*OT* Powering Down your Computer or leave it on 24/7

I've got a question after reading a previous post. Have *The Minds that Be*
ever determined if its better to leave a pc on 24/7 or is the powering
up/down thing does more damage over time?


...Syn...

I keep my own 24/7 takes damage from turning it off then back on hours later
I mean heck how would u like ur parts stretched and contracted every few
hours lol





"Visceral_Syn" wrote in message
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I've got a question after reading a previous post. Have *The Minds that
Be*
ever determined if its better to leave a pc on 24/7 or is the powering
up/down thing does more damage over time?


...Syn...

It's realy dependent on the user but general rule of thumb is -

If you're not going to use the puter for the next 24 hours, turn it off;
otherwise, leave it on... Please see following articles:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question328.htm

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000390.htm

HTH

"Visceral_Syn" wrote in message
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I've got a question after reading a previous post. Have *The Minds that
Be*
ever determined if its better to leave a pc on 24/7 or is the powering
up/down thing does more damage over time?


...Syn...

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 16:59:34 +0000, CeeBee wrote:

....I guess you don't pay your own electricity bill.....

There is a huge spike when you turn your computer on, especially the
monitor. I think it pays to turn off a CRT if you're not going to be using
it for twenty minutes. The same for the normal room light bulb.

--

..

Turn it off save power.....................

"Visceral_Syn" wrote in message
.. .
I've got a question after reading a previous post. Have *The Minds that
Be*
ever determined if its better to leave a pc on 24/7 or is the powering
up/down thing does more damage over time?


...Syn...

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 10:11:30 -0600, "Visceral_Syn"
wrote:

I've got a question after reading a previous post. Have *The Minds that Be*
ever determined if its better to leave a pc on 24/7 or is the powering
up/down thing does more damage over time?


...Syn...


I couldn't real;y say. I know that if you leave it on 24/7,
you better keep it in a very dust free room, or you'll be cleaning the
CPU, PSU, and case fans more frequently. My brother's computer room is
in the same room the washing machine, and dryer reside. Their PC runs
24/7, but I'm usally having to blow the dust out every 2 months, or so
with his compressor to make sure it doesn't burn the PSU, CPU, or GPU
out.
I only run mine when I'm using it, and it only needs to be
cleaned every 8, or 9 months. I'm also running an Athlon XP 3000+ with
a GeForce 4 Ti4400.

Visceral_Syn wrote:

I've got a question after reading a previous post. Have *The Minds that
Be* ever determined if its better to leave a pc on 24/7 or is the powering
up/down thing does more damage over time?

To some extent it's a religious issue. In the real world it doesn't make a
whole Hell of a lot of difference which you do. Only real benefit to
turning off is that you save a little bit of electricity.

...Syn...

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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Visceral_Syn wrote:
I've got a question after reading a previous post. Have *The Minds that Be*
ever determined if its better to leave a pc on 24/7 or is the powering
up/down thing does more damage over time?


I leave mine on 24/7 to let it run Folding@Home. Haven't noticed any
extreme problem with dust, but I do clean it out every now and then.
But I have to do that to the computers I have that aren't run 24/7
anyway. The power usage is not that huge especially if you have the
monitors and hard drives power down after a period of non-use.

As for the electric bill - I guess mine went up a little, but I really
didn't notice. The FAQ for Folding@Home:
http://folding.stanford.edu/faq.html#misc.power
estimates about $0.36 per day at California's electric rate of $0.15 per
kW/h. I think I pay about $0.10, so my rate would be considerably
cheaper. A computer that is completely idle uses VERY little electricity.

If you are going to keep it on, consider a distributed computing project
like Folding@Home, SETI@Home, Prime95, or one of the many others. At
least then your computer is doing something useful.

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"CeeBee" wrote in message
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Vigil wrote in alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia:


There is a huge spike when you turn your computer on, especially the
monitor. I think it pays to turn off a CRT if you're not going to be
using it for twenty minutes. The same for the normal room light bulb.


That occasional spike is peanuts, energy consumptionwise compared to 24/7
use, unless your active PC use comes close to 24/7. When I started
shutting down my Desktop PC when I wasn't using it instead of letting it
run 24/7 my electricity comsumption dropped from 20% in winter to 30% in
summer.

Furthermore PC's hardly die from failure due to excessive on and off
switching. The vast bulk of PC's is still in perfect health at the time
they're dumped because their hardware is incompatible with today's
standard.

It might well be that running a pc 24/7 is better for the components, but
the gain is irrelevant for almost every PC users if you include the
economic lifespan of the current PC you're using.

24/7 is a decision, maybe because you run a web- or FTP-server, or because
it's part of a network constantly used. If it comes to possible damage, in
practice 24/7 or switching on and off is an non-choice.


--
CeeBee


"I don't know half of you
half as well as I should like;
and I like less than half of you
half as well as you deserve."


Furthermore PC's hardly die from failure due to excessive on and off
switching.

Not true - this is exactly what eventually leads to component failure.
It's my job to know...

Thanks for the replies, i was just wondering. I do pay my own electricity
bill and have 4 pc's, 3 of which i don't turn off. My main gaming has a
6000rpm Thermaltake HSF on it, due to the level of noise that only bothers
me when i'm not exactly usin my rig is why i power it down in the evenings.
My light bill has been not affected all that much with 4 rigs runnin
constantly. Wifey is not fond of it, but she only complains a lil. Thanks
again, for the responses.


...Syn...