Leave computer on all night or turn it off?

[xander5000]

What are the pluses and minuses?

x

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

The entire reason behind having a fast computer is to do things as fast as possible. I hate waiting. I leave it on 24/7 so I have instant access to it.

 

[jeffrey]

Do you need it on at night? If you have unfinished downloads or if your processing goes on late and you want to go to bed, then leave it on. However, if you are poor and don't want to waste the electricity, or can't sleep because of the fan noise, turn it off. Now, if it isn't doing anything productive and its no personal inconvenience to leave it on, it's up to you.

 

[John]

plus - run Seti or RC5 for Team AnandTech 24/7
minus - none

 

[Ausm]

I leave mine on 24/7 also


Ausm

 

[Shooters]

I leave mine on just because I like to have access to my system whenever I wake up. Also, a lot of times I encode DivX movies over night.

 

[DoOLiE11]

i turn it off at night

cuz my HDs make a nasty whining noise

 

[conlan]

Off, so i can sleep. (too many fans)

 

[Dewey]

24/7. SETI is always running and I don't want to wait for it to boot up.

 

[Bushwicktrini]

<< Off, so i can sleep. (too many fans) >>



Same here

 

[ChrisADuffy]

<< << Off, so i can sleep. (too many fans) >> >>



Ditto!

 

[ElFenix]

on 24/7. have swiffer on the inside and a hand towel draped across the back to deaden sound. that and i have an oscillating fan in the room anyway so its not any louder, just a different freq.

and i DL all the time

plus i know if its stable if it lasts all night.

 

[manko]

<< We're going to (Parti'), Oh (Karamu'), Yeah (Fiesta) forever
Come on and sing along
We're going to (Parti'), OOH (Karamu'), Yeah (Fiesta) forever
Come on and sing my song

All night long (all night), All night (all night)
All night long (all night), All night (all night)
All night long (all night), All night (all night)
All night long (all night), Ugh (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)
All night (all night), Ugh >>



All night long

 

[nihil]

i keep them all on. otherwise i can't sleep. the fans and consoles beeping away during the night put me to sleep.

 

[CubicZirconia]

I shut mine off every night. Only takes 15 second to start up, so that isn't worth it.

 

[grrl]

I may start leaving it on if I can make it a bit quieter.

 

[Wolfsraider]

on 24/7 dont like turning it off and on as that seems harder on the components 'shrugs'

 

[socketman]

Manko, i cannot believe you quoted a Lionel Richie song... I do believe thats punishable by death in the state of Texas (where Im from). Of course, everything is punishable by death in my state. Last week, an old lady jay-walked and was given lethal injection on the spot

btw- i turn my comp off, mainly to save $

 

[manko]

<< Manko, i cannot believe you quoted a Lionel Richie song... I do believe thats punishable by death in the state of Texas (where Im from). >>

for some reason that damn song just popped into my head when I was reading this thread. And thanks for the offer - the death penalty will be a sweet relief from the memory of "All Night Long." I'm glad I infected someone else...

 

[FuManStan]

I leave mine on at school with a few apps running like IRC and AIM in case anyone leaves me messages. Also i have things downloading sometimes, and Progress Quest up too. At home theres energy costs so i just turn it off since its not a necessity. I dont mind the noise at when i sleep though and besides, its nice to brag about uptime

 

[Wolfsraider]

<< for some reason that damn song just popped into my head when I was reading this thread. And thanks for the offer - the death penalty will be a sweet relief from the memory of "All Night Long." I'm glad I infected someone else... >>



rotflmao good one

 

[Mitzi]

I turn mine off - I'm hardly ever at home to use my main PC so leaving it on would be a serious waste of electricity.

 

[anthrax]

Well, if you have a IBM GXP 120 series...turn it off or you increase the chance of HDD failiure by 100 % ..

 

[Derango]

I normaly leave mine on all day, even when I'm at class. I crunch for the AnandTech Folding@Home team, so I let that run all day. However, it goes off at night because I can't sleep with the fan noise....and I don't have nearly as many fans as everyone else in here

 

[murphy55d]

too loud...can't sleep with the Delta screamer in this machine. It goes off when I go to sleep.