2006-08-17 04:14:44 · 16 answers · asked by robmelendez 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
At current utility rates, your PC, if left on 24/7, uses about $6 a year total.
I don't care what the New Age Geeks say, it is best to leave your PC on all the time to avoid gouging the axis' contacts with a constant on-off crapola. Except for installation-required reboots, mine has not been turned off for 18 months from date of new with me. I also have a battery-backup system (cost of $65) to superprotect against surges and also power-failures. You BADLY need to get one.
And I don't use hibernation or power-down. Screw that foolishness. Big deal. Save 75 cents over a year, huh? (All that was put in and which you are paying for in your purchase price--just to keep the greenies and environazis off the manufacturer's back. Doesn't accomplish anything meaningful at all. Zip! Nothing! Nada! But the Gaia-worshipers are happy with it there.)
if you DO have to turn your PC off, wait at least 45 seconds to allow the disk to come to a complete halt. Otherwise, you are risking whiplash and REAL gouging by bringing it back up to speed while it is still rotating.
2006-08-17 04:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person is going to turn the computer on and off a lot of the times during the day, then that would use more electricity than leaving the computer on for a month. However, if a person turns the computer on and off a few times a day, that would use less electricity than leaving it on the entire month.
2006-08-17 04:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by Sapphire 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't worry about the electricity issue since a computer uses very little power. I would rather think about what is best for my computer...
Hard drives and fans have motors that uses more power on start up than idling or working. Thus, the coils can damage much easier by turning on and of regularly than just simply leaving the computer on. Using stand-by is a very good habbit though!
2006-08-17 05:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by lionelpcn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turning it on and off. Your system uses more electricity getting everything "energized" than it does to maintain it.
The monitor is the biggest energy hog on a computer by far.
On another note, turning your computer off and on will shorten the life of your hardrives. Think of a childs top, the disks in your hard drive are the top and they wobble when you shut them off and when you power them up. This wobble over time will make the bushing the spindle rides in get larger and larger until the drive touches a read/write head and then they crash.
With 300,000 hours MTBF this may not be a concern but the data that is lost maybe.
2006-08-17 04:39:30 · answer #4 · answered by TARFU 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The PC is not like a CAR. Only the CAR consumes less fuel if you keep the engine running when idle and not turning it ON and OFF all the time.
It is more energy efficient to turn it OFF when you don't need rather than keeping it ON. However,new versions of APM (Advanced Power Management) are doing a great job in saving energy. If you have a desktop/pc newer than 2002,you're ok.
2006-08-17 05:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by Kaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leaving it on for a month uses more but there is less wear. Off and Hybernate use no power. Sleep uses very little. Probably the same as a light bulb. On uses the most.
2006-08-17 04:28:31 · answer #6 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-05 00:25:43 · answer #7 · answered by jenniffer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never turned my computer off.. and I havent noticed really anything more than a couple of bucks a year diffrence between before I bought it and now so im guessing its better to leave it on.
2006-08-17 04:26:02 · answer #8 · answered by Michael K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im not sure but i heard turnning it on and off isnt any good for your computer.i leave mine on my electric bill seems ok.
2006-08-17 04:27:18 · answer #9 · answered by bassetluv 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
turn it on when you need it.
if you return to use it less than 2 hour, leave it on, otherwise Shut it down
2006-08-17 04:20:48 · answer #10 · answered by IsaacArsenal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋