I Am Worried About Leaving My Pc On

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by lynx@9 September 2003 - 13:13
I thought you had just got a 500W psu ?
Not telling porkies I hope, abu.

That would be an abuse_of_power.
:groan:

ha
yea, i just got the comp, i'll be ordering the psu like today or tomorow. dude, my old computer has 200 watts!! and it runs pretty well if i leave it on. so i'm guessing the 500 watt should have no prob. only question i was asking is that will it fry up? it's not the best brand. Here:
http://dealsonic.com/po50atxp4amd.html

check it out

[lynx]

That looks like a very reasonable psu for the money, always assuming it can match it's specifications. You shouldn't have any problems with that one, the highest current consumption is usually at start-up, normal running should not come anywhere near the max performance specs.

[ilw]

Abu are u sure you arent telling porkies on the 7th september you said you'd already ordered the power supply a week ago?
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=64730

[johnboy27]

Abu,here is a link to my power supply http://www.mysterybyte.com/index.htm?conte...part.htm&show=1 . It is just a no name brand basically .It is only 300 watt and I run mine all the time.My specs are Athlon XP 2200+ (overclocked to 1950 mhz),512 mb DDR ,Radeon 7500 video, 80 gig Samsung hard drive,CDRW/DVD drive,sound card,lan ,modem,three lighted fans,led lights up both sides of my case,two other regular fans. I have yet to have power supply prob though I will be replacing it soon

[strim99]

this post a lil late - but it's actually better 2 leave ur pc on continually than 2 shut it off every night. what kills a pc is the "surge" of electrons through the mobo, hd when u turn it on. if u leave it on - the electricity is flowin through - instead of surgin.

just shut off yer monitor 2 prevent screen burn (cannot teach my end users on my LAN that simple step). u'll b fine.

[BawA]

i have power supply fan and cpu fan and vga fan only ist ok or i should buy some coolent

longest time ma pc was on is 2 days but today iam d/l movie so i want it to keep it on till tommorow ist ok or.....

[nanotek]

mines on 24-7 ,sometimes i restart if i got updates and installed software.now and then i do turn it off for one night (happens about once in a fortnight)

[Wolfmight]

rofl at abu's avatar:

[Triadcool]

Mine is on 24/7 also.

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by ilw@10 September 2003 - 14:56
Abu are u sure you arent telling porkies on the 7th september you said you'd already ordered the power supply a week ago?
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=64730

that was when i 1st found out of the $20 psu. i just got it yesterday. works like a charm.