Do you shut your computer off at night - Page 4

Panda Man · November 2nd, 2006

I don't have a reason to leave it on. Its quiet, and when seeding or something I'll leave it on 24/7. But normally if its just idling or something, I turn it off.

Last I head from a (I think) Seagate rep (It may have been maxtor), most Hard Disks are actually only designed to run no more than 8 hours a day. If you want them to live a long life, shut them down at night, or buy an SCSI drive.

Sovereign · November 2nd, 2006

Eh, the Raptor is an enterprise drive, so if it doesn't like being left on....and the other drives I have aren't exactly slouches either (WD 2500KS in RAID0). I hope that the 8 hour thing is FUD...

wtcnbrwndo4u · November 2nd, 2006

My mother turns mine off...

screwballl · November 2nd, 2006

I keep mine on 24/7 (unless a hurricane cuts the power)

Blondie · November 2nd, 2006

Usually mine are on, my lappy hasn't been running right, so that's shut down. Have to switch one of the other machines for Simple_Inhibition since it was folding in his name. My Xeon's been making weird noises, have to get that running right so I can use it.

Electrics been high so my machines may be getting shut down for the night

November 2nd, 2006	#31
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,907	I don't have a reason to leave it on. Its quiet, and when seeding or something I'll leave it on 24/7. But normally if its just idling or something, I turn it off. Last I head from a (I think) Seagate rep (It may have been maxtor), most Hard Disks are actually only designed to run no more than 8 hours a day. If you want them to live a long life, shut them down at night, or buy an SCSI drive. Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

November 2nd, 2006	#33
wtcnbrwndo4u Resident Brownie Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,188	My mother turns mine off... - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64

November 2nd, 2006	#34
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	I keep mine on 24/7 (unless a hurricane cuts the power) Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

November 2nd, 2006	#35
Blondie Hmmm... Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 438	Usually mine are on, my lappy hasn't been running right, so that's shut down. Have to switch one of the other machines for Simple_Inhibition since it was folding in his name. My Xeon's been making weird noises, have to get that running right so I can use it. Electrics been high so my machines may be getting shut down for the night Wave Master: Gigabyte GA-7NNXP, Barton 3200, 1 gig PC3200, BFG 6800, Ultra X-Finity 600W, DVDRW, 750 Zip 80, 160 & 200 gig hard drives Dual Xeon folder: SilverStone SST-TJ05S-X, Gigabyte GA-9ITDW, Intel Xeon 3.2 Irwindale 800MHz x2, Geil 1 GB DDR2 PC2 4300x2, BFG 6600 GT OC, Ultra X-Finity 600W, DVDRW, Akasa AllInOne, WD Caviar RAID Edition 120x2, Win XP MC 05

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November 2nd, 2006	#32
Sovereign Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 74	Eh, the Raptor is an enterprise drive, so if it doesn't like being left on....and the other drives I have aren't exactly slouches either (WD 2500KS in RAID0). I hope that the 8 hour thing is FUD...