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#1 kozzy1234
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Just curious to know how often people on here turn there PC off? Do you leave it on for months on end? A few days? or turn it off at the end of the night? Or After your done using it?

Just wondering what everyone usually does as far as that goes.

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#2 xstarchaosx
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Every Sunday after I do mantiance/updates.

Until then it's just standbye.

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#3 wigginender
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My gaming PC goes on only when I am playing games, my internet /email PC is on most of the day when I am home, otherwise off when not around...
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#4 thusaha
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Everyday, I turn it off when I don't use it.
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#5 artistry_
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Almost never turn off my computer .. make restarts for updates to OS and other apps .. and full shut-downs only when I'm going to be away for more than a day.
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#6 Kh1ndjal
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i used to leave my desktop on 24/7 but it became really noisy, and being 2 ft away from my bed, i have to turn it off now. my laptop: sometimes i leave it on for days (when im downloading something) otherwise i turn it off at night
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#7 aryoshi
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Pretty much never. And it runs perfectly.
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#8 HenriH-42
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My PC has probably been on since the summer, unless you count the numerous restarts I've had.
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#9 TheFragcat
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I turn my laptop off probably around 4 times a week, when i'm at work overnight i tend to turn it off more.
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#10 GPAddict
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Usually when I'm done using it, gotta conserve that energy fool!
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#11 lettuceman44
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When I'm done using it usually.
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#12 Nitrous2O
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Everyday, I turn it off when I don't use it.thusaha

same

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#13 Manyac
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sleep and hibernate, reboot only when a windows update or installation requires it
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#14 Erlkoenig
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In my experience, PCs that are left running for weeks tend to be more sluggish than those turned off when not in use.
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#15 rlc-madcat
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Everyday, I turn it off when I don't use it.thusaha
Same here. I turn it off when not in use.
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#16 rlc-madcat
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Follow up to the original question, why not turn the PC off when not in use? Is there any advantage to that? I think that it's a big waste of energy.
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#17 Solidus171
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On during the entire day. Off during the entire night. The only exception to this is when I have 2gb+ download, then I leave it on during the night.
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#18 Erlkoenig
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Follow up to the original question, why not turn the PC off when not in use? Is there any advantage to that? I think that it's a big waste of energy.rlc-madcat
My guess would be that they don't have the patience to wait out the booting time.
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#19 wigginender
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Follow up to the original question, why not turn the PC off when not in use? Is there any advantage to that? I think that it's a big waste of energy.rlc-madcat
I turn it off to conserve...some believe that turning on and off shortens the life of the components. I believe that the restarts only reduces the lifespan slightly. On the other hand constant heats also shorten the lifespan as well. Would you leave your TV on without watching it continuously for days or a week? I doubt it...
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#20 Hewkii
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every night.
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#21 arijit_2404
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I turn it off when I leave for my job at morning and turn it on when I come back. At weekends, it runs probably 48 hours. :)
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#22 Gamartto
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Everyday, I turn it off when I don't use it.thusaha
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#23 chicack
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turn on when downloading... off when there's no good to download... got conserve the energy like he said... hehehe
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#24 RK-Mara
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Every day.
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#25 talgross9
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I keep it on most of the time

I think i turn it off about once a week

but if im going for a few days i never leave it on

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#26 AnnoyedDragon
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On in the morning and off at night, when I am not using it I'm running Folding@Home. I have one of those Nvidia GPUs that supposedly has a shortened life by constant cooling and reheating.

I'm not sure if I believe it, but I'd rather not have it die on me so take no risks.

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#27 REforever101
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i never turn it off, but i put it in sleepmode every day at around 1 am after its daily virus scan
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#28 fivex84
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Once or twice a month. It does get restarted for updates and drivers when needed. I shut it down and unplug it when I leave for vacations and the weekend.
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#29 SinfulPotato
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I always feel like something bad might happen when I'm not around to quickly cut the juice.
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#30 Frantz22
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Well, at least we know how many of us are actually paying our own energy bill... I turn mine off everytime I'm not using it. My energy bill seems to rely pretty heavily on my computer usage...
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#31 Rickylee
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I'm with the everytime I'm not using it crowd. The always online and the energy thing are my main reasons. I've always done this and I've never had a problem.
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#32 mhofever
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every night.Hewkii

what he said

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#33 Johnny_Rock
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I'll reboot usually once a week.
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#34 deactivated-6243ee9902175
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I turn if off whenever I go away for more than an hour, so usually once or twice a day. I don't want to hurt any of my parts or possibly have a fire started when I am not here to put it out.
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#35 GoddyQ
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I turn it off when I go to bed, or have to install updates
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#36 limonface32
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often
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#37 Kolossi
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Everyday when I got to bed.

I also keep it offline on December the 24th.

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#38 HondaSnake
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Shut down mine every night before bed. Also if I'm going out longer than an hour.
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#39 Deihmos
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I always put it to sleep when I am not using I it. I fail to see why some people leave their PC on 24/7.
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#40 CellAnimation
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Media Center PC - is never turned off My Vista Desktop - is turned off when my GF and I go away, the rest of the time it is on 24/7 GFs iMac - is truned off when we go away, the rest of the time it is on 24/7 XPS M1330 Notebook - is put in to sleep mode whenever it is not being used, I don't think I've ever powered it down
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#41 RobertBowen
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Everyday, I turn it off when I don't use it.thusaha

This ^^

Why pay for more electricity when it's just going to waste?

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#42 Private_Adam
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I turn off my computer before I go to sleep.
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#43 i-like-pie
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Turned off when not in use.
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#44 Steameffekt
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Once a night. No need for constant shutdowns.
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#45 thekodaman
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My gaming rig (that I'm using now) uses about 400W of power when not running any games (700W when it is) so I only keep it on if I'm using it or leaving it for less than 10 minutes. Otherwise it's switched off to save money on the electricity bills, on the plus side though I could use the thing as a heater (my graphics card is Overclocked plus I don't think my 3Ghz Quad Core helps with this much) during the winter time =p
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#46 rmfd341
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Well, i turn my computer off when i'm going to sleep and if i'm going to be away from home, but there are some nights, when i'm downloading heavy stuff, then i keep it running all night long.
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#47 kozzy1234
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Thanks for all the posts, quite a difference of preference, interesting to see.
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#48 NSR34GTR
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Everyday, I turn it off when I don't use it.thusaha
yep same here
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#49 monty_4256
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at night, its in my room and doesn't actually have a full standby so the fan is always running
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#50 Treflis
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I always shut it down when I'm going somewhere or done with it..
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