FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

Constantly Powered On, or Shut Her Down?

Post Date: 2010-05-05
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
BHH.Husker View Drop Down
Newbie
Newbie


Joined: 25 Dec 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 53 		  Quote BHH.Husker Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Topic: Constantly Powered On, or Shut Her Down?
    Posted: 05 May 2010 at 12:50pm
What's the stance on this these days?  Is it better to keep your PC constantly turned on with occasional restarts, or is it better to let it shutdown during periods of prolonged disuse? 

Edited by BHH.Husker - 05 May 2010 at 12:50pm
Back to Top
justin.kerr View Drop Down
DS Veteran
DS Veteran

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 06 May 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5084 		  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 05 May 2010 at 1:07pm
everything has a certain amount of hours of life.. why waste them idling.. shut that bitch down. Ouch
Back to Top
ablahblah View Drop Down
DS Veteran
DS Veteran

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 12 Jun 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2312 		  Quote ablahblah Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 05 May 2010 at 3:11pm
shut the dang thing down lol, you're killing its life, and machines tend to go a leetle happy and do things unsupervised, say, getting infected with a virus, installing a million updates, trying to do something it can't that you know it can't but it doesn't know it can't, tec.
R4D4RPR00F
Core i7 920 @ 3.9Ghz
Asus Sabertooth X58
EVGA GTX 570
Mushkin 6GB 1414Mhz
Back to Top
AndydViking View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 10 Sep 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 733 		  Quote AndydViking Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 05 May 2010 at 3:51pm
@BHH.HUSKER I actually asked this question months back and here was that thread as well to add to your research/info http://www.digitalstormonline.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=9019&KW=24%2F7
Back to Top
<8) slunK parade View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 798 		  Quote <8) slunK parade Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 05 May 2010 at 9:18pm
shut it down
saves energy
less stress on hardware
why leave it on
Back to Top
AndydViking View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 10 Sep 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 733 		  Quote AndydViking Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 05 May 2010 at 9:41pm
Originally posted by <8) slunK parade

shut it down
saves energy
less stress on hardware
why leave it on
 
Yeah I agree.  Most of us work or go to school there is 8 hrs.  Then sleep another 8 hrs. So why have your PC on for 16 hrs at least being unused?
Back to Top
Manbearpig View Drop Down
Newbie
Newbie

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 52 		  Quote Manbearpig Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 09 May 2010 at 12:49am
does "standby' count or just shut it down "all the way"?
Back to Top
justin.kerr View Drop Down
DS Veteran
DS Veteran

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 06 May 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5084 		  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 09 May 2010 at 9:38am
sleep/standby if you want, but there have been way too many issues with sleep and X58 systems... just shut her down. IMHO
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 5.078125E-02 seconds.