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04-15-11, 09:29 PM #3Re: So, correct me if I'm wrong...
Besides electricity waste not really.
Unless your computer is prone to overheating from being left on too long... which is a different issue in on of itself and should be fixed with proper cooling."Murder and marriage aren't too much unlike each other, one ends your life, and the other is a crime"
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04-15-11, 10:40 PM #4Re: So, correct me if I'm wrong...
Actually, no, it's not bad for your computer. By all technicality it should last longer when you leave it on. It's because of the thermal cycles, if you leave it on all the time it never cools and contracts the metal, it's almost always at the same state (give or take).
BUT the lifetime of computer components are so good now, you shouldn't have to worry about it. I would rather put the wear and tear on the CPU (which really isn't very much), than get a huge power surge in the night that is higher than what my APC battery back up is rated for and lose all my data on my HDD.
And then definitely your electricity bill, much better when you turn them off at the times you're not gonna use it for more than 5-6 hours or more at a time.
Then again, I keep mine on during the day (and sometimes at night if I am out) so I can still access my computer through the PogoPlug cloud service.
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04-16-11, 11:54 AM #7
Re: So, correct me if I'm wrong...
I only turn mine off at night because it reduces dust build up (on fans, fan screens, etc..). If you leave your PC on, it's constantly sucking in dust particles and it builds up on your fans and shit. If you clean your computer regularly (once a month), it shouldn't be a problem at all.
For me, I clean my computer once every couple of months.
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04-16-11, 12:05 PM #8
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From a technical standpoint, its good to kind of refresh your computer every now and then to get it back to a 'startup state'. My work computers I keep on all the time because theyre not mine and Im not paying for the electricity, but my home computers Ill turn off every nite mainly to save on electricity and I have no reason to keep it on. Keeping it on means its still connected to the internet and still susceptible to attacks. Actually what I used to do is just sneak on friends computers that I used to live with and set their power settings to hibernate after 3 or 4 hours. They never even really paid attention to notice.
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04-16-11, 01:02 PM #9Re: So, correct me if I'm wrong...
My desktops and server at the house stay on all the time. At night, they are busy updating software, ripping movies, performing virus scans, performing backup jobs and so on and so forth. I have a lot of computers at the house and I run it like an IT shop. Its good practice for work. I honestly do not care about my electric bill because I do not have to pay one
At work, I am part of a large IT department for a huge organization with dozens of offices all around the world. Our workstations and servers are all always on and only get rebooted for patches. Some of these have literally been powered on for several years, only rebooted for patching.
Leaving computers on all the time can extend the life of certain things, like motherboards because they do not take the initial surge when the power is turned on. Additionally, they do not have the heat up/cool down cycle that can also be hard on components. Modern computers are built with such high-quality components though, I think you would see little real world difference between turning one off every night and leaving it running all the time.Sleep, eat, conquer, meditate, repeat.
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