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pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
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02-20-2010, 06:05 AM
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pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
I have a PC that has 5 tera with about 350 movie in a raid 5 that i use to stream Thur-out my network. should i turn it off when not in use or leave run 24/ 7. one I.T guy said leave on because heating up and cooling down is not good for my pc. another I.T guy said turn off to prolong life on your hardrive. what are the people of this forum doing
Home theater-PCH- A-210> Denon 2807> Paradigm Speakers>SVS Sub Panasonic PTAX100>100" Screen Master bedroom- A-100> Denon 1801>Paradigm Speakers >Sharp 32" LCD.LivingRoom>A-200>Denon2307> Paradigm in-wall Speakers > Samsung 55" Smart 3D TV> Wired Cat 5e Gigabyte Network> MLMJ 16 Tera W/7 64 bit PC. |
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02-20-2010, 06:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-20-2010 06:23 AM by aaronwt.)
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RE: pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
I've never had issues with hard drives whether I leave them on 24/7/365, or have them spin up and down several times a day. In the 90's and early 2000's I always ran my PCs 24/7. But now with electrcity rates so much higher, I have my systems go into standby two or three times a day to save electricty. Plus they come up from standby in seconds anyway. I only use them a few hours a day, so there is no need for me to constantly draw 2K watts from all my systems if I don't need to.
Plus the electrcity rates keep going up and up every year. A-400: Intel 330 Series SSD 60GB -> iScan DUO -> Denon 3808(audio only) -> Darblet -> Mitsubishi RP DLP A-400: Patriot Inferno SSD 60GB -> Sony 2.1 speaker Bar -> Darblet -> LG 3D LCD C-200: WD Caviar Blue 500GB -> iScan DUO -> Denon 3808(audio only) -> Darblet -> Mitsubishi RP DLP 56TB HP MSS WHS--32TB unRAID--29TB unRAID |
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02-20-2010, 10:06 AM
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RE: pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
I run mine 24/7 as it does more than just provide media to the PCH. if it were just doing that I would take the same stance as 'aaronwt', resume from sleep states is now so rapid you hardly notice a delay.
C-200 1TB WD Green Internal, 1080p Panasonic 46" Plasma. Cat6 Wired, Procurve Layer 2 switched Gigabit, 8TB RAID5 SAS (sata) - Suse Linux 11.4. |
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02-20-2010, 11:36 AM
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RE: pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
It all depends on the running temperature of components.
If cooling maintains CPU, HDD and mainboard temperature in the lower regions of the operational range, leaving it on 24/7 is better for the hardware. The temperature can go up overtime by accumulation of dust around the cooling ribs so keep an eye on that. Green options can lower power consumption and heat production significantly... PCH-A100/A210/C200/A400 500GB EXT3 HDD<-->HDMIv1.3<-->Onkyo TX-NR1010<-->HDMIv1.3<-->Panasonic TX-P46S10 13 NTFS USB drives on 3 hubs attached to the A300, 3 Seagate blackarmour NAS 3TB The inability to setup and configure the NMT should not be disguised as a defect of the box |
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02-20-2010, 09:00 PM
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RE: pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
I will start leaving my pc on 24/7. my kids will love this because they sometime said that they was in the middle of a movie.(they should be in bed sleep not watching tv)
Home theater-PCH- A-210> Denon 2807> Paradigm Speakers>SVS Sub Panasonic PTAX100>100" Screen Master bedroom- A-100> Denon 1801>Paradigm Speakers >Sharp 32" LCD.LivingRoom>A-200>Denon2307> Paradigm in-wall Speakers > Samsung 55" Smart 3D TV> Wired Cat 5e Gigabyte Network> MLMJ 16 Tera W/7 64 bit PC. |
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02-21-2010, 01:17 AM
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RE: pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
I leave my PC on 24/7, My A-110 too.
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02-21-2010, 01:47 AM
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RE: pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
I use to leave my computer on 24/7 but all that stopped when i got a WHS.
The server now stays on 24/7 the drives usually run cool around 35c no no big deal there. You can leave it on 24/7 as long as the components overheat. PCH A-200 16GB USB -> HDMI -> Samsung LN46A650 | A200 -> Toslink -> Logitech Z-5500 (Harmony 700) PCH C-200 8GB USB -> HDMI -> Sharp LC46D64U (Harmony 550) Eversion/Whisper skin (custom MOD) + WHS V1 (15TB Q6600/4GB RAM ) -> Mediasonic HR82-SU3S2 (Backup) D-Link DNS 323 for sale |
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02-23-2010, 11:20 AM
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RE: pc turn off or on 24/7 what's best
From an environmental point of view, you should switch it off. If you don;t care about the environment then leave it on.
Either way, your equipment will be fine. PCH-A200 2TB int. & USB Enclosure with 4x 2TB drives |
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