Re: What is best for your PC? Off, On, Hibernate?

Thus spake "AMO" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:18:32
-0000, Anno Domini:

>"Spalls Hurgenson" <yoinks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:d3qvn1l5chi9sbqu2rar1553mneic8tmh7@xxxxxxxxxx
>> There's arguments going either way; on the one hand, the "keep it on!"
>> camp points out that powering on your PC opens your PC up to thermal
>> stresses and power surges and whatnot. On the other hand, the "turn it
>> off!" crowd reminds us that gradual wear and tear will break down any
>> machine, so best to minimize the damage by turning it off. Both sides
>> are, of course, correct. You'll doubtlessly hear from both sides in
>> this thread
>
>I think you've pretty much summed it up there.
>
>What's your view over time as PCs increase in electricity consumption, CPU

He didn't have one. He sat on the "I'm afraid to commit" fence cause he
doesn't really know. It's not a matter of taste, or a POV. It's a matter of
fact. If you won't take it from an IT professional of 20+ years who's read &
experienced direct evidence in this matter & spoken to numerous IBM/HP/etc
engineers on the topic, then keep turning your shitbox on & off, just use at
least the other half of your brain that listens to reason & take regular
backups. Very regular backups. Or shall we argue about that now as well...?
:-/

>heat, fan noise, faster hard drives, more / more complex components which
>add to the same arguments again.

You have no evidence to support this assertion. 'Sleeping' PCs have reduced
in power consumption & noise - heat output is not directly related to it, &
in fact is mostly only an issue if you are using your cpu / video card flat
out. A PC can do a lot of stuff unattended that utilises less than 30% of
it's peak output capacity & thus reducing it's off-peak usage to under 60W.
I have measured mine with monitor off & just P2P trickling away at under
30W. Even at my shitful domestic rate of 13.26c/KWh that comes out to just
under 0.4c/hr, or a whole $35/year, so I can run my PC all the time. Guess
what? I reckon it's worth it! :-p

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