24/7 On Poll

[imported_Scoop]

It takes little over a minute from the press of the power button through double boot and user account selection to the windows dekstop having loaded apps and gpu color adjustments. So yes, I turn it off even if the saving is about 1W compared to Sleep mode.

 

[pukemon]

I use S1 Sleep / Suspend-to-RAM, so the machine is technically on 24-7. It wakes up a whole lot faster than using S3 Hibernate / Suspend to Disc.

 

[evident]

i used to leave my pc on 24/7 when i was at school. now that i realize how much of a waste of energy it is, i religiously use S3/S4 sleep, especially since i have a decent motherboard that can support it w/o ever crapping out.

at night i usually walk away from the pc and it sleeps after a bout an hour or two, so it can do its updates, caching and whatnot.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: pcgeek11

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: Mwing
i leave it on 24/7 until windows boot up time is within 10 sec

shorter life = more excuse to upgrade

I actually timed how long it took my computer to boot from the second I hit the power button until I was logged into MSN (marking the point when the computer can be used for something). 5 minutes. It takes 5 minutes for my computer to boot. This is why I never turn it off.

5 Minutes!

What is it?

A damn abicus.

E6600
~3gb ram (32-bit limit)
GeForce 8800GTX
Vista Business is installed on 320gb 7200rpm 8mb SATA 1 hard drive

I should post a video of it. It's really something.

dude u got a serious issue. i never had a pc take that long including a 300 celeron. which takes like less than a minute.

 

[KoolDrew]

Mine is usually always doing something, even if it's just torrenting so I do leave it on 24/7.

 

[theAnimal]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
24/7 running the single core CPU client Folding@Home and the GPU Folding@Home client. I cannot get the multi-CPU client working correctly.

Have you tried the Deino SMP? Works great for me.

 

[Kraeoss]

he probably has it scanniing the hdd's for errors before it boots up.... bad drives take that long afaik

24/7 unless power goes or.... i decide to oc some more lol....

set to sleep after like 30 mins of no use (when i go to work, with gf ;D) plus i like the heat... at night only though

 

[Texun]

I have a once a day rule - turn it on when I need it and leave it on until I go to bed. I never liked the on\off\on\off method. If I'm going to be gone for a while I put it to sleep. If I'm out of town it gets unplugged. The longest I've had one running was 23 days according to uptime.exe but on average I would say it's on 16 hours a day and hibernating the rest of the time. I'm not too worried about fan failure. I have the thermal shut down enabled in the BIOS. Never tried it but I hope it works if needed.