Do you really turn off your computer?

Question

Iron

Hello. I have a question. Increasingly, I hear that many people do not turn off the computer for several weeks. Some manage not to turn it off for months. Surprising... Is this normal? My computer starts to slow down in the evening. How not to turn it off. And does he wind up a little energy? Or in idle time when the computer is not loaded, it reduces energy consumption?
Of course, I understand that 700 rubles a month for energy is not much, but if each of the 7 billion people consumes so much energy, there will not be enough power plants for such a service.

Answer 1

The computer in idle time eats less than in the load - yes.
It starts to slow down - remove all unnecessary running that can eat away memory (browsers for example).
And they don’t turn off computers for a reason - someone renders, someone compiles, and someone has Dota loaded for a long time - so they don’t turn it off again so as not to reload.

Answer 2

Yes, I don't. I turn off my working computer for the weekend, reboot my home laptop once a week, and so - standby mode, home server - generally once a month at best.
In idle time, computers eat little, laptops - even less. Didn't notice much of a difference in electricity bills. Usually the share of such consumers in the bill is extremely small.
So that by the evening nothing slows down - you do not need to install crooked software and all sorts of mail-agents. Well, do not litter Windows at all.
The only thing I advise you to turn off is the monitor and acoustics. The backlight and the matrix can degrade, as well as the capacitors in the acoustic amplifier.

Answer 3

A normal computer consumes not so much. I turn off the monitor when I leave.
Without much load - 20-40 watts (with a running torrent and all sorts of backups at night).
Reboot - purely for reasons of upgrade or transfer. For a year it hangs, well, maybe 1-2 times, and sometimes it doesn’t hang for years. Nothing is buggy (windows). I just do not put any unverified slag on the computer.
You can go to church, or you can earn money, pay taxes and electricity - this will help much more, including energy. Yes, you can live on solar panels.

Answer 4

I never turn off my laptop. When I take him somewhere, he sleeps. Sometimes I reboot for a new kernel.
Regarding electricity consumption, I measured, a home server under torrents (that is, without a video card) then ate 150-200 rubles a month (core i7, 8G RAM, a lot of hard drives, 800W PSU and all that). Now 300 rubles will come out on the same hardware, I think, but I switched to a low-voltage configuration a long time ago, there is something around 30 rubles a month (consumption - 8-15W).

Answer 5

перепады напряжения плохи для микроэлектроники вообще-то,
да, конечно, БП современные и т.д. и т.п., но...

Answer 6

Я в спящий режим на ночь отправляю не знаю считается это выключением или нет...

Answer 7

Любой комп с пассивным охлаждением + SSD + sleep-mode

Answer 8

Отключаю комп каждый день. Не для экономии, а по соображениям безопасности. Любые электронные системы подвержены опасности возгорания. Да и не вижу особого смысла оставлять включенным комп на ночь, скорости инета хватает чтоб выкачать всё нужное днём.

Answer 9

С последнего обновления системы — uptime 26 дней. В сон в принципе не уводил, только блокировка и отключение экрана. Желания перезагрузится нет, тем более что сборка бесшумная — глухой корпус, система на SDD, жесткие диски в виброшумогасящих кейсах-радиаторах, на процессоре башенный кулер со здоровым радиатором.

Answer 10

Не выключаю, постоянно в работе, днем работаю, ночью раздача торрентов, раз в неделю автоочистка мусора, чистка реестра и авторебут, и вперед по новой.