Should you turn your computer off every night?

#21

at the end of the day it is still a transient response, same goes for any device, but most devices can handle them, but as they age and the circuitry wears down, it not as effective. never the less it won’t happen for a long time.

#22

i’m too lazy to wait for a boot up so i just leave it on lol

#23

Just leave it on. Why waste the time shutting it down and then starting it back up, when you can just un lock your screen faster…

#24

wasting power?

#25

[quote=“Mopman, post:24, topic:437704”][quote author=Jmood link=topic=540406.msg4006554#msg4006554 date=1338697648]
Just leave it on. Why waste the time shutting it down and then starting it back up, when you can just un lock your screen faster…
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wasting power?[/quote]
This, I just don’t find it very smart to leave your computer on 24/7, whats the point? The average boot up speed for Win7 is 40 seconds, and its usually faster for me, so why leave it on when it only takes a minute to load up your computer?

#26

FUCK IT YOLO

#27

if you’re not paying for your electric bill, or your machine draws 400 WATT (which is about normal for most desktops), then the most you’ll use is 3.5k WATT. based the the aforementioned, the smart decision really depends on how much one pays per kilowatt/hr.

#28

Also, since most of you run windows, and it gets super-slow the longer you leave it on between reboots, that’s another reason to turn it off at night, so it’s faster the next day.

#29

Really? I don’t notice that at all on Windows 7. Could leave it running for weeks and it wouldn’t be any different at all.

#30

[quote=“Moparisthebest, post:28, topic:437704”][quote author=Jmood link=topic=540406.msg4006554#msg4006554 date=1338697648]
Just leave it on. Why waste the time shutting it down and then starting it back up, when you can just un lock your screen faster…
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Also, since most of you run windows, and it gets super-slow the longer you leave it on between reboots, that’s another reason to turn it off at night, so it’s faster the next day.[/quote]

No way!

I never had such a problem with my computer, I never shut my computer off except for when the power went out of course and didn’t have any lower performance what so ever…

#31

When all the components are cold, the resistance is lower and therefore more current will flow for the part of a second when you first turn the system on, this can damage the system. This is also the same reason why light bulbs rarely fail when in use. They usually fail within a second of you turning them on.

Also, at school, computers only generally last 1.5-2 years before the hard disks and other components begin to fail as the computers are turned on and off at least 6 times a day. In these situations, I believe it would be better to just leave them running non stop.

#32

[quote=“Moparisthebest, post:28, topic:437704”][quote author=Jmood link=topic=540406.msg4006554#msg4006554 date=1338697648]
Just leave it on. Why waste the time shutting it down and then starting it back up, when you can just un lock your screen faster…
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Also, since most of you run windows, and it gets super-slow the longer you leave it on between reboots, that’s another reason to turn it off at night, so it’s faster the next day.[/quote]I don’t get why you bring up things that doesn’t even apply to this generation of Microsoft OS’s. This was true back in the days, but it hasnt happened since Vista/7 hit the market. My PC is on several months in a row and never slows down in any noticeable way whatsoever.

#33

Windows boots faster on my pc than linux ever has, I can get from bios -> desktop in less than 15 seconds, and that’s a usable desktop not waiting for bullshit apps to load up.

#34

[quote=“runescape3dude, post:31, topic:437704”]When all the components are cold, the resistance is lower and therefore more current will flow for the part of a second when you first turn the system on, this can damage the system. This is also the same reason why light bulbs rarely fail when in use. They usually fail within a second of you turning them on.

Also, at school, computers only generally last 1.5-2 years before the hard disks and other components begin to fail as the computers are turned on and off at least 6 times a day. In these situations, I believe it would be better to just leave them running non stop.[/quote]
My computer usually goes off at 11pm and doesnt come on until 4pm the next day, thats usually between 14-16 hours that I wouldn’t want all the fans spinning

#35

[quote=“Moparisthebest, post:28, topic:437704”][quote author=Jmood link=topic=540406.msg4006554#msg4006554 date=1338697648]
Just leave it on. Why waste the time shutting it down and then starting it back up, when you can just un lock your screen faster…
[/quote]

Also, since most of you run windows, and it gets super-slow the longer you leave it on between reboots, that’s another reason to turn it off at night, so it’s faster the next day.[/quote]
sorry, but it’s not true for windows 7.

#36

while it was true in xp that leaving it on made it slow down (due to a memory leak), vista and 7 don’t have this issue.

I save electricity and bootup time by hibernating everytime I’m away from my PC, this has the added bonus of suspending all my running software to RAM so I can continue where I left off next time

#37

[quote=“newbiehacker, post:36, topic:437704”]while it was true in xp that leaving it on made it slow down (due to a memory leak), vista and 7 don’t have this issue.

I save electricity and bootup time by hibernating everytime I’m away from my PC, this has the added bonus of suspending all my running software to RAM so I can continue where I left off next time[/quote]

Pretty much what I do, it gives you the best of both worlds. Also I’ve gone through control panel to set my computers ‘power off’ button to set my computer to sleep. I’m talking about the physical button located on the case.

#38

oh hey runescape3dude is talking out his ass again everyone!

you’re comparing a computer with a psu that should be connected to a surge protector to a cheap mass produced lightbulb which run directly off of the mains, flawless logic, and not to mention lightbulbs are notorious for wasting a LOT of electricity on heat to the point where touching a lightbulb can cause burns, but touching an idle modern cpu without a heatsink will just hurt a lot

or maybe it has something to do with schools using the cheapest mass produced harddrives they can get?

data centres have harddrives fail too you know, and it’s very rare for data centres to turn their drives off

then perhaps you haven’t taken the time to configure linux properly, arch could boot in <10 seconds 5+ years ago when configured properly, and fedora boasted that it could boot in 10 seconds stock a few years ago, much like how windows 7 boots in 10 seconds on ssds

#39

oh hey runescape3dude is talking out his ass again everyone!

you’re comparing a computer with a psu that should be connected to a surge protector to a cheap mass produced lightbulb which run directly off of the mains, flawless logic, and not to mention lightbulbs are notorious for wasting a LOT of electricity on heat to the point where touching a lightbulb can cause burns, but touching an idle modern cpu without a heatsink will just hurt a lot

or maybe it has something to do with schools using the cheapest mass produced harddrives they can get?

data centres have harddrives fail too you know, and it’s very rare for data centres to turn their drives off

then perhaps you haven’t taken the time to configure linux properly, arch could boot in <10 seconds 5+ years ago when configured properly, and fedora boasted that it could boot in 10 seconds stock a few years ago, much like how windows 7 boots in 10 seconds on ssds[/quote]

It is well known physics that electrical resistance decreases when temperature decreases. This can be dangerous for components… PSUs are not perfect, the tolerances in the components are probably at best ± 5% in 99% of PSUs. The best thing to do is not even have a computer, there will be no risk of anything fucking out then.

@hibernating windows seven: Whenever I ever hibernate my (windows 7) desktop PC, it doesn’t want to boot up properly again, ie it takes between 5-10 minutes to start up again and may not even start again without deleting restoration data.

PS: It’s not called talking when it is a comment written over the internet, cause I’m pretty sure I am not saying it out loud (unless you are blind and have the computer dictate everything to you, in that case: shame bitch, I can see more than you.) I would be more inclined to call it communicating.

#40

Why can’t linux configure itself? If windows can boot, from a stock installation, that quickly why can’t linux? Yeah because I really want to spend ages configuring my computer when I could just you know, install windows and use it straight away…