Sleep vs Shut Down

[N3rot0xin]

Its on when I use it, thats it. Unless your folding or mining there's absolutely no reason to leave it on for 24/7.  Even when downloading things, its not on for more then a day straight. The primary downside would be power surges or other forms of electrical disturbances. There really is no point to having it on 24/7.

[jaqiefox]

Its on when I use it, thats it. Unless your folding or mining there's absolutely no reason to leave it on for 24/7.  Even when downloading things, its not on for more then a day straight. The primary downside would be power surges or other forms of electrical disturbances. There really is no point to having it on 24/7.

 

so you are trying to say there is NOTHING in the WORLD that someone could POSSIBLY be doing with their computer besides folding or mining, that would require it to be on and available 24/7?

 

I'm sorry, but you are DEAD wrong.

[N3rot0xin]

so you are trying to say there is NOTHING in the WORLD that someone could POSSIBLY be doing with their computer besides folding or mining, that would require it to be on and available 24/7?

 

I'm sorry, but you are DEAD wrong.

Unless you can stay awake 24/7, no. There is nothing that could possibly warrant the need to leave a computer on 24/7. Obviously personal servers or NAS-like backup solutions are excluded, as being on 24/7 is kinda the point of those. As far daily use and average workload, point stands. If you're downloading on a slow connection, 2-3 days doesn't count as 24/7. Or if you're doing a render, a few days at a time for render is, obviously, perfectly fine. But neither of those scenarios is "24/7". Either you don't understand what 24/7 is, or you took my meaning out of context. In the contents of this thread its safe to assume to that 24/7 means "ON for 24 hours a day 7 days a week 4 weeks a month (3 in feb) 12 months a year (excluding patch tuesday)". Being on for more then 24 hours a couple times a month doesn't count.

[Rassilon]

Which where I live is only 4.32 dollars. 

Which ~$50 per year, and needlessly producing greenhouse gases, unless you're using a clean source.

[DoubleY]

Which ~$50 per year, and needlessly producing greenhouse gases, unless you're using a clean source.

Nope... $4.32 per year. 

[Rassilon]

Nope... $4.32 per year. 

So you're paying $0.006 per kWh...

[DoubleY]

So you're paying $0.006 per kWh...

My bad- I forgot to multiply by 12.

[helping]

My PC sleeps when I do.

 

I can't remember my last shut down and restart. If I shut down, it's because I accidentally hit shut down instead of sleep. 

[x Relentless Xx]

Theres absolutely no need to leave it on with the use of SSDs now. I personally think you (as in people in general) are a moron if u leave your PC on 24/7. I could understand back in the 5400RPM days when it took 2-3 mins to boot up and wait for the HDD to stabilize. But we have SSDs now that take 10 seconds to boot up and ur done. Turn your PC off at night!

[George Goranov]

I have it on when I use it. It's not a server PC so there is no need to be up all the time.

[Guest]

There is nothing that could possibly warrant the need to leave a computer on 24/7. 

 

Folding, BOINC, mining...plenty of things.

 

I'm sure that none of you mean it when you say "[you] are a moron if you leave your PC on 24/7" and that Folding doesn't come to mind when discussing these kinds of things, because I'm taken aback at the amount of people saying that it's a "waste of money" or "detrimental of the life of your computer" or as above, "you are a moron when you leave your PC on 24/7".

[UselessBread]

Mine is on 24/7 because there is a SSH server on the thing and I like to use that for sftp so I can access my files from bed with different computers.

[ILunde]

my baby runs 24/7 and only reboots for updates.

no reason for it really, but i like that its always instantly ready, and reachable if i am at work and need to look up something. and i usually download steam games through the night, or day-time when i am at work.

[jaqiefox]

Folding, BOINC, mining...plenty of things.

 

I'm sure that none of you mean it when you say "[you] are a moron if you leave your PC on 24/7" and that Folding doesn't come to mind when discussing these kinds of things, because I'm taken aback at the amount of people saying that it's a "waste of money" or "detrimental of the life of your computer" or as above, "you are a moron when you leave your PC on 24/7".

 

Yeah, no kidding.  just the sheer scope of willful ignorance that others may have an actual use for their computers when they are asleep or out of home and the set like concrete mindset that they will not even entertain the possibility that someone has figured something out that they haven't just astounds me.

 

It's like pot and kettle.... calling someone that has discovered something (or some things) they have not a moron.... just astounding.

 

 

 

 

AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, my laptop stays on so I can log things off the 'net that otherwise I could not - conversations in IRC, temperatures in my room as I sleep (and when I am gone), et cetra.

My desktop stays on because I serve files with it - not just for myself but for others in this household.  It also seeds torrents (of legal things), keeps records of electrical line status (brownouts, blackouts, power blips), monitors for phone calls and records voicemails if I get any, wakes me up if I get an email sent to an inbox set for important messages (such as my website going down or a security alert from my bank of suspicious debit account activity), records alerts sent for my local area over NOAA radio.....

 

I could go on and on but I think even the pot and kettle people by now realize that yes there are valid reasons for me leaving my PCs on 24/7 and that I do indeed understand what 24/7 means (wow, talk about strawman argument up there).

[Hank_Tech]

I just turn my desktop off. With an instant shutodwn, and a 4 second boot time, there is no reason not to shut it off. Just keeps my room cooler/quieter at night. I keep my laptop on 24/7 (or try to at least) because I am running some servers off it for media and games. 

[Mincygrape]

I turn it on in the morning and let it start up, then put it to sleep when I am not using it. I switch it off at night or when I go out. I do leave it on when I am downloading something though, as my internet is so slow and takes ages to download anything. Today for example, I've had it on all day as I'm downloading about 15GB worth of stuff, and it's barely a third done, after over 10 hours.

[Admire]

I have to admit that Im not sure if this is correct, but I have always been told that a PC is actually better off running constantly instead of turning it off and on.....But mine is only on when I use it.

[zombiepixel]

Just curious - does it cost a noticeable amount to leave it on? Does it wear anything out? Does it put it more at risk to hackers if it is always on?

if you were to put a pan on a fire 24/7 would the metal be affected? yes. motherboards and cpus being on always will degrade. obsorbing heat in general will affect everything 

[A32m]

I use hibernation, as often as I can. But rarely ever shutdown.

[ZacDaMan72]

If I'm downloading I keep it on but if not I set it to sleep

[ZacDaMan72]

If I'm downloading I keep it on but if not I set it to sleep

[Guest]

I leave my PC on because it doubles as a media server. It idles at 150W anyway so it's more or less like leaving a lightbulb and a half running for the convenience of having access to movies and music on phones/tablets and other devices.

[N3rot0xin]

Never mind

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[LarsReviews]

Is Standby 24/7?

[kpsl808mg]

back in the days:
 

Lol, what the hell? Is that Win98? With balls to the walls every program in existance open.

 

hehe, that machine got it's fire from Win 2000 Prof. and was 'on the run' 24 / 7 ...there was a reboot once or twice a month and at install / gaming of course.... ^^
 

 

nowadys:

keeping the rigs on working hours...so maybe 8 to 10 hours a day...full run on most weekends ^^ ...and if it happens that there are no tasks at all; i even shut down the systems ( no hibernation bollocks)...