Turn off PC every night...or not?

Washrag · 05-23-2008, 08:01 PM

I always turn mine off at night. No point in leaving it on and wasting electricity.

g25racer · 05-23-2008, 09:46 PM

I believe turning your pc off at night is better for the OS but doesnt do any better or worse for the hardware. The hardware now days can take alot. Restarting and shutting down your pc every night makes your OS get into the habit of it and reboots/boot-ups will be much better than if you were to leave your pc on for a while and try to reboot.

**mep916** · 05-23-2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by g25racer

Restarting and shutting down your pc every night makes your OS get into the habit of it and reboots/boot-ups will be much better than if you were to leave your pc on for a while and try to reboot.

Huh?

Sir Travis D · 05-23-2008, 10:45 PM

I have read that sleep is better,,

hackapelite · 05-23-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by g25racer

Restarting and shutting down your pc every night makes your OS get into the habit of it and reboots/boot-ups will be much better than if you were to leave your pc on for a while and try to reboot.

No they don't. OSs don't learn any habits like that... where did you get that from? That is the funniest thing I've heard this week

bigfellla · 09-10-2008, 11:15 AM

Just to add to the previous calc done. You have forgotten something else. PSU efficiency. If the computer uses 200W at idle and the efficiency of the PSU is 70%, then you have to add a further 30% to your calc.

Also, i am a carbon management specialist/engineer, the whole shortening the life of you pc by turning it off is bs. Several companies, inlcuding samsung, western digital, itel have data to prove this. Turn off your machine, save money and the environment.

Danda · 09-10-2008, 02:59 PM

I turn mine off every night. Friends tell me leaving it on will kill the PSU. But yet again my friends are wrong alot...

jdbennet · 09-10-2008, 03:09 PM

psu wears out quicker if its on, hard drives dont make a difference (they may spin longer, but the initial spinup/down wears them just as bad), but apparently the components on the mobo last longer if its on (a friend once told me that 10 hours idle = 1 cold boot)

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Restarting and shutting down your pc every night makes your OS get into the habit of it and reboots/boot-ups will be much better

leaving it on is better. faster

vista loads your most used stuff into RAM cache and when you reboot it has to recreate this.

Danda · 09-10-2008, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jdbennet

psu wears out quicker if its on, hard drives dont make a difference (they may spin longer, but the initial spinup/down wears them just as bad), but apparently the components on the mobo last longer if its on (a friend once told me that 10 hours idle = 1 cold boot)

leaving it on is better. faster

vista loads your most used stuff into RAM cache and when you reboot it has to recreate this.

Laving it on is better eh? What about the electricity cost? Wouldent that get bigger or what?

jdbennet · 09-10-2008, 03:29 PM

electricity isnt that expensive.

it costs well under $100 a year for a good pc to run 24/7

05-23-2008, 08:01 PM	#21 (permalink)
Washrag Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 183	I always turn mine off at night. No point in leaving it on and wasting electricity. __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Motherboard: NForce 4 SLI RAM: A-Data Vitesta 2x1gb dual channel Video Card: XFX GeForce 7600gt overclocked PSU: Standard case power supply- cheap PSU but sufficient.

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g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,852	I believe turning your pc off at night is better for the OS but doesnt do any better or worse for the hardware. The hardware now days can take alot. Restarting and shutting down your pc every night makes your OS get into the habit of it and reboots/boot-ups will be much better than if you were to leave your pc on for a while and try to reboot. __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

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Sir Travis D Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 14 Posts: 1,178	I have read that sleep is better,, __________________ Alienware Area-51 M15x Owner Winner of CFclan suicide and whiner medals, 2008

09-10-2008, 11:15 AM	#26 (permalink)
bigfellla Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 558	Just to add to the previous calc done. You have forgotten something else. PSU efficiency. If the computer uses 200W at idle and the efficiency of the PSU is 70%, then you have to add a further 30% to your calc. Also, i am a carbon management specialist/engineer, the whole shortening the life of you pc by turning it off is bs. Several companies, inlcuding samsung, western digital, itel have data to prove this. Turn off your machine, save money and the environment. __________________ PC Wizard-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Laptop nVidia Drivers Intel (R) Core 2 Duo 3.2 GHz OC Zalman Cooler Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 with Northbridge Cooler 4GB Corsair DDR2 6400 OC 512MB BFG Technology 8800GT (715/2010) Sound Blaster X-Fi Fata1ity Platinum Series 64mb Windows Vista Ultimate 3 x 750GB Samsung F1 Corsair TX750W

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Danda Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 175	I turn mine off every night. Friends tell me leaving it on will kill the PSU. But yet again my friends are wrong alot...

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