Poll: Do You Turn Off Your PC/Console?

[drisky]

I put my computer in sleep mode, which is kind of like off.

 

[Vancleef]

I mostly leave my laptop in stand-by mode.

If I did'nt turn off my xbox it would probably get the red dot of death...

 

[killcheese]

mine is built to stay on 24/7. If its idling for 4 hours it underclocks the gpu and my cpu underclocks whenever its idol as well. Heat is not that much of an issue due to its lack of a case and small desk fan for cooling. I do restart it every few days however to clean out the memory, but thats about it. In the one and a half years since i built it it has crashed once from something other then a buggy game, and it was when i was testing its clock speeds.

 

[mParadox]

always shut down when no one is using it.. Electricity is expensive around these parts.

 

[YoBadMama]

I turn off my Xbox, but not my PC.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I've had my PC on for days at a time when I got it and was downloading/installing the OS, programs, games, and transferring files. It can handle being on all the time, but I still turn it off.

Basically even though I use it regularly I think it'd use more power being all all the time, and sometimes I don't use it for days at a time. Primarily the reason I turn it off is overheating. Not that the PC will overheat (current CPU temperature is *Checks* 39 degrees, and that's perfectly fine), but rather that my room is quite small and with the PC running and me in bed it can get quite warm (particularly during summer) so I turn it off. Also the fan noise is distracting at night as is the power light.

 

[omega 616]

PCs and to be honest most modern electronics are designed to run and run and run. Do you turn your mobile phone off? Ever?

That being said unless I have a specific need to leave my pc running I turn it off when I got to work. But if im on my days off or have like a week of

Mid post edit : As I was writing this the electricity ran out and everything turned off lol.

or have a week off work my pc is on for the duration. My console I turn off when im not using it cos well, why leave my xbox running.

Well to be honest phones these days are kind of like disposable camera's, there changed so often that there not really designed to last.

There is a new phone coming out almost every week, with something bigger or new features or something. Most people have contracts aswell so at the end of the contract they upgrade to a new phone.

How old is your phone for example? Although having siad all of this, my phone is about 5 years old.

On topic. I live alone and I don't have a job, do you think I would leave stuff on all day everyday?

 

[archvile93]

I just put the thing in sleep mode.

 

[sanguinator]

i never turn off my pc but i think it is neccessary to turn of consoles.

 

[Ildecia]

laptop: turn it of when it is almost dead on battery; charge it, and go on next day and what not.

Consoles: if I'm not using them, then there's no point in me keeping them on; because my parents will castrate me if i waste electricity---money.

 

[olfelix]

Turn off consoles once I'm done. PC's tends to stay on for days, if we're selling stuff on characters or just plan on using it later, we'll leave it on.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

You should always turn off your console, particularly the 360. Consoles don't have nearly the airflow that most gaming PCs do, so they build up heat much more quickly and retain a higher operating temperature. That's bad for the console.

I leave my PC on 24/7 though. With proper airflow there's not much harm to the components from heat, and it's a lot more convenient obviously. Only thing I turn off is my monitor.

 

[Mistermixmaster]

I allways turn off my consoles when they're not in use. My computer however, is on monday to friday constantly. It gets to rest friday evening, saturday and sunday morning.

 

[rsvp42]

I always turn off my consoles or put them on some kind of sleep or standby. As for computers, I almost never turned off my Macbook unless I thought it really needed it; I just closed it and let it sleep. I just got a nice new PC though and I can just press a button to put it on standby. It effectively turns it off, but it saves the current state into the RAM or something? I dunno, the friend who built the thing explained it better, but it resumes Windows really fast when I turn it back on, with whatever programs that were running resuming in the same spot.

 

[FlashHero]

I turn it off when im done with it...i like saving money after all.

 

[Sikachu]

I'm not an expert, but that doesn't seem to healthy for the computer.

You are indeed not an expert. Most computers survive a bit longer if you constantly leave them on. It's because the components prefer to be in a stable state rather than being stressed by booting and turning off. It was counter-intuitive until I started working in the industry.

 

[Andantil]

Unless I have a torrent downloading I only turn my PC off when I go to sleep or leave my house for a day or more.
I always turn off my 360 when I'm not using it.

 

[hardpixelrain]

Depends. My laptop takes stupid long to boot up so sometimes i just put it in sleep. And a lot of times I have a ton of reading material or something up so i let it go.

Same with my PSP and DS, I let it run so I can just play it the next day.

 

[captaincabbage]

I ususally put my PC on sleep, whilst I'll turn off my PS3.

 

[GoldenRaz]

I turn my console off to save money. Apparently the PS3 eats a lot of power whilst in standby-mode, and it's not that much of an effort to turn it off.

I usually turn off 'my' PC, but since I share it with my family there are such times when I don't.
My very own Mac however, I turn off whenever I don't use it.