I Keep My Computer On 24/7

[abu_has_the_power]

yea, thats also in the control panel.

anyways, i have a q:
i put my pc on standby, and all my fans and leds and "carnival ride" is still going. and the power light on the front of my case is still on. wtf? and does standby really save half of the energy? if it does, y r all my fans and stuff on?

[DL.]

Average use = 300 watts. Equivalent to 3 regular lightbulbs.

$0.07 avg per kilowatt/hour

1000 / 300 = 3.33

$0.07 / 3.33 = $0.021 per hour.

x 24 hours = $0.50

x 30 days = $12.11

x12 months = $145.32 per year

Approximately

[[B][O][T]]

Here's My uptime:



BOT

[ZaZu]

I leave mine on all the time aswell,I read somewhere that it is better for the harddrive not to turn it on and off to often, that it is better to just leave it on continously

[clocker]

BOT,

Where are you getting that information? What program is that?

28 boots and seven crashes?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@18 November 2003 - 00:52
yea, thats also in the control panel.

anyways, i have a q:
i put my pc on standby, and all my fans and leds and "carnival ride" is still going. and the power light on the front of my case is still on. wtf? and does standby really save half of the energy? if it does, y r all my fans and stuff on?

can someone please answer my stand-by question?

[random nut]

Unless you have SCSI disks you should at least not use your PC as a server. IDE disks aren't meant to be used 24/7. They will crash. I read somewhere that IDE HDD manufacturers only recommend using their IDE HDDs up to 13 hours per day, some even less than that (8 hours per day, 5 days a week).

[Acecool]

You can find how long your computer is on by the task manager

System Idle Process
CPU TIME:

Then Hours:Minutes:Seconds

Mine is at: 97:57:40

Longest would be well over 200 or 300 hours

[DWk]

ide's arent mean to be on 24/7? dude u better get a source link for this....

COMPUTERS are meant to be ON not OFF, the hardware made for computers is meant for that as well....

[DWk]

Originally posted by Acecool@18 November 2003 - 13:40
You can find how long your computer is on by the task manager

System Idle Process
CPU TIME:

Then Hours:Minutes:Seconds

Mine is at: 97:57:40

Longest would be well over 200 or 300 hours

wat? where is this?