used to keep computers always on (but monitors obviously off at night). when i started paying for my own hydro i definitely either shut everything down or to sleep before bed.
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How many of you Mac Pro owners sleep your beast at night or turn off monitor?
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You might want to factor this possibility into your choice:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/597708/
Probably very rare. I certainly never witnessed it. But it
doesn't hurt to turn off the machine and disconnect the
power as a precaution.
Hmm...Lets put it this way.
Up here in the cold north,I dont need to put on the electric radiotors in the winter to heat up my home office...
The amount of heat the machine generates and circulates around the room is actually ridiculous. After few hours of rendering the room temp rises from +13c´to +18c. Add yourself to the mix and you have a comfy temps..
And in the summer man-thongs rule.
I had a giggle at that last sentence but my MP doesn't heat up nearly that much, but maybe I'm not working it hard enough. Must remedy that, pronto!
*starts ripping DVDs and rendering big shyte*
i turn mine off at night, and it sleeps when it can, don't like leaving things on when they may get up to no good.
Remember working in a small room full of G5 power macs at college. Always very hot, good in winter, horrble in summer, it was like sitting next to a open fire.
Remember working in a small room full of G5 power macs at college. Always very hot, good in winter, horrble in summer, it was like sitting next to a open fire.
The thing's not made of sugar. A Mac Pro is a workstation, which by its very definition implies that it was built to run 365/24. If it can't handle that, it's not worth the money.
However, since energy costs are prohibitive in Germany, I switch my Mac Pro off over night when I don't have any work for it - no sleep mode, no hibernation, a complete shut down.
Wow that's bad. I thought the power consumption on sleep was better than that. My 52" flatscreen only uses 1/4 of a watt (the manual says) on standby. 115 watts idle for Mac Pro. Wow.
I don't think standby and idle are the same for a computer. Idle in this case probably refers to if you just started the computer with its default programs running (like Finder etc...). Standby would be more like sleep. Mine on sleep uses <1W (used a kill-a-watt meter)
I put my Power mac to sleep last night for the first time and turned off the monitor and I liked having to hit a key and coming right on,I may sleep it more often.
Monitors always off via a switch, but the computer always stays on. My work almost never stops, and when it does, Folding@Home takes over.
For those interested in power usage when sleeping (at least according to apple's report), here it is:
http://images.apple.com/environment/reports/docs/Mac-Pro-Environmental-Report.pdf
And, yes, sleep and idle are very different.
http://images.apple.com/environment/reports/docs/Mac-Pro-Environmental-Report.pdf
And, yes, sleep and idle are very different.
I turn mine off without fail. It wastes electricity otherwise. The less electricity that you use, the lower your bill will be. What's the point of leaving it on if you're not using it? Can't you wait two minutes for it to boot up?
Some people need to get familar with the concept of conserving resources. Fossil fuels aren't limitless, you know.
Some people need to get familar with the concept of conserving resources. Fossil fuels aren't limitless, you know.
I use my 40" LCD TV as my monitor so that goes off at night but my MP always stays on. I might start turning it off at night because of how much power it consumes at night.
I also need to start turning off my speakers because my Denon receiver sucks alot of juice as well. It is a little space heater but I have not noticed that my Mac Pro gets hot at all
I also need to start turning off my speakers because my Denon receiver sucks alot of juice as well. It is a little space heater but I have not noticed that my Mac Pro gets hot at all
As ssri1983 pointed out: Idle, not sleeping.
Oh excellent. Thank you. ~11w (sleeping) I can deal with that.
I guess the heat dissipated from our MP's would largely depends on what's inside, if it's a stock system, it'll remain pretty cool. However, throwing six hard-drives and a couple of video cards and make the machine run with 70~80% load for about eight hours and you've got yourself a space heater! Seriously, it's enough to keep my little studio at a steady 26°C, sure does beat being cold!
Well it's certainly not stock in there but I definitely don't use it at even close to full-capacity very often. 80% of the time it is way more muscle than I need but I love having it for that 20% of the time. I <3 that machine, even if it is possibly possessed.
I always shutdown at nighttime. I have my MP connected to a USB surge protector that also cuts power to my monitor, USB Hubs, Speakers etc.
Electricity prices are exorbitant here in Spain. Every little helps.
Electricity prices are exorbitant here in Spain. Every little helps.
Well it's certainly not stock in there but I definitely don't use it at even close to full-capacity very often. 80% of the time it is way more muscle than I need but I love having it for that 20% of the time. I <3 that machine, even if it is possibly possessed.
Hmm.. Looking at yours, it looks pretty stock compared to mine...
Slot 1 : DIY FibreGlass Blank PCI-E PCB
- with 300Gb WD3000HLFS x2 (Stripe SoftRAID System Boot)
(connected to iPass)
Slot 2 : ATI ATi Radeon HD 3870 HD
- Port A : ACD 30"
- Port B : Dell 3008WFP
Slot 3 : ATI ATi Radeon HD 3870 HD
- Port A : Dell 3008WFP
- Port B : empty
Slot 4 : CalDigit RAIDCard with Battery (4 Disk RAID5 scratch disk)
- Bay 1 1TB WD1002FBYS
- Bay 2 1TB WD1002FBYS
- Bay 3 1TB WD1002FBYS
- Bay 4 1TB WD1002FBYS
Optical Bays
- Top : Panasonic 8X BluRay Writer
(connected to iPass)
- Bottom : 1TB WD1002FBYS (Personal Data)
(connected to iPass)
LogicBoard's IDE and Odd SATA's remain unused...
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I just sleep it now,I only restart it to reset the ram when it's going slow,which has happened only 2 times in 3 days now.I love my Mac.No need to turn a 7 year old computer off,Not after the previous owner left the poor beast off for 3 years.lol
Code:
Mode 100V 115V 230V
Off 1.49W 1.52W 1.87W
Sleep 11.44W 11.32W 11.26W
Idle 143.8W 143.5W 139.8W
Power supply efficiency
84% 86% 88%Wow! Really?