poppins   10 #1 Posted January 17, 2007 I sometimes leave mine on all night, it goes into a kind of 'sleep mode' after ten min, surely it dosen't cost that much to leave it on, it's on all day long if i'm at it or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
neeeeeeeeeek   10 #2 Posted January 17, 2007 My attic computer is usually on all the time downloading stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ann* Â Â 10 #3 Posted January 17, 2007 I used to, because the security scans are set to be carried out overnight. Â To save on electric, I've started switching it off at night, and letting AVG automatically scan when I first switch it on in the morning. Windows Defender scans automatically at different times, but that's set to real time monitoring anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mrmist   10 #4 Posted January 17, 2007 If I do then I turn the screen off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #5 Posted January 17, 2007 Server stays on (or at least it will when I get my house) 24/7 and just has all the power saving features turned on.  Main PC only stays on if I'm downloading something that takes along time. Otherwise I switch off at the plug, just powering down your PC doesn't turn it off....you can probably see keyboards, network cards etc lit up depending on the PC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RichD Â Â 10 #6 Posted January 17, 2007 I only leave mine on overnight if i have big downloads going. If there's nothing that can't wait till morning it goes off. Same goes for when I'm out at work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
torin8   10 #7 Posted January 17, 2007 The estimated cost of leaving a single pc on overnight per year is about £100, so I guess you can make your own conclusions about per night... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Joelc   10 #8 Posted January 17, 2007 Most of the PC's in our house are left on all night, and the servers don't get turned off unless we have a power cut and the UPS runs out.  Joel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #9 Posted January 17, 2007 mine stays on 24/7, unless I need to shut down for maintenence, I even leave it on when im away for a week, so I can then remote access the machine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sallonoroff   10 #10 Posted January 17, 2007 ...and the servers don't get turned off unless we have a power cut and the UPS runs out.  Now that's some serious setup... serverS (plural) and a UPS... your home seems like it might be geek heaven...   . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
D2J Â Â 10 #11 Posted January 17, 2007 I would only really leave mine on to download at night as I was a shared connection with 4 others so I just used to leave it running overnight for big downloads Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #12 Posted January 17, 2007 The estimated cost of leaving a single pc on overnight per year is about £100, so I guess you can make your own conclusions about per night...  You should be able to work it out. Get a power meter from Maplins then work out how much it costs you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...