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folding@home, torrents, and overnight messages, and lets not forget prime95 and usually good ol' family guy to put me and my friends to sleep
 
Ive heard that leaving it running actually is better than turning it on and off. You dont fold?

no, i dont feel like running my computer 24/7 wasting power. i work and go to school a majority of the day, so no use in jacking up the power bill.

plus i can't sleep with it running, its too annoying
 
my computer maitnence told me that turning the pc on and off a lot warps the mobo or somthing... i have mine on stadby A LOT cuz it leaves low voltage on it.
 
videocard is like 200watt idle... the power thing in the control panel only shuts down the moniter, not the video card right?
 
no, i dont feel like running my computer 24/7 wasting power. i work and go to school a majority of the day, so no use in jacking up the power bill.

plus i can't sleep with it running, its too annoying

Its only about $5-$10 a month or so, running 24/7. Im not even sure how much mine uses, im sure its less.
 
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