is it time to switch off ?

[allroad]

i have always kept the computer on 24/7 but have recently had to replace the CPU

but the price of electric is set to rise here by 14% would i save much by switching everything off now at night ?

the reasion I left it on was it takes about 5 minutes to boot on

 

[Dazza]

Guys

Whats to stop you from putting the computer into hibernation. it uses about a quarter of a unit every 2 hours.

Hibernation is complete resource hog, and often causes more problems than it's worth. (Been my experience anyway, especially in XP)

 

[mickyfinn]

post the specs of the rig mate

 

[oneman]

If you want to know how much power your machine uses you can get a power usage meter. I think Maplins has them for around 10quid. My machine (lots of disk + overclock) draws around 300w normally but drops to around 15w on vista 'power down' (basically an advanced version of hibernation). It takes around 2 to 3 minutes to boot from scratch but around 10 seconds in power save.

 

[MH]

Hibernation is complete resource hog, and often causes more problems than it's worth. (Been my experience anyway, especially in XP)

Yip Mine also, I ALWAYS disable Hibernation!

Allroad, I leave mine on all the time. You will get more failures turning it on and off due to thermal expansion and contraction.

 

[digicol]

Hibernation, lol.

More like termination!!!