do you leave ur pc on 24/7?

[Nocturnal]

I leave my system on 24/7. I normally reboot the computer a few times a month. Other than that, I leave it on 24/7.

 

[Trizik]

all of mine are on pretty much 24/7, but every now and then i'll give them a break

 

[international]

I only restart for OCing reasons

 

[AnImuS]

no.

 

[imported_Reck]

is processor wear even an issue if it's properly cooled? as i understand it, processors last a good 20 years.

a well made motherboard will last a very long time as well, the issues with bad caps seems to have been resolved.

the only downside to leaving your pc on 24/7 is wearing down the hdd motor i think. that and it increases dust accumulation.

 

[midnight growler]

My room is hot and has poor AC circulation so I turn it off when Im not using it, not for my compute's sake, but so I enjoy 5 degree cooler temps. Its also somewhat noisy too.

 

[Fenuxx]

I just turn it off at night before I go to bed. I usually turn it on when I get up (unless I'm working or at sk00l), and it stays on until I go to bed. My laptop, on the other hand, just goes into Standby when I close the lid. I haven't shut it off or restarted it in 3 weeks .

 

[OVERKILL]

i keep mine on 24/7

 

[vegetation]

I have my shuttle cube celeron 2.0 running for almost 2 years now 24/7 powering my webcams and weather station software. Runs great. before that, had a dual celeron system. The celerons' were only 366's but overclocked to 550. The heat effect did incur a toll as towards the end of life (4 years) the chips could only handle a max of 500mhz overclocked. Although they had an adequate heatsink/fan, the room temps would soar above 90 degrees every day of the year. However, I could care less since after 4 years this system was just a slow piece of junk anyhow (hence I replaced it with a celeron 2.0).
I therefore wouldn't worry at all about heat effects. Yea, provide adequate cooling but don't need to go overboard. You're not going to keep a 10 year old system operational 24/7 anyhow.

 

[pacho108]

I used to leave my old setup on 24/7 which was an athlon xp slightly oced mostly downloading while not using it, got a 3000+ venice a couple of weeks ago and oced it to 2.61 with 1.49 max vcore (it maxes out a 2.7 but i dont want to raise the vcore more than that).
I left this setup on 24/7 until i read in Bleedinedge's forum a thread about the longevity of a64s ocs, most people had their ocs for a few months before they became unstable and had to clocked down, some of them suspect its only on 90nm chips, some that its the mobo. Im a little afraid that this will hit me too and ive been thinking to get some cheap ram and video card to bring back my old cpu and mobo just for downloading.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

I leave my web server on 24/7...

 

[QuantumPion]

I sleep 8 hours and am at work for 10 hours so I turn mine off when I go to bed. 18 hours a day of idle time is a lot, comes out to be around $8 a month (assuming 200 W, 18 hrs a day, 7 c/kwhr)

 

[djnsmith7]

I turn mine off every night because I wouldn't be able to sleep with all the lights coming through the acrylic case.

 

[eplebnista]

do you leave ur pc on 24/7?

Yes

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: MDE
I leave all of mine on 24\7 and run Folding@Home on them.

Used to do this, but I realized its not worth it in the end. My electricity bill = bleh. Plus doesn't seem too fair for my roommates who shut off their comps during the night and I leave 2 on w/ fans blasting.

 

[Cheezeit]

I usually leave it on. My temps are also pretty high, like idle 37 CPU and 49 Chipset. I dont really care, thought, as I think it should be fine.

 

[intogamer]

24/7
Intel P4 2.53
Asus P4P800 Deluxe
OCZ Platnium Rev2s
320gb WDC sata
Antec Neopower

hehe torrents!!!!

 

[calyco]

Usually leave it on two weeks at a time.

 

[xTYBALTx]

How can you ask this question without poll. I need at least 32% more poll.

 

[l Xes l]

yes