Leave you computer on all the time?

General question about if i should leave my computer on all the time or not.

I currently have it go into a power save mode after 3 hrs of non-use.

Is it better for computer components to have a break and be shut off or always on. Logic says, it should be shut down every once in a while. But is all of that stopping and starting bad for the PC? I know computers at my work are almost never shutdown or even restarted.

Comments?

I leave my pc on all the time. It powers down after a time. When I push the power button, it resumes right where I left off. No need to power down completely.

My PC is pretty much always on and I've never had any problems,

I generally see no point, unless you are actually doing something like torrenting or folding. Otherwise you are just wasting electricity.Luminouslight

Agreed. The two minutes it takes for a cold boot can be spent getting a drink or reading the post or whatever. If you're going to be using your computer frequently throughout the day then sure, sleep mode is worth utilising; but if you're only using your computer when you're getting in from work/school/college then leaving it on standby in the intervening time is fairly pointless.