Do you turn your computer off when you're away from it or at night?

[kami]

Mine NEVER goes off. two week vacation? hell, i'll leave it on! :Q it can crack or something..

 

[Tripleshot]

How much power is consumed by a pc when not in use? how much power does the average monitor consume? I have seven of these babies crackin RC5 24/7. I am curious how much extra I am paying for this luxery.

Has anyone done a study?

 

[Pretender]

Consider the following:

a) I host a webpage on my machine
b) I run RC5 on my machine
c) I don't pay for the electricity where I live



If you were me, would you ever turn your computer off? Didn't think so

 

[BoberFett]

Tripleshot

Depends on your exact cost per kwh where you are, but it's probably about $5-10/mo. for each PC. It also depends a lot on whether or not your hard drives spin down, monitor sleeps, etc.

 

[prodigy]

Mine's never off

 

[DaBoneHead]

Cost also depends (correct me if I am wrong) on your powersupply.

My web server has a new 400w powersupply. My web site is under construction, so I don't leave it up.


I used to run it as a dedicated CS server, but since I moved to Texas and they cut my bandwidth from what I had in tampa, I don't anymore (who would play on an 8 person CS server?).

If verizon ever gets their act together and I get my DSL connect back, it will be a toss up between hosting my site during the day/eve, and running CS at night. Not enough bandwidth for both.

 

[Oyeve]

I turn mine off at night. its too damn loud!

 

[HoopDogg]

sure, it's loud
but if you cant handle the noise, you're not [H]ard!


on 24/7 all of em

 

[BoberFett]

DaBoneHead

The PS can be any size, it depends on the power usage of the components currently running. If you've got a 400 watt PS but are only using half it's capacity, it's not using any more than a 200 watt PS would (if there were such a thing).

 

[Pretender]

<< The PS can be any size, it depends on the power usage of the components currently running. If you've got a 400 watt PS but are only using half it's capacity, it's not using any more than a 200 watt PS would (if there were such a thing). >>

Wouldn't it be using a little more than 200, since the power supply is actually getting 400 watts, using 200, and losing a little of the surplus?

I don't know much about PSes and electricity in general, so I could be wrong.

 

[ArkAoss]

Used to hafta leave both mine on 24/7 and if i went someplace 1 usually came with me, he he, one was a ics server (and my dvd player, and burner, and game box, so it's TWEAKED. now though, its in my room with me, cant leave it on, *sniffles and sad music* i tried, but it crashed. gonna upgrade to tbird, and p3 dually mobo in 1 case *WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - QUEEN* yeah, then it'll be forced to being up 24/7 one mobo or the other, got red alert 2 , is that not an awsome game????

 

[fdiskboy]

24x7 Got to crack you know.

 

[ArkAoss]

naw psu's take what they need, and if what they need is more than what they are rated at max, they die. and usually the max is a max, usually you cant hold it at (theoretically) 395 watts for tooo long, cause thats a PEAK rating. also i've got a 145 watt psu, traded it to my boss for a 300 watt he he he