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My pc is on almost 24/7 and it's never been a problem. You will be fine.

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the only time i turn mine off is when i change hardware. which is quite often :P

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Would be interesting to see the energy bills for those "who don't turn off their computers just because it saves them like 10 seconds for the computer to turn on"

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Just re-Installed windows and re-downloaded my entire steam library (over 350gb) and it was fine. 

 

Edit: It took over 24hrs 

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Temperatures would be only reason why something could happen. I have one laptop broken that way. But with desktops your highest temps come when gaming, rendering or mining. And you will see those max temps when doing such things. Or when doing stress tests. Highest temp during stress test is triple of what your idle is. And 15-30C over your normal max. So leaving PC running for just downloading is safe.

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Generally you should be fine.

If you want to download some bigger file over night and don't want your computer to keep running after it's done you can do this:

 

Step 1:

Calculate how long your download will take with your average download speed.

Step 2:

Add some minutes as a buffer.

Step 3:

Use your console or a program to automatically shut down your computer when your download should be done.

 

At least that's what I've been doing.

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Nothing will happen, but just be sure to defrag your HDD after downloading or else the computer will get slower

 

I used to defrag 192GB of data in my HDD and guess what? It took me nearly a day to do it

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Nope you are good.

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I have a Dell Laptop which was ran overnight for the same reason to Download games but after about 2.5 years its HDD Failed. But I still don't care and keep on Downloading after replacing HDD. A Tablet would also be suitable for Download with a lot less power consumption if that matters.

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unless you care about monthly power bill too much, it's will be fine. mine is 24/7 now. as long as it get cooled properly, it will be totally fine. 

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Nothing will happen, but just be sure to defrag your HDD after downloading or else the computer will get slower

 

I used to defrag 192GB of data in my HDD and guess what? It took me nearly a day to do it

 

Only if the OS is on the HDD. If the OS is on an SSD, a fragmented HDD will just result in slower performance on that drive, but Windows perf will not be affected.

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PC's can be turned off...j/k...

Like the rest I have mine on 24/7, makes a nice little night light for the kiddies..lol..

 

My last build was on for 12 months straight, not to say it wasn't restarted but never shutdown.

Wife is using that pc now, but she lets it go to sleep...lol..

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Generally you should be fine.

If you want to download some bigger file over night and don't want your computer to keep running after it's done you can do this:

 

Step 1:

Calculate how long your download will take with your average download speed.

Step 2:

Add some minutes as a buffer.

Step 3:

Use your console or a program to automatically shut down your computer when your download should be done.

 

At least that's what I've been doing.

Pretty much.

DaxtarsShutdownTimer.exe :)

Set Download/Upload

 

Judge the timeframe

Add 15m to estimated time.

Set to shutdown after however long those values are.

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You want to give me $70?

 If you can afford a bit of extra money added to your power bill from having your computer running 24/7 for 2 years then I'm sure you can afford a $70 SSD....

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If it takes 10mins to boot Windows, even on a mechanical drive, your doing it wrong :)

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 If you can afford a bit of extra money added to your power bill from having your computer running 24/7 for 2 years then I'm sure you can afford a $70 SSD....

I haven't had my computer up since April, and power was cheap, like $0.06 a KWh. 2 years of my computer running wasn't a lot of money because it wasn't very powerful and most of the time it was in hibernate. So no, I don't have $70 for an SSD.

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I haven't had my computer up since April, and power was cheap, like $0.06 a KWh. 2 years of my computer running wasn't a lot of money because it wasn't very powerful and most of the time it was in hibernate. So no, I don't have $70 for an SSD.

 Welp, I think that falls into the category of "not my problem".

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 Welp, I think that falls into the category of "not my problem".

Then don't have a suggestion like that. :P

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AlwaysFSX, on 28 Oct 2014 - 12:25 AM, said:

Then don't have a suggestion like that. :P

 Fair enough

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As long as everything is properly set up (and kitty doesn't go to sleep on the intake filter), you'll be fine - if it runs at acceptable temperatures when you're looking at it, it is highly unlikely to misbehave when you're not :)

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