my laptop also runs 24/7... im downloading bluray isos, usually i just turn it of once evey month or if theres a maintenance...
That might explain why my old laptop from 2008 still works hahahaAs soon as I leave the room I turn it off my PC/laptop. There is exceptions to rule, like if I am torrenting or not.
I am certain that leaving PC's powered on for days on end is electrical torture.
My parents never turn off PC's and for some reason they can never make a computer last more than 2 years without complete hardware failure.
My desktop i built 5 years ago is still going strong. Coincidence?
I disagree. My desktop has been running almost 24/7 for 4 years now and it's still going strong.As soon as I leave the room I turn it off my PC/laptop. There is exceptions to rule, like if I am torrenting or not.
I am certain that leaving PC's powered on for days on end is electrical torture.
My parents never turn off PC's and for some reason they can never make a computer last more than 2 years without complete hardware failure.
My desktop i built 5 years ago is still going strong. Coincidence?
I disagree. My desktop has been running almost 24/7 for 4 years now and it's still going strong.
And what about servers? A server run in a home is usually just a standard PC, but why are they ok running 24/7 and not a gaming PC? It's not like people are gonna leave their games on 24/7.
As soon as I leave the room I turn it off my PC/laptop. There is exceptions to rule, like if I am torrenting or not.
I am certain that leaving PC's powered on for days on end is electrical torture.
My parents never turn off PC's and for some reason they can never make a computer last more than 2 years without complete hardware failure.
My desktop i built 5 years ago is still going strong. Coincidence?
For a pc... ok then, you must have had a hard time before globes changed standard by law....I shut mine down when I'm done with it. If I was to leave it on my power bill would be insane lol
I did a test last month and didn't use my PC at all. Wanted to see just how much the bill would drop. Went from $100 to $55, So almost cut in half. Last thing I need is a $200 power bill every month.Electronics fail when receiving a flux, power on or power off.
Unless there is another failure like a fan failing causeing overheating etc, that will generally be the fail. Even then the fan causing that deviation is mostly supported by the same principle, it failed on poweron or off.
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For a pc... ok then, you must have had a hard time before globes changed standard by law....
So you isolated the usage drawn from the pc with a mater and took its value for the period from the bill?I did a test last month and didn't use my PC at all. Wanted to see just how much the bill would drop. Went from $100 to $55, So almost cut in half. Last thing I need is a $200 power bill every month.
I kept usage of everything else the same and just left the pc off. I figured it would go down some but didn't expect it to go down by almost half. You can spout off whatever you want it doesn't change what happened.So you isolated the usage drawn from the pc with a mater and took its value for the period from the bill?
Or you tried to keep variences in normal comsumption down with the pc off. See where you couldbe wrong?
Universities and other institutes keep theirs on for many reasons, cost is one, but you tainted experiment knows better....
Nevermind...
Look out you're going to be told shutting it off won't save you money.I turned them off when I don't use them. Why enhance my powerbill more than it have too?[emoji14]My tiny server on the other hand is on 24/7 since, it's a server