Poll: Do You Turn Off Your PC/Console?

[Buizel91]

Getting a laptop for chimbo so I'm ditching this stupid Pakard bell piece of crap.

And sorry! XD got carried away! here!

Have six seen as though you waited

Thanks, and well im not a fan of pre built pc's I find they use less than great parts most of the time, you Probably have a cheap Chinese bit of crap in there as a power supply to save on there costs

Nope, mine isn't pre-built, got it from PC world (if your not from UK, it's basically a HUGE PC shop) but i cba taking it in because it so much stuff i don't want to lose <3

PC world isn't known for selling knock offs, my last 2 PC's came from their and they were fine (i just blame Packard Bell)

 

[TheGreatKlaid]

I turn off my console when I'm done playing. My computer however gets turned off every couple of days. It's my laptop and god knows when I might need it. I turn off my desktop every night.

 

[Kouen]

Snip

Pre-Built is meaning PC's that you don't have to personally assemble like Dell PC's or Packard Bell, Compaq ect ect

Like mine I Bought all the parts and assembled it myself

 

[Gitty101]

I ALWAYS turn my consoles off after a session. Leaving them on any longer than neccesary will lead to an early death for them...

 

[Doc Cannon]

Wait... you *can* turn off a PC? Damn.

 

[Rewold]

I always forget to shut my PC/console off.

 

[Buizel91]

Snip

Pre-Built is meaning PC's that you don't have to personally assemble like Dell PC's or Packard Bell, Compaq ect ect

Like mine I Bought all the parts and assembled it myself

Ohh yeh :$ got confused D:

Think i know why this comp is failing, takes after the owner =\

 

[TehCookie]

I leave my computer running 24/7 because I always have music playing and without it my room is just too silent, if I go somewhere I turn it off. As for consoles, lets just say I have over 800 hours on one okami save, and then my PS2 died. I turn my consoles off now.

 

[shootthebandit]

*hold PS button* *select turn off system* its that easy

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

PC - No. I might turn off the monitor or something from time to time but I generally let it handle itself in that regard. My consoles, however, do get turned off.

 

[Hateren47]

I build my HTPC with lowpowered parts in it just so I didn't have to turn it off to save power. My gaming computer sucks a ton of power compared to it. It's off when I'm not using it.

 

[USSR]

PC stays on as long as I'm in the house.
Whenever I leave for a trip, and a small weekend off, I'll leave it to Norton for a defrag/update and a fresh/clean restart.

My consoles, however, I turn off every single time after use.

 

[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.