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How often do you power down your PC???

Post Date: 2008-11-25
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    Posted: 25 Nov 2008 at 10:42pm
Quick question:  How often do you turn your computer off (powered down)?  Is it better to leave on all the time, put it to sleep, or power down every night?
 
The reason I ask is my old Cyberpower I had a few years ago went thru 3 power supplies in two years (one time taking my hard drive out with it).  Then when I bought my previous PC from DS 2.5 years ago (550w psu) I pretty much left it ON all the time, would power down maybe 1 time a week at night.  I got a new DSO system last month that's running a 1k PSU and I'm just wondering what everyone else does as far as power options.  I've been putting this unit to "sleep" more because I know it will draw more juice.  But I'm having issues when I "wake up" sometimes it freezes and keyboard mouse does not seem to reinitialize.
 
So what would the recommended use be for this?  thx
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depends on user preference.

i leave mine on all the time.
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all of mine are the same as skyR's, on all the time

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Does anyone know what would be "recommended".  Would it affect the life of the PSU if you power on/down every day?
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This basically comes down to common sense.

The major advantage of leaving a PC on is for convenience. If you use the PC multiple times throughout the day, leave it on. As turning it on and off repeatedly will shorten the lifespan (go try it with a lightbulb or any electrical device).

If you use the PC only once at a certain time of day such as 4pm - 6pm. When you only use 2 hours out of 24, leaving it on is pretty stupid don't you think?

Edited by skyR - 26 Nov 2008 at 2:32am
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You can substitute the two methods with something in between such as Stand By mode right?  Where only like less than a watt or something is only running?  And simply pressing space bar will bring everything up once again.

Using Stand By mode helps avoid the whole life span issue right?
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