just a noob
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i cant really say one way or another, but here at our house (we turn our computer off every night) that we got almost 4 years ago and its running fine (its a p4 3.0ghz and 512mb of ddr ram lol)
Whats the best way to leave your PC?
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eggyhustles
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I never turned my old pc off..only restarted it about once a week...pc still runs too...old compaq presario with a p3 @847mhz and 348mb of ram..
royalmarine
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correct. the only thing that will slow a computer down is spyware, virus, and misuse by means of porn, un-safe websites with adaware spyware etc.
it will eventually bog your system down.
ive a server running for 5 years. doesnt have internet access apart from 4 ports to alert police/e-mail me as its used to control my security camera's and house alarm.
never heard the computer make a noise or anything. i replaced the mouse maybe 2 years ago as i had an old trackball. thats it!
But if your using windows, it can bog down your memory, so a system reboot is good every once and a while so it can clear the cache and RAM.
wellhellothere
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The 2 computers I've had have always been turned off every night about 98% of the time. I leave them off all day, turn them on when I get home between 4 and 7 and shut them when I sleep between 10-12. First one is now a little older than 10 years old and can still run no problem, although its quite slow(P2 266). And my current one which is not a little more than 5 years old does the same. The difference is that the 1st one was used more(as I was younger and had more time). Not a single part has ever broken down on me, even the HD of the 1st one, I use it in my current one... The only thing being crap is my current computer, it came with a crap cd-rom drive, well I can't say it got worst, I think its actually working better for the past year ? And it was also bugged from the 1st week I got it, it would restart randomly(between 3-20 times a day mostly after being opened, but NEVER when gaming)... It was like that for about 3-4 years and now somehow, it only restarts on its own once every 2-4 months.
I guess we can say it won't make your computer worst if you turn it off, based on my experience of course.
I guess we can say it won't make your computer worst if you turn it off, based on my experience of course.
TFT
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If you are paranoid like me and clear all history, temp files etc every night then a restart or shutdown is the only way. Your index.dat files will grow into many MB's and are only flushed and re-created on a reboot, at least Ccleaner needs a reboot to delete these files.
Therefore I shut down every night
Therefore I shut down every night
TFT
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concorde
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I always turn it off when I am finished with it. I guess power supplies last longer as 1) it gets a chance to cool down and 2) its fan plus the fans in the case don't perpetually suck in and blow around dust.
About dust--I wash my fans in the dishwasher, and I washed my motherboard from my older Compaq I don't care about last week in it too. I wouldn't reccommend trying it but I am a clean freak and have a Level 5 obsessive-compulsive with cleanliness. (BTW, the motherboard works!)
About dust--I wash my fans in the dishwasher, and I washed my motherboard from my older Compaq I don't care about last week in it too. I wouldn't reccommend trying it but I am a clean freak and have a Level 5 obsessive-compulsive with cleanliness. (BTW, the motherboard works!)
