Do you turn your computer off at night ?
>>61396563
nah, i wouldnt be so cruel
inb4 the same braindead retards that always go "no bcuz the sparks wear down the electronics lul"
>>61396563
No why would you do such cruel thing
I restart every 1 week, because windows doesn't like being on longer than that for some reason
Yes. The power company will have to survive without that extra contribution.
>>61396563
What do you think?
bonus points if you guess my CPU
I turn it off every time I'm not using it. On a simple day, I turn it off and on from 2 to 4 times.
Electricity isn't cheap where I live. And my SSD boots in seconds so no problems there.
>>61396563
whats the difference between hibernate and stand by?
Yeah i would
>>61396627
Hiberate saves a snapshot of everything that's going on to your hard drive, then shuts down the computer fully. When you boot back up it uses that snapshot to bring you back to that exact state where you left off.
Standby "freezes" everything that's going on and then enters a low-power state. It's still on. When you resume from stand by, the system "un-freezes" to bring you back to that exact state where you left off. If the system loses power while standing by, however, all of that state will be lost and you'll have to reboot from scratch.
>>61396658
thanks for the explanation anon
I let my 1070 mining at night
>>61396670
cringe
>>61396563
Yes
>>61396670
dont be real
>>61396563
I put it to sleep when ever I'm going to leave my computer for more than 10 minutes. Only turn it off if I'm going to disconnect the power cord for whatever reason.
>>61396563
I put my laptop into power saving mode, disconnect it from the internet, and lock it.
>>61396563
I used to hibernate my computer all the time when it was a slow piece of shit booting from cold. It always used to come up quicker from hibernate.
Now that the OS is installed on a SSD, booting from cold isn't an issue. So yeah, I do regularly shut it down.
>>61396563
Yes, but only because I love in a 100+ year old building that lacks AC
>tfw wagecuck who pays for their own bills and have to watch the power consumption of everything I buy because the power company is run by ultra jews
Some times I wish I were a neckbeard whose parents pay for everything. I'd do things like leave the computer all night on, take showers of 30+ minutes, and stuff like that.
>>61396563
Only when I see pic related
>>61396803
>tfw don't give a shit about the power bill because electricity is cheap as fuck
>>61396670
Kek
>>61396803
How poor are you that you can't pay for hot water
>>61396612
i7 975
>>61396563
>lying in bed trying to fall asleep
>3 am
>hear whizzing sound behind me
>turn around
>pc is turning on
explain this /g/
>>61396938
Windows? 3 am is the default update time iirc
>>61396954
yeah i use wangblows 10 but i have turned off automatic updates
>>61396563
Yep.
>>61396895
The water heater doesn't run on magic you know.
>systemctl suspend
No because god damn lightning storm did it for me
>>61396975
>Windows not doing what you tell it
Not surprised. But it's probably still checking anyways so it can tell about that update for Office you absolutely need
I sing it lullabies until it goes to sleep
>>61397022
>shutdown now
>>61397000
No, it runs on this very cheap thing called electricity. Or you could make a solar water heater and spend even less.
>>61396975
Anon, please see attached image.
Also be sure you have (unless you explicitly need it) Wake on LAN turned off in your BIOS.
>>61396563
My computer does folding at night, it's turned off about once a week. Power is cheap as shit here so I don't really worry about power consumption
>>61397044
>very cheap thing called electricity
Not everywhere this thing called electricity is cheap
>Or you could make a solar water heater and spend even less
Never heard of that, and it's probably expensive as fuck.
Suspend works fine for me. The little electricity used is worth the convenience.
>>61397041
>kill -9 1
>>61397078
>Not everywhere this thing called electricity is cheap
Time to leave the shithole you call home
>probably expensive as fuck
Quite the opposite.
>>61396612
>bonus points if you guess my CPU
Fuck off snowflake
>>61396563
Power isn't cheap so yes.
>>61397078
a solar water heater can pretty much be a insulated box filled with water that heats during the day and all you do is run your cold water trough a shitton of thin copper line in the heated water
>>61396563
No.
I have an SSD as well.
>>61396803
>My apartment offers an all inclusive deal for utilities
>Most people don't meet the consumption to make up for how much they charge
>Mfw I know I'm exceeding it with my computer, air conditioning, and showers
My place is a cool 65F right now in 95F weather
>>61396563
No reason to, electricity is super cheap, it's like 0.1USD/kWh here.
Turning it on and off every day wears hardware out faster due to thermal cycling.
>>61397137
dude power is SO CHEAP
If your computer just goes to sleep it probably costs on the order of 3c/h to run.
>>61396563
Hell no crazy.
>>61397044
or an even cheaper thing called natural gas
>>61397255
More like less than 1 cent a day for 16 hours
>>61397172
solar heaters are shit in every place that don't have at least 200 sunny days a year and no snow/frost. The only way they can be useful is to use them between the water tank and a real heater to lower the electric/gaz heater consumption.
>>61397288
Solar heaters aren't meant to replace electric water heaters. They're meant to avoid the electric heater to turn on when you do things like washing your hands or brushing your teeth.
>>61397255
Even if it slept all day, 3c/h is 72c/day. That's around the average daily cost of a performance rig over its "not yet obsolete" lifespan.
I find it uncomfortable to think that I pay the value of my car once over in fuel over its lifetime. I don't want to do that with my computer, too.
>>61397356
>I find it uncomfortable to think that I pay the value of my car once over in fuel over its lifetime.
Then get a motorcycle for the 90mpg.
>>61397245
>Turning it on and off every day wears hardware out faster due to thermal cycling.
Read >>61396601
You might as well stop breathing, as it oxidizes your lungs and will eventually kill you. Also, stop walking, it wears down your knees.
Fucking retard.
>>61397384
He has a valid point, the heating and cooling of the electronics are what caused the PS3's YLoD and I believe the 360's RRoD as well
>>61396563
Work computer = Always ON
Home computers =ON/OFF
>>61397376
I'm hoping my car holds out long enough for EVs and autonomous carpooling to take off. Anyway that's for /o/.
>>61397245
>>61397384
>>61397403
Eh I feel like it's negligible at best.
I've been turning off my PC every night, and anytime I'm going out for more than an hour for over 6 years now without fail. Obviously one individuals account matters little statistically.
>>61396563
Yes. Because I'm not using it while I sleep. Plus my monitor is a decade old and gets really hot making my bedroom a literal hotbox. I like it cool at night.
>>61397403
Yeah and runners have shitty knees so we should all be in wheelchairs.
What you save on "thermal cycling" will be used on longer uptimes, which pretty much evens things out.
>>61396938
windows 7 auto wakes up from suspend and then sleeps again i suppose it likes to keep a watchful eye
>botnet cares about me
Yes. I don't enjoy my room being 100F.
>>61396563
My computer only turned off when it's forced to because of Windows Update.
>>61396938
Disable wake up on internet something something in bios.
>>61396563
I always turn my laptops off, I don't want to wear out the silicon on the chips.
>>61396563
macs go to sleep/standby mode
work pc always on
other pcs off unless being used
no computers in bedroom at my place
>>61396606
>>61396612
Windows 8/10 doesn't reset this timer if you shutdown because of hybrid shutdown.
Only if you restart.
no, there really is no need for it unless your trying to cut back on the power bill if your broke like I was 3 years ago.
I do however always unplug my router and disconnect all my computers from the router. Ever since I started studying stealth malware I have since become paranoid that something I may have downloaded was backdoored and someone it watching me. but it's what I get for switching back to windows.
No. It's when I download things and seed
>>61396723
Idk, my 1080 mines and makes $4.50 a day after electrical costs.
At least, it did until a few days ago when bitcoin started to decline
>>61398087
But my pc is always on, anon, and I restart it every week
>>61396563
I always turn it off at night because it gets too fucking hot in my room.
>>61396563
desktop yes
laptop no
Reminder that anyone on this board who does not shut down their computer at night is too young to post here
Why does my laptop slow down so much performance wise until I restart it?
is it retarded that I keep my computer off when i'm not using it because I feel like someone could control it while it has internet connection?
>>61398697
some kind of memory leak. you using windows? no big deal just restart it. it's probably chrome or firefox that's fucking you, browsers are shit
i need the uptime for the desktop threads
All these people complaining about their computer heating their room up to a hundred degrees, get fucking real if that were true you wouldn't need a heater in winter.
>>61396563
I put it to sleep.
I used to use sleep but my desktop had problems resuming right so now it's off when not in use.
The server stays on to do regular scrubs and smart tests in the wee hours.
>>61396938
Just plug that shit off
no
>>61396606
>Windows 10
>Pentium
Fellow budget laptop user?
>>61396938
Magic packet from Fort Meade.
I have linux, I don't have to
>tfw stable server os
If you turn your computer off and back on, is it still the same computer or just another computer using the same atoms as the old one?
Yes, because I typically only use it two hours a day
>>61400795
get out normie scum
>>61396563
I suspend it
Yes, I have a microserver to handle my long-running tasks
>>61396563
Turn it off, shut off power, flip the switch on power outlet.
Lost a pc to a thunderstorm once, never again.
I use my old laptop to encode video.
I turn my pc off
I have an SSD, and live alone. There's no reason for me to leave my PC on 24/7, I might as well save on the electric, even if it is only a minor amount.
Of course, why would I need that noise in my room?
I experimented with some Acer Travelmate, it ran for 3 days and display broke on the fourth day, apparently inverter didn't work.
I'd like to keep my PC on but the fans are fucking loud when it's the only sound in my room in the middle of the night.
>>61396563
No, I only put it in sleep mode.
It's winter, so why would I turn off my heater?
>>61396563
>literally wasting money
call me jew but i'd rather not waste even a small part of my already small student-budget on anything
Yes.
Why the fuck would I leave it running for doing literally nothing?
i leave it on because i don't want to be alone
>>61396563
What? Was there really a dialog window that had all of these at once?
>>61396563
Goes to sleep after 2 hours of inactivity.
>>61401227
yes in home edition
>>61396658
There's also hybrid sleep.
It dumps everything to drive and then goes to sleep.
In case of power loss it'll use disk to restore everything otherwise it works like regular sleep.
>>61401227
Haha anon didn't know about ALT+F4 on desktop
RPi:s, "servers", nah. But desktop PC i usually do. And I suspend it for the night if I want to keep state.
test
Always asleep unless there's a thunderstorm.
>>61401947
>Implying thunderstorm cares about your shitty PC
>>61401947
Does sleep mode use much electricity?
>>61401973
No, not even a dollar a month.
>>61397339
Depends where you live, I turn my heater off during most of spring, summer and one or two months of autumn and I do everything with the water warmed by the panel, shower included.
I am now, after just hibernating for the longest time
every day I've installed windows updates and I've been going for over a month
>launch a joel stream on youtube
>shutdown /s /t 3600
Been doing this for 2 years
>>61396563
poweroff
via terminal either that or I'm keeping a uptime pr.
>>61396563
I put mine in sleep mode.
ofcourse?
I usually put my computer into hibernate mode. Would this have any negative consequences?
>>61402521
no unless you run windows 10
guys can you explain to me why you don't turn off your computer ?
>>61402707
Turning it off and on wears out the capacitors
up 5 weeks, 4 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes
Actually not a bad idea lately. Can't get ransomwared if you have the PC off
>>61397403
>PS3 and Xbox were built by the lowest bidder with trashcan parts stuffed into a tiny little box with no airflow
>a large percentage of them failed
>therefore all computers will fail
Of course, why shouldn't I turn it off?
>>61396563
Yes, electricity is fucking expensive in this third world shithole
>>61396563
>>61401174
>your CPU can melt steel beams
>bad
>>61403257
good thing that its encased in a aluminum chassis
rev up those renders anon!
>>61402868
macfags ecks dee
No. Because my computer sounds like a jet engine.
>>61396563
If it runs server VMs, no.
Otherwise yes. I see no point in letting the computer wear much quicker than it normally would.
>>61405272
The theory is power-cycling causes more wear rather than just running the whole time. based on past experience I believe it.
>>61396563
By *gasp* pressing the power button.
>>61405334
reading is hard
>>61405341
You're retarded.
>>61405319
>tripfag is retarded
We are all gasping in shock.
>>61397431
>I'm hoping my car holds out long enough for EVs and autonomous carpooling to take off
>Anyway that's for /o/
"no"
>>61396563
Nope that's when I get most of my seeding done.
I usually just sleep the PC. However my PC has been locked at 100% usage for the last 3 weeks now with another 2 weeks to go, so eh.
>>61396938
Your mouse moved you stupid fuck
>good reason to turn of your computer
So your computer doesn't make noise/light
>good reason to keep your computer on
So you don't have to reopen everything, or wait for the OS to load the session from the hibernation.
Every other opinion doesn't make sense.
Sleep is a good compromise IMO.
>>61396563
sure i do. i have overclocked vishera in the very same room i sleep - if i wouldn't turn it off at night, i would wake up well-done
>>61397384
This cant be real
>>61405614
summer rofl
>>61405319
>Theory
Show us scientific research. Your "past experience" holds no merit
>>61405763
>mfw used to run an fx-9590 @ 5.5ghz
>mfw it was my main encoding machine
>mfw also slept in the same room as it
My room was usually 22F hotter than the rest of the house. I have central air. Heat aside though, that 9590 was a monster in raw data crunching. RIP, you'll be missed.
>>61396938
3 letter agency is looking at your pepes
>>61405810
And I forgot my pic. Fucking captchas
>>61396563
>>61396563
>>61396563
shut down, no need to sleep with ionized room...
>>61405571
the fuck am I looking at here? some fuckhuge LGA 3647 tier socket with only 2 memory channels?
>>61405272
>wear much quicker
Anon, It wears quicker when you shut it off all the time.
>>61405990
Was posted here a while back as a joke. People were wanting to see if there would be such thing as a Threadripper/EPYC itx board. I think that pic is someones Photoshopped picture.
Would still be awesome if it were real though.
>>61397223
>tfw I have the same adult rubber diaper
>tfw I shit in it every week
I didn't know I was this fashionable.
I usually just put it to sleep because I hate taking my system apart to re-apply thermal paste and shit like that and it wakes up from sleep in like 2 seconds so why leave it on even if electricity is relatively cheap.
I have an old piece of shit laptop I leave on for torrenting something big / slow or whatever.
>>61396563
Yes. There's little reason to leave it running.
>saves electricity
>saves lifespan of components
>turning computer on when I get up has no impact on my life because it boots while I pour a cup of coffee
>>61396938
You have set it to turn on somewhere in your BIOS.
>>61396563
>menu - h goes into hibernate mode
>>61400382
>Fellow budget
Yes
>laptop
No
pentiums are so cheap and good, I like it. I don't do anything heavy so it's best.
Next one I'm getting is only G4560
>>61406570
menu - i if you want to hibernate in time
>>61397495
Runners have bad knees due to concrete, it's all about the environment
It's like how electronics fail because they are placed in an environment where the user constantly turns on and off their system
I turn it off the save money and to save the planet by not using grid power that uses fossil fuels.
>>61396563
Na, I leave it suspended so the NSA can still go through my porn collection.
>>61407437
Protip: fossil fuel plants run 24/7 whether they're used or not. Turning off your PC overnight does absolutely nothing to reduce fossil fuel usage.
>>61396619
same
i have to buy keyboards with the sleep button
if i know that i will be away from my computer for longer than 10 mins i will just press the sleep button and walk away
>wasting electricity when you're not using your pc
>living still with your parents so you don't pay for wasting electricity
>>61396563
It's a laptop so no... It goes to hibernation or sleep when left alone. I normally only reboot it for updates.
I put my computers to sleep because I have a bunch of shit open all the time.
>>61396563
I put it to Sleep when I'm done.
I have a question about it though: while it was asleep I had a power outage. When turning it back on, it restored everything as if it didn't lose power. If Sleep keeps it in a low power mode, how did it restore to its previous state? Does Sleep create a snapshot?
>>61407839
Your PSU had leftover charge and it was enough to keep the RAM powered on.
>>61396563
No. Do you stop breathing when you go to sleep? Fuck, respect your computer anon. They're living beings too.
I turn it off.
>>61407560
Wrong, power plants run at different power levels depending on how much power is needed at that time of day, at night they run at a lower power demand.
Also power companies are going to start using power stored in batteries from solar to power houses at night, the less people putting stress on them the better.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaking_power_plant
>>61396563
Nope, because it would not make backups then.
>>61396563
I used to, but then I got tired of having to turn it back on each morning. I lock it and let it go into sleep mode instead.
>>61408982
>I got tired of having to turn it back on each morning
A good SSD can boot a PC in just around 10 seconds.
It might be 2 seconds from sleep but once a day this shouldn't be a problem considering the money you save each night.
>>61409297
It's still time out taken out of my day to reach for the power button and sign in. Those extra few seconds could be valuable.
>>61396563
too damn loud to not turn off, on the other hand my fish tank makes more noise
Yes and No. My server stays on 24/7. Only time it's shutdown is when the UPS battery gets low due to main power failure (rare here thank god). My Desktop however I turn off before I go to work during the week cause there's no point in leaving it on. Rest of the time though I let it sleep when not in use.
>>61396563
sleep
Yes cuz poorfag
I find it hard to sleep without that bitcoin mining whirr, does off computer turn you at night as Well?
>>61407713
>being so poor that a couple cents of electricity a day is such a big deal
>>61400852
I feel you there man. I've lost too much shit to thunderstorms. I always unplug if there's even the thought of lightning possible.
>>61409297
takes my machine longer than that to POST before it even starts loading the OS. Then I have to log in and bring up all the windows and applications I want to have open when I'm using it. Including the VM I do my web browsing in, which is a whole second OS to boot.
I know I should turn it off but I'm too lazy to do that every day.
>>61396563
>Do you turn your computer off at night ?
No. But I do when I go to work. Don't need a 650 watt PS burning electricity for no reason.
>>61411947
>A 650 watt PS is burning 650 watts at all times
>>61396563
I turn it off when I go to bed, in the morning.
I only ever restart/shutdown when I need to update or if a un/installation requires it.
Sleep 99.9% of the time
>>61396627
You can hibernate then move the PC somewhere s else and open it back up somewhere a else.
>>61411847
Don't know about Windows or Linux, but when you boot macOS from a shut down it restores everything you had open before the shut down, it opens everything for you on boot.
Lock it any time I leave the room
Shut it down any time I leave the house or go to sleep
Even if I didn't shut it down when it wasn't going to be used it's pretty fucking loud to leave on overnight.
>>61396670
>mining
this short term guy knows how to shorten gpu life, enjoy getting cucked long term.
>>61412044
>>A 650 watt PS is burning 650 watts at all times
Yea I know. But turning it off made a difference on electric bill.