SSD: 256GB Samsung 830 HDD: Random WD 500GB (It's old) PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.7 GHz CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 w. 2x Noctua NF-A14 Industrial in pull Mobo: ASUS Maximus VII Hero RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400 MHz GPU: ASUS GTX780 DCUII SSD: 250GB Samsung 840 Evo HDD: WD Green 3TB PSU: Corsair AX860i Monitor: BenQ 24" XL2410T Keyboard: Logitech G19 Mouse: Logitech G500 Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 Digital Headphones: Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Author Ah well 150mb internet, so I guess I don't really need a downloading time this is probably a big reason for people who leave it on Yeah 150Mb is indeed impressive.. I only have 15Mb, no problems watching Netflix in Super HD in the living room and playing COD with zero lag at the same time, but throwing in a movie+3-5 episodes of various TV shows torrent will certainly make me go read a book or something. which could be a good think I guess.. Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced | i5 3570k @ 4.2ghz | MSI gtx 660ti pe oc | Gygabite z77x-d3h | 8GB g.skill ripjaws| Samsung 830 ssd | Seasonic m12II 620w Corsair M45 mouse | Corsair K65 Keyboard | LG 27EA33V 27' ips| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Desktop PC When I am home I leave it on When I am away I put it to Sleep When I am away for an extended period of time I put it in Hibernation Laptop PC Hibernation all the time (unless I am using it obliviously) Only time I ever shutdown is when I did something that required a reboot and I was going to be putting it in sleep or Hibernation anyway. Only time I ever reboot is when I did something that requires a reboot. Only time I ever leave my PC on overnight is when its Downloading or something like that. Main PC: CPU: i7-4770k RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX Blu SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB HDD: 1TB WD Blue GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 2GB PSU: Corsair CX600M Case: Bitfenix Shinobi OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit Laptop: ASUS N56VJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Yeah 150Mb is indeed impressive.. I only have 15Mb, no problems watching Netflix in Super HD in the living room and playing COD with zero lag at the same time, but throwing in a movie+3-5 episodes of various TV shows torrent will certainly make me go read a book or something. which could be a good think I guess.. Like the guy you quoted above I dont have to worry about downloading overnight because I have a Fiber connection that is 100mb/s down and 50mb/s up Main PC: CPU: i7-4770k RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX Blu SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB HDD: 1TB WD Blue GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 2GB PSU: Corsair CX600M Case: Bitfenix Shinobi OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit Laptop: ASUS N56VJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I leave mine on over night to fold and download, but I have basically no dust get in due to filters/fractals great design choices. Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. As I get older I get angrier more cynical, meaner. I feel some warning posts coming. I feel a ban coming. I was warned. CPU-i5 2400 GPU-Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC Mobo-H67MA-D2H-B3 Ram-G.Skill Ripjaws 8gb 1333mhz Case-Fractal Define R4 PSU-Corsair CX750 Storage-Samsung EVO 250gb, 1tb WD Black,Hitachi 1tb Other stuff-Corsair K90, M90 Cooling-3x 140mm Fractal fans Sound-Sennheiser HD438 headphones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I leave my PC on all the time but i torrent, if i am not torrenting i shut it down until i am ready to use it again. I also do a full restart everyday. A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 I leave it on mostly as I have to access my pc at work sometimes. Thats usually 2-3 days a week. Rest of the days, its turned off at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 When i'm home, i leave it on. When i go out, i put in sleep mode. When i am going to sleep i turn it off. When i go on vacation i turn it off and unplugg every cables... call me paranoid if you want ! CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X with Nox Hummer H240 Aura AIO Liquid Cooler; MOBO: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F; GPU: XFX RX 6800 ; RAM: Viper Steel 16 Gb (2X8) 4400Mhz DDR4; Storage: Adata XPG 512 Gb M.2 NVME SSD + 1 Tb WD Blue HDD + 1 Lexar Tb SSD; Case: Phanteks P350X; PSU: Corsair RM750i 80+ Gold; Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q 1440p @170hz; Headset: Hyper X Cloud Stinger; K&M: CM Storm Quickfire TK & Logitech G502. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 Was wondering this for a while now.. I usually keep my PC on when I leave for work in the morning, but lately I've decided to put it to sleep or even turn it off since I'm gone for 9-12 hours usually and I don't want it to function as a vacuum cleaner for no reason.. Wanted to hear your opinion on the matter.. do you guys leave it on regardless? do you turn it off every day? or do you use the sleep option? do any of the above have any positive\negative repercussions? i havent turned my computer off in 2 years lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 16, 2014 leave on....cos it doesnt turn off! take out the battery (obviously turns off), put it back in, dont touch a thing.....and it starts up. MotherBoard: Asus Z87 Gryphon CPU: i5 4670k CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X41 GPU: Asus Radeon R9 290 DCUII RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 1866 2x4GB PSU: Corsair HX650v2 SemiModular Storage: Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB, Seagate Barracuda 2TB Case: Corsair Obsidian 350D mATX Monitor: Samsung S24D590PL Keybord: Ducky Shine Zero Cherry Red Mouse: Corsair Raptor M45 OS: Windows 8.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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