best thing to do?

[cameronp29]

whats the best thing i should do with my computer at night? right now and for about the past month i just turn the monitor off and let it idle on the desktop all night. should i be hibernating or what? shut down?

whats you opinion on the best thing to do for my computer to last. i have 2 fans in thing case one sucking in one blowing out.

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thanks

 

[Cpetrie]

I shutdown my computer at night; however, I also use a program called Atomic Alarm Clock, which is a super flexible...alarm clock. You can put dates and everything in it so you never have to worry about alarms. Since I shutdown my computer at night, and this is the part that may help you, I went into the BIOS and set my computer to wake up at 6:00am. Assuming startup processes aren't rougher on your hardware than being left on, I would shut it down, then set it to autowake if that is an issue.

 

[LTB]

I almost always shut mine off, unless I'm downloading something overnight. Isn't leaving it on an unnecessary waste of power?