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I've heard diffrent storys about leaving your computer on all the time and turning you computer off at the end of the day!what do you all think.Is it better to leave it on or turn it off at the end of the day?I would think that leaving it on all the time would wear down your hardware fast and other say that when you turn it off you cool down your hardware there for heating it up to fast when its turned on what do you all think?????????????????
 
I've heard diffrent storys about leaving your computer on all the time and turning you computer off at the end of the day!what do you all think.Is it better to leave it on or turn it off at the end of the day?I would think that leaving it on all the time would wear down your hardware fast and other say that when you turn it off you cool down your hardware there for heating it up to fast when its turned on . what do you all think?????????????????
 
Over the years I have left some on all the time and others left off when I,m not using them. I havent noticed any difference! Some will say one way, some will say the other. But I think thats why, theres not any difference.
 
I always use hibernate. It brings back the last screen you were at yet saves that little bit of power. Windows takes a screen shot and saves it until you turn it back on and resumes from there. You can set up the sleep button on your keyboard thru control panel to do this
 
I have never put my computer to sleep and my old computer that is still at my cousin's house running is over 10 years old and still running never once put to sleep at all. I just never have done it becuase i get on aim and stuff and when you go to sleep you loose your connection and i tend to get random im's from people at all hours being in college and all. I have also had a pc that i put to sleep and there was no difference in its performance its still running with no issues...
 
I don't think the PC will affect much by turn on/ off.
The only concern will be your electricity bill...So I tends to turn off if I am not using.
 
it doesn't really matter. leaving it on however can allow you to run maintenance applications and to run folding@home
 
with todays modern computers u will only save about 10 cents a month if that by leaving it off at night they are much more efficent power wise now..
 
Like everyone else has said it doesn't really matter. Hardware nowadays is fairly reliable so on or off it doesn't really matter. Where I went on work experience (council computer department) they had a Pentium II pc (used for the back up tele communications or somat like that) which had never been turned off from the day it was bought.
 
codeman0013 said:
with todays modern computers u will only save about 10 cents a month if that by leaving it off at night they are much more efficent power wise now..
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Is it that cheap? I think should be more than that...
Let say the PC using 300W/hr. Then 1 night say 8 hr for your sleeping.
In UK, 1kW of electricity at night is around 8p.
1 month = 300/1000 x 8 x 30 x 8p = £5.76 = US$11
1 year = $132:D
And thus I am switch off the mains when I am not using it.
 
my emachine model 2005 with 350watt psu i turn on 24/7! i play alot of mmorpg game. i set shop in-game and for my shop to be open have to be on the game.... so my comp stays on almost 24/7! i do turn off... but like once every 4 months and stayed off for less than 2 hours. i dont have problem at all!

my 1999 hp pavilion i turn off whenever i go to sleep and whenever im done with it.... it broke down so fast! so im thinking turning on/off many times makes you comp unstable. its like every shut-down takes away 00.01% of comp life.
 
Let say the PC using 300W/hr. Then 1 night say 8 hr for your sleeping.
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thats high, without the monitor on, and with no real activity you'd be more looking at about 100W max
 
When I was studying for my journeyman electrician exam I did 2 calculations on resistive losses
(the loss of electric power in the form of heat due to resistance)
I used a 400w power supply at no load running 24/7 for 30 days.

First calculation was on a 20 amp circuit with #12 wire 30 feet from the panel
The electricity lost due to heat cause by resistance was around $10.00 a month

The second was a 30 amp circuit on #10 wire 55 feet from the panel the loss was $6.00 a month

So leaving your computer on all the time does cost more then the power you use.
And as you can see the length and size of wire will determine the cost.
 
Neat little setup there...

I shut my machines down when I'm not using them. No point in wasting power or wearing components out unless I'm downloading something... I used to leave my previous computer on, and it never gave me problems...well, besides the day the processor fan basically locked up and started to smoke :P But yeah, if I'm planning on leaving for over an hour or so, I just shut my computer down.
 
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