Do you turn your computer off at night /g/?

no, i turn it off in the day when i sleep

>>57959064
Right before I turn on your mom.

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>>57959064
With smart water

>>57959064
Yes

>>57959064
lol why?

I usually put it in hibernation because I have things open. From time to time I do turn it off though.

no, it's usually running shit and the fans make a great white noise. I use Debian stable and it's been on since February no problem.

>>57959064
>I never turn my computer off, electricity is cheap and I appreciate the convenience/ white noise/ anime torrenting capability of a 24/7 setup
>AMD cards and their high TDP are never worth it due to your higher power bill

Pick only one, /g/.

>>57959431
I pick top, but I'm still not buying Amd because of high tdp. I don't have enough cooling for that in my silent pc, and they'd also lower the time my ups battery lasts. No need to inflate my power bill for no reason either.

So I'm picking both basically.

>>57959064
depends
in the summer yes
otherwise it get to hot to sleep
in the winter no
it's the perfect space heater

>>57959501
>Letting hardware age quicker instead of buying a dedicated oil heater

>>57959064
no

>>57959431
I just turn it on in the morning. It's part of my morning ritual. And I don't torrent that much, and even when I do, whatever I'm torrenting usually finishes in less than 3 hours, so I almost never have to leave my computer on overnight.

>>57959064
Yes. I also got automatic sleep mode set after 30 minutes of inacticity. Don't really see any point keeping the computer on all the time, it'll boot to desktop in five seconds anyways.

Yes cause my power bill is high.

Also my 980ti is loud.

Wait, computers turn off?
Whenever my computer goes dark I just throw it away and get a new one

suspend to ram

>most HDDs die after recently being turned off and on
>most people die after recently seeing a doctor

leave your computer on forever and stay away from doctors and you're going to enjoy your anime collection forever!

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>>57959064
No. Fuck the planet.

>>57959501
ha ha le computer space heater joke

>>57959064
No, power-on is breakage time. Electronics are better left on than being thermal cycled every day.

>>57959410
>no, it's usually running shit and the fans make a great white noise.
this.

Reasons I keep mine on:

1. My boot process takes a very long time (probably about 3-5 minutes, never really measured it)
2. I have lots of programs and tabs open; a clean boot would require me to re-open everything again, which is annoying
3. The fan noise is great at drowning out distractions, birds and other background noises while I sleep
4. I usually listen to something while falling asleep
5. It keeps my room warm (I have the heater turned off)
6. It's better for component longevity (voltage spikes and spin-up are the most damaging events)
7. I usually run shit I want to continue running overnight anyway (torrents, IRC, cronjobs etc.)
8. It preserves cache, which lets me get away with using a HDD for all of my data storage since most of it (except bulk) will be in cache any way.

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I turn it off like 2 or 3 times a year

>muh white noise

Fucking tinnitus general, this is what you get for going to shitty concerts and clubs with your idiot friends that you're too beta to use earplugs around.

>>57959064
Yes. But will that change your nightly routines?

>>57959064
it's a server
so no

>>57959693
????

>>57959064
Yea, after Window's weekly update rape

>>57959744
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Yeah. Just got a new laptop so I turn it off at night.
Still confused about if I should leave the charger in.
Currently I let it charge to full then unplug it. Isn't it harmful to let lithium ion batteries fully drain?

>>57959634
Do you have an AMD gpu? My 290x is basically a space heater it's great.
Also 2-3 minute boot time??? My computer in the early 2000's booted quicker.

>>57959592
The first part is true. Failure chance on spin up, spin down, head load and head unload is magnitudes higher than it is either during constant power on or power off.

i dont it turns me off

>>57959791
>Do you have an AMD gpu? My 290x is basically a space heater it's great.
No, nvidia GTX 970

No. It needs to run all the time.

>>57959762
You can leave the charger in, laptops are smart enough to not fuck up the battery when doing this. If you arent moving your laptop around much then you can unplug the battery and use it with just the charger. Just charge the battery to full at least every few months.

>>57959914
>3.5

>>57959954
Thanks for the answer. I was never really sure. I figured it must be smart enough to sense when full then shut off.
It's just my last laptops battery was so bad it couldn't go more than 15 minutes before the battery died. So I'm trying to be cautious and not wreck this one too quick.

>>57959954
>3.5
WHATA FUCK MAN xD i just fa.ll of my chair kuz i couldnt and i CANT stop laugh xDXDXDXDXD LOOOOOOOOLLLLL THIS IS A SHIT XDDDDD

10/10 subscribed, upvoted, (You)'d lmfao

>>57959069
first post best post
you know you do this
11/10
would read again
no green verbage

Do you turn off your vibrator at night?

the only time my computers turn off is when the power goes out

>>57960156
>he doesn't have a UPS
your lack of power level is leaking

>>57959064
Is this 1998 again?

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do not be KEKS!

leavin it all at all times only helps to shorten components parts

ESPECIALLY gpu and oc'd cpu

in the 90's they were left on at all time coz downloads took days

also some of us have 120Watts cpus ;)

I've heard arguments for both. Personally I shut mine off when I sleep cause the fans are loud as shit and the lights are bright and annoying but since my internet is dogshit awful at 15dowd2up I usually have to leave it on overnight to download a larger game

>>57959064
yes it makes too much noise to sleep

>>57959064
No because my 380 gears the room and i like the fan noise

>>57961702
you get used to it very fast, and it actually helps drown out distracting noise

took me about 1-2 nights to adjust to my new server (which is obnoxiously loud by most standards)

>>57963109
*Heats the room

No, gotta farm dem BPs

Yes.

No I never turn it off, I like being able to jump on instantly.
My PC only ever restarts for Windows updates, hardware changes, or a power outage.

No and there is no reason to do that. There isn't even a reason to put it in sleep. Costs like $200 to run a computer using ~100W idle 24 hours a day for the entire year, and that's assuming you pay out the ass for energy at $0.25/kWh. If you pay $0.06/kWh like I do, it's $50 for the year.

I do, it's a habit now.

>>57959064
It depends. If I'm at home, nope.

>57959602
>His computer doesn't require a 1.5kW PSU

no it just goes into sleep mode after 20 mins

>>57959693
I was born with it though, along with most other people.

>>57963646
$200 a year is still pretty bad just to keep your computer on, though. It's not even getting used. If it was hosting services that you use frequently I could understand I guess, but even then, a VPS will be far cheaper.

>>57964373
>an extra $16 a month is bad

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>>57959373
SAME

>>57964509
Yeah, because youre not doing anything with it. It's literally just a laziness tax that costs a dollar more than an Xbox live subscription. Just to put it in perspective. I wouldn't expect a NEET to understand the concept of not spending money on things that serve no purpose, though.

>>57964636
>NEET
Not an argument; post discarded.

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>>57964690
Must've hit a nerve. Sorry about that.

>>57964711
Also not an argument. This website is for arguments. If you can't make one without resorting to fallacy, don't post.

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>>57964737
>This website is for arguments.

And what single sliver of evidence leads you to believe that, my good friendo?

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>T620 Server with disk shelf, UPS, and cap bank on disks.
Nope.

Im forced to turn if off because i share a room with gym rat chad older brother who doesnt respect my shit and turns it off himself when im asleep and ruining any unsaved progess i had.
Only reason why i now have an ssd

>>57965035
inb4 your shitty LED lightshow of a case is pointing right at his bed

>>57965035
Can you set it to hibernate when the power button is held or shut down from the OS?

>>57959064
no

17:35:25 up 300 days,  1:45, 4 users,  load average: 0.13, 0.11, 0.09

No.

>>57965035
you need to be 18 or older to browse this site, please leave immediately

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>plug in Wattmeter
>system is barely pulling 60W as I'm typing this (just the computer, not counting speakers or monitor or desk light as I would turn those off)
>still feel sort of guilty for leaving it on over night 'without a purpose' because it feels like a lazy slob thing to do
>SSD boot is 25 seconds including password entry

>>57965035
I disabled hibernation to get rid of that giant file on my OS SSD but you should have an extra option in this menu.

>>57965088
Its a prebuilt
>>57965228
>>57965096
Thanks ill look into that

>>57965221
Make me, grandpa.

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Mine is either on or sleeping since hibernation stopped being viable when SSDs became a thing and >8GB of ram became common. Shutting down is fucking retard when you can just keep everything open all the time and you monitor takes more time to turn on than the PC to wake-up.

>>57959373
I want to do this (and sleep/standby) but for some reason my laptop BSOD's on waking.

That was before I fixed windows update on 7 and am now part of the botnet again so I guess can try...
I don't mind leaving it on 24/7 but it's one of those "eh why not" things since it's not a huge inconvenience.

>>57959064

When I'm downloading something, no.

> I usually put it on hibernation.

>>57959064

I come from the "when not in use, you turn things off." tradition so not just at nights. i unironically use windows 10 and it boots fast so it helps too.

it's usually in sleep mode when i'm not using it

>being able to sleep through the pc noise
dont tell me you got an office room for ur pc and a bedroom to sleep

>>57969631
>using your bedroom for anything other than sleeping/wardrobe
it's like you want to train your brain to stay alert all night

I've been shutting my pc down and flipping the switch on the power supply the last few days.

Not sure why but it keeps waking up randomly in the middle of the night.

>>57969739
>not keeping pc in the bedroom
>being rich
back to instagram faggot

>>57969790
marxist scum get out

I used to turn off my computer but I got humiliated

>>57959069
but I work at 3p

No, that's what sleep mode is for. Even when your fucking computer is idling it's probably taking up less energy than an incandescent light bulb.

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>he doesn't put his computer to sleep
>instead he turns it off

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>>57963619
>not having a UPS

>>57973856
just buy a laptop :^)

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>Debate closing 30 programs and virtual machines
>Look at my dual power supply, dual quad core octo fan 12U tower sucking down 400W at idle running a minecraft server I haven't used in years and other pointless bullshit
>Forget about it and go to bed.

I use Boinc at night (volunteer computing power for scienctific applications)

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php

>>57959634
I also have severe horrifying tinnitus. makes the perfect white noise machine IMO.

>>57959689
I turn mine off when it dies. mine has been on since February because I got it then.

>>57974280
I don't have tinnitus at all, and I don't know why so many people ITT do or seem to associate white noise with tinnitus for some reason

I just like drowning out background noise

>>57959064
I hibernate it because i'm not a dipshit

>>57959064
shutdown -s -t 3600
Watching streams while falling asleep.

>>57973945
Found any ayy lmaos yet? You might as well mine memecoins.

>>57975805
>tfw you trick thousands of people into letting you use their processing power and bandwidth

>>57959064
Of course, what are you an idiot?

Yes, because of annoying power LED on video card

>>57959064
Yes.

>>57959064
Yes, always.

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>>57959758
[spoiler]MAKE IT STOP[/spoiler]

>>57959533
buuut anon! What about seeding? Don't be a meanie~

it stays on 24/7 for seeding shit

>>57959602
Why would that be a joke? A computer can put out a decent amount of heat.

It boots in a few seconds anyways so why not

>>57980728
>>57980817
>seeding

i put it to sleep

sometimes it wake up from sleep at night though, then i get angry and shut the fucker down.

its spooky, i don't know what's waking it up. Magic packets or something.

I hibernate frequently (I have a laptop so I move from place to place with it all the time), but probably 1x a week I do a complete shut down because it just begins to slow down and not be as responsive.
Once I come back from a full shut-down, it's back to normal.


(OR, Fucking Windows 10 forces me to do an immediate restart and fucks up my routine and everything)

>>57981646
>cancer

>>57975617

PC is on pretty much all the time, indirect use being a heater.
Keeps the room reasonably warm. I never have heater on now because of that. May as well have a heater that is doing work instead of being hot for the sake of being hot. I call it Useful Heat. (Patent Pending, pls no steal)
My current uptime is 25 days~. Forgot why I restarted. Oh, electrical work. (will be getting a UPS soon)

Netbook is usually on most of the time, or I standby or when moving hibernate.
Likewise Tablet.

>>57959634
>3-5 minute boot process

Holy fuck dude I really take my SSD meme for granted.

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>>57961352
>pajeet spelling
>that reddit spacing

I guess? I usually keep it on all day, and put it to sleep at night.

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>>57966616
Thanks windows