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OfficialAviate
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At night, not only do I turn my computer off, but I also turn off power at my power supply ... every single night. This is because I am a very light sensitive sleeper and the motherboard lights keep me awake. Is this in any way harmful to my system?

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4 minutes ago, OfficialAviate said:

At night, not only do I turn my computer off, but I also turn off power at my power supply ... every single night. This is because I am a very light sensitive sleeper and the motherboard lights keep me awake. Is this in any way harmful to my system?

Should not do any harm if you turn off the pc from the os and wait for it to turn off fully.

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10 minutes ago, OfficialAviate said:

At night, not only do I turn my computer off, but I also turn off power at my power supply ... every single night. This is because I am a very light sensitive sleeper and the motherboard lights keep me awake. Is this in any way harmful to my system?

i would just turn the lights off instead

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it's not good for your PSU. Every time you flick the switch after some time turned off, it will recharge its capacitors with a large burst current when you turn on your computer. Victims include:

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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15 hours ago, OfficialAviate said:

At night, not only do I turn my computer off, but I also turn off power at my power supply ... every single night. This is because I am a very light sensitive sleeper and the motherboard lights keep me awake. Is this in any way harmful to my system?

Could you cover the pc with a piece of cloth or something? I don't know for a fact that flipping the switch on the psu every day is bad for it. It just feels intuitively wrong...

If i were you I think I'd consider a case with a solid metal sidepanel

My R2700XT build:  r7 2700 @4.1 Ghz max 65C - Sapphire Pulse rx 5700xt @1625Mhz 955mV 1300rpm fans, max 82C - Asrock B450 gaming k4 - Gskill Ripjaws 2x8GB @3200mhz CL16 - Be Quiet Straight Power E11 650w - Fractal Meshify C - EK-Kit S240 - NB eLoop 120mm PWM - Be Quiet Shadow Wings 140mm 1000rpm - Bitfenix Spectre LED PWM 120mm - Samsung 250GB 860 Evo - Seagate Barracuda 2TB

Peripherals:  Acer XF270HBbmiiprzx 144hz 1080p TN - CM Storm Quickfire TK - Coolermaster MK750 - CM Storm Reaper - Logitech G303 - Logitech G502 - Logitech G603

Audio:  Hyperx Cloud Stinger - Samson SR850 - Trust Screamer - Creative Gigaworks T20 II

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21 hours ago, TrigrH said:

i would just turn the lights off instead

This.  

 

There's a setting in the BIOS to turn off the motherboard lights.  Only a single +5VSB light should be on when the PC is off.

 

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