Are you the type that leaves their computer on?

Rikimaru_X · August 2005

I'm just wondering becuase sometimes my computer is always on in stand by mode. I pretty much have my computer on all the time. I shut down maybe twice a week. Somthing like that.

Phoenixs · August 2005

I haven't turned off my comp for 7 days now. I usually never turn it off. If I don't chat or play on it, I turn on downloads and leave it downloading.

grimweeper · August 2005

i leave it off, my friend went on vacation and left his computer on for 7 days straight and when he came back and restarted it it was all fucked up, im pretty sure his processor burned out couse that motherfucker was hot as hell on the side of the case.

Dekron · August 2005

I either turn it off or put it in standby when I am not using it. My wife's computer is the same way. Hers has a 350watt PSU, mine has a 600watt PSU. If left on, that can cause some high electric bills.

scaramoosh · August 2005

I turn it off when not using it, no point wasting power

Kiamde · August 2005

Well, I own a 150 dollar PSU and I don't want to wear it out, since it is the only piece of hardware on my rig that does not have a warranty. Also, why waste all that power? I have my PC on about 12 hours a day. Why double my power costs by leaving it on 24/7 when I could just flip my power button and turn it off in seconds?

Fraggle · August 2005

I know someone who's had a major house fire cos they left their pc on. The guy was only working out in his garage while the house was burning down!

billie · August 2005

this system off (overnight) mayby four times in the last five years... not counting temp shut downs due to local power outages, storms, ect.
Nearly 2,000 work units (wu) in the SETI project, it does wu over night while i sleep.

Serien · August 2005

when I'm leaving for more than 6 hours, I turn it off.

AbyssKnight · August 2005

I use a family computer, it's left on all day, turned off for the night. Which isn't very long, since I go to bed at about 2 and turn it off, and then my parents get up at about 7 and turn it on.

Jinton · August 2005

Mine only goes off if I leave somewhere for 1+ days. So it's on almost all the time.

burningatta · August 2005

i also use a family computer and im always the last one on. so i just turn it off before i crash.

patheos · August 2005

My computer is on 24/7 the only time it goes off is if im going on vacation for more than a week. Its a crappy computer that my parents bought for the family. I need a cheap computer for gaming but Im not sure how much its going to cost ( i can built it, just dont have the money, any help?)

Enigma · August 2005

24/7 here unless we leave the house for a few days

Harlee · August 2005

As much as my computers are used, turning them off when you're done would use more power then anything else. Leaving your computers on doesnt hurt your electric bill (for the idiot who said that). Monitor goes to sleep, CPU idles.

Peter Frampton Comes Alive!

Tannayr · August 2005

I turn my computer off every night and restart frequently and there is a very good reason. To clear the system memory. When you run programs it loads into your system memory, when you exit out some of that memory is still used. When you have gigs of memory you really won't notice it, but I like to be on the safe side and always have my system fresh. I do alot of music and photo editing as well as programming, my memory gets eaten up after a while. Also restarting only clears about 90% of the memory cache, RAM runs off of power, when you kill the power to it, it does not store any information, so if you shut down you clear it 100%. Just my 2 cents.

Balter · August 2005

My Room is pretty small and if i leave it on for too long it gets hot in here.

I'm getting a desk Fan in here soon.

the heat doesnt change the fact that i leave it on all day though and turn off at night.

Trigget4k · August 2005

The only time my laptop is off is when I'm restarting it after leaving it on for a month and it goes crazy.

Xexima · August 2005

i leave my computer on stand by almost all of the time im not using it, but recently i got a huge electric bill and it was probably from that....i think ill turn it off more now

grimweeper · August 2005

Originally posted by comeasyouare

My Room is pretty small and if i leave it on for too long it gets hot in here.
I'm getting a desk Fan in here soon.
the heat doesnt change the fact that i leave it on all day though and turn off at night.

yea mine too, thats why we all need water cooling, the water takes in the heat instead of spreading it into your room/house

TookyG · August 2005

Originally posted by Harlee

As much as my computers are used, turning them off when you're done would use more power then anything else. Leaving your computers on doesnt hurt your electric bill (for the idiot who said that). Monitor goes to sleep, CPU idles.

Peter Frampton Comes Alive!

Unfortunately, I'm unable to find the article regarding how much energy you can save per year by turning your computer off if you'll be away from it for more than 45 minutes as opposed to leaving it run 24/7. Obviously the energy usage of a computer is based on many factors but for your average home PC...just turn it off if you'll be away from it for an extended period of time.

Besides, clearing out your RAM is a good thing.

Rufius · August 2005

According to the website of Mr. Electricity, Michael Bluejay, a computer uses about 65 watts when in regular mode, and anywhere from 3 - 35 watts in standby or hibernate. Your computer could use less or more, depending on your power supply and whether any programs are scheduled to run during that overnight time. But in the interest of keeping it simple, using Mr. Electricity's figure of 65 watts and guessing 10pm to 8am as "overnight" (ten hours)

65 watts x 10 hours = 650 watts, or 0.65 kwh (kilowatts per hour) used overnight.

At .65 kwh, using the U.S. Dept of Energy figure of 8.2 cents per kwh, running the PC all night will set you back a little over 5 cents each night it stays on. Please remember this is just a hypothetical scenario. You could spend a dime or, in rare cases, a quarter per night.

Posted by- Jodie

Mr. Electricity's Site

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.html

Cessik · August 2005

I never leave my on over night. I'm not that lazy that I can't wait like a solid minute for it to load up when I turn it on every day.

Vitamin_G · August 2005

I only leave my pc on while unattended if I am downloading something big. Other then that I turn it off whenever I'm done.

Apsylum · August 2005

Always on here

Harlee · August 2005

[quote]Originally posted by Betrayal-X
[b]According to the website of Mr. Electricity, Michael Bluejay, a computer uses about 65 watts when in regular mode, and anywhere from 3 - 35 watts in standby or hibernate. Your computer could use less or more, depending on your power supply and whether any programs are scheduled to run during that overnight time. But in the interest of keeping it simple, using Mr. Electricity's figure of 65 watts and guessing 10pm to 8am as "overnight" (ten hours)65 watts x 10 hours = 650 watts, or 0.65 kwh (kilowatts per hour) used overnight. At .65 kwh, using the U.S. Dept of Energy figure of 8.2 cents per kwh, running the PC all night will set you back a little over 5 cents each night it stays on. Please remember this is just a hypothetical scenario. You could spend a dime or, in rare cases, a quarter per night.
Posted by- Jodie
Mr. Electricity's Site
[url=http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.html][/b][/quote]

Bravo, but your equation left out one factor. The power the bootup alone uses.

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