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So... go back into power savings and turn off sleep mode?

You can create and save custom power modes. So you could make yourself one for rendering that turns off display, but never goes to sleep or hibernate.
 
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But it can't render in sleep mode! I'm not sure what you want to achieve? Is it that you want to put the computer to sleep once the render queue finishes?

If that's the case some encoding software (handbrake, for example) gives you the option to put the computer to sleep once the queue finishes. If whatever rendering software you're using doesn't support that feature, another option would be to use the "shutdown" tool from the command line to execute sleep/hibernate/shutdown after a set period of time...

Open a command prompt (start -> run -> CMD). Then type...
shutdown /s -t xxx (where xxx is the amount of time you want to wait in seconds before starting the shutdown).

You can replace the /s with /h to hibernate the computer. Or, if hibernation is disabled, it will just put the computer into sleep mode instead.
 
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Haven't completely read your msg just yet but what I'm doing is video editing using Adobe and wile it's exporting it will go to sleep because it's set to after say 1h of not using but it's rendering it is being used so it shouldn't go to sleep
 
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The sleep counter is based on KB + mouse inputs, not CPU activity. Your computer often does all sorts of things in the background. There's no way for Windows to distinguish key background tasks like your encoding job from other background tasks which you DO want the computer to go to sleep (like a background virus scan, for example).

So if it's set for 1 hr, and you don't touch the KB or move the mouse for an hour, the PC will go to sleep regardless of what tasks it's doing.

So you need some other method, like those I described above. I quick google tells me there are people who have found workarounds/hacks to get Adobe Media Encoder to shutdown when an encode finishes. If you don't like the delayed shutdown option, worth exploring some of those.
 
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Not with built in Windows tools.

Plus, turn on task manager some time and watch. You will see little CPU spikes every now and again as programs run all sorts of background tasks. Like I said above, Windows has no way to distinguish which tasks should reset a sleep counter and which shouldn't... that's why it's reset by KB + mouse use, not CPU load.
 
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I know Windows doesn't have a option but is there a 3rd party software I can install where total CPU usage hits so low after given time the mouse or kb wasn't touched it will go to sleep... Like a few different if statements
 
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You could do some Googling if you like. I've explained twice in this thread already why I don't think that will work. Let me try a third time... you get pretty regular CPU spikes from all sorts of different things.

Perhaps tools exist, but I haven't come across them.

I think what you *actually* want to do is shut the computer down then an encode finishes. And there are a range of options out there to implement that.
 
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I understand what you mean but I could play and toon it coustome to my system say one computer with 1 core with hyperthreading uses 10% wile doing a Windows update then drops to 0-5% when pretty much doing nothing so I could try if CPU = 3% wile c drive is at 0% go to sleep and keep razing the standerds till it works with the setup... When I google it. All the ones I find are about turning off sleep mode
 
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While the mouse-move suggestion is cute, isn't it effectively just stopping the PC going to sleep, which you can already do anyway? I don't see the benefit there.

Why won't you just look at getting the computer to shut down when the render is done. Surely that's a better solution? With respect, it seems to me that you're fixated on a particular solution, rather than look at the best way of address your actual problem.

Also, as an aside, what's your actual rig? Because modern systems tend to use very little power at idle.
 
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Basically I saved for quite some time and finely did my first build without used parts. And it was when the 980 ti came out so no bashing about the 1070.

5930k CPU
Sli 2x 980 ti
4x 8gb ddr4 ram
Platuam power savings powersupply
Plus the other normal stuff
Idle it is around 230-288 heavy load I caught it doing around 860 range.

So yea and this is without overclocking.
 
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Okay, fair enough. I see why you would want to power it down.

I still think turning off sleep when you encode, but then getting it shutdown after encode finishes will be a better option. Google it, there are quite a few guides out there.
 
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