I dont know if it's better to leave it on or turn it off every time I go to bed.
I heard re-starting the PC damages it more than leaving it on for some hours, but I would like to hear what you usually do.

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I turn mine off whenever I go to bed. Frankly if your pc is damaged from restarting I question where you get your parts from.

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That sounds stupid, leaving computer online if you doing no shit there is pointless and electricity waste.

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Turn it off every night, turn it on every day.

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+1.

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same

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Of course I turn it off, electricity cost money you know.

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First world problems.

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I actually live in Uruguay. Third world country.

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Occasianally, mostly i switch it to sleep or hibernation modes.

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Turn off - never. Reset - when it's nesessery. :D

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I eventually do...After some days...

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once in a month or so..

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While it's true that turning your PC on and off damages it, the effect is negligible that it'll take decades for it to break.

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Since I run a lot of BOINC projects, I leave my computer on essentially all the time. I reboot it when necessary, but not that much otherwise. FWIW though, at work we were told that it's recommended to reboot Windows computers once a day.

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I turn it off at night. I find that it gets really slow if its been running too long, and sometimes I have to restart it because of this.

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I reboot it once a week or when it bluescreens (about once a week, never buy OCZ SSDs) to get updates for software that checks on startup.

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I turn it off every night, there's no point in leaving it on during the night. Unnecesary heat and noise.

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My computer's gentle buzzing functions like a white noise for me though, it actually helps me sleep.

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I turn it off every night unless I'm downloading something... with fast ssd drives these days why would you want your hardware running 24/7? I have had multiple PSU & Motherboards & Video card die from leaving it on 24/7

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I turn it off every night.

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Usually turn it off because while many people seem to act like there are unlimited resources all resources are limited though they vary based on location and ability to obtain and move resources

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+1

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not lately, I've been falling asleep in front of it instead..

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I turn my pc of when ever I'm not sitting at it. I dont really wanna waste power or spend cash on it when I'm not using it

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I turn it off when I'm not going to be using it for a long time. That story about restarting it doing more damage than leaving it on is an old story. Sure, if you're restarting it every few minutes, it might wear out the PSU faster, but if its not being used for a while, its fine to turn it, and it saves electricity. Also, PCs need to be restarted every now and again, leaving it on for a few days at a time can cause it to slow down.

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I turn it off the night, because it overheats like shit

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Of course, lol. I am not shitting money for electricity, I can't sleep with noise, and why the hell would you consume the planet's resources for no reason!? Also, those 24/7 guys, do you buy new HDDs weekly?

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mines been running 24/7 for the last 4 years at least, never blown a HDD once!

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I've only had one HDD go out on me and it was on a computer that I shut down nightly.

And honestly, the computer uses barely any electricity compared to AC. My bill during spring and fall for electricity is around $30, in summer it's been over $100, only difference in usage is the AC running. And I have a work and personal computer at that.

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Lifespan of HDDs is calculated by two values - the amount of start-stop cycles and running hours. Exceeding either would lead to a potential failure. So spinning it up and down is not any better for your HDD than running it 24/7, usually worse due to the higher stress caused.

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I turn it off 95% of the time when I go to sleep, or when I'm out for longer than a couple of hours.

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