The "Freeola Customer Forum" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
My system fan and graphics card probably only goes at full speed if theres a game such as UT2003 on but otherwise its quiet.. I'm not overclocking aswell.
Although it does slightly more damage than turning it on and off once a day, phase change in the processor and way more stress on the capacitors.
The key phrase being slightly more.. as in not much. But 24/7 running will blow the capacitors on your mobo in around 2 1/2 -3 years.
> "Anything wrong with this?" - Yep! mostly your topic
> description. Why not use - "Leaving PC on continuously..."
> This way you and all the users of this forum will benefit. You will
> get a better response and others will be able to find your post in
> the future. Thanks.
> Mod!
Well, you are a stupid head. Actually, the "Anything wrong with this?" title is very good. You see, users will see it and be curious. "Anything wrong with what?" they will think, and then look inside the thread and possibly give a response, whereas someone who just see's the title that just says "Leaving PC on continuously..." will think, boring, monotonous and not give a response. Therefore, the title Sniper chose was the best he could have. Thanks.
RoJ!
> It does depend on a variety of factors, has it been on 24/7 for those
> 4 years?
...yes, that's what I said :-)
Oathways = something to do with promises.
Phase change? AFAIK that only applies to super cooling systems.
The principle is that as the temperature in the processor pathways goes up, the atoms vibrate more. This causes electromigration... pathways form between strands, and you get extremely low level short-circuiting. Given long enough, this can cause instability & other issues. Whether this will serious affect your computer depends on what temperature you have it running it. Something like an Athlon, for example, which can easily handle 60 degrees, and will go well over 80 before frying, isn't going to degrade for decades if you run it at thirty.
On the other hand, turning your computer on creates a surge which no surge protector can save you from. The damage isn't much, but it does stress the components.
Which is the greater evil, I'd say depends on your CPU operating temp. Seeing as I'm running at 25, I'm probably getting more damage at bootup nyself.