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I turn mine off at night only. How else will I enjoy the fast boot times of an SSD?
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Yeah, I'd say the hardest thing that can be done to electronics is power cycle them. Just think about light bulbs ... they only seem to fail when you first turn them on.
All off besides the media server.
S[H]ady;1037789752 said:I have 4 computers running in my house 24/7.
My PC.
My brothers PC
my moms PC
media cetner PC
All 4 of these are on constantly and pretty much only reboot for windows updates.
We all use our computers so frequently that it's really not worth shutting them down at all. We could get away with doing it during the day while we're all at work, but I like to be able to remotely access my computer at any given moment.
I also have many torrents running always, so I generally have files seeding during the day and over night.
I've always believed in the expand/contract theory. It makes sense to me that hardware would be more prone to failure if it's shut off and booted back on very often. Metal expands and contracts with temperature fluctuation, it only makes sense that it would cause issues with electronics.
I guess you could leave them on and fold@home.. Don't HardForum have one of the best folding team in the world?
When [H] starts paying my electricity bills I'll be more than happy to leave it on and fold all day long. Until then, I turn it off when I'm done, however during the day I'll usually just hit the sleep mode button so I can flip it back on in a jiffy.
the argument that it wastes electricity is bullshit. Yeah, it's not being used, but it isn't being wasted. I choose to leave mine on when I have other things running in the background and I'm still paying for the electricity. So how is it a waste of electricity again?
Yeah, I'd say the hardest thing that can be done to electronics is power cycle them. Just think about light bulbs ... they only seem to fail when you first turn them on.
Is there seriously no sleep option?
Sleep takes less than 2 seconds to go into and out of.