Sleep vs Shut Down

[Jade]

I don't intend to leave it on, unless it's doing something. Electricity, while cheap, has an environmental cost. I don't get why people say "I'm lazy" or whatnot. 8 seconds of your life isn't too much to ask for a cold boot. Just seems selfish imho.

Not everyone uses a SSD.

[MPX309]

I only turn it off to go to sleep, unless I use it for folding. I usually turn the montor off though 

[Cryptonite]

Hello, I remember like week ago linus said "who turns off theyr PCs thees days  anyway" . Welp, I do. Just talked with friend who lost important game match because of BSOD, he haven't turned off pc for 2 weeks.So why wouldn't you turn off pc if you may lose your work/match because of it? Thees days system boots in 20 sec anyways.

his overclock is unstable, it's his own problem. it could happen at any given time not just because he keeps his pc on, lmao. my pc runs 24/7 no problem and there's no downside to it even electricity is minimal

[JuztBe]

his overclock is unstable, it's his own problem. it could happen at any given time not just because he keeps his pc on, lmao. my pc runs 24/7 no problem and there's no downside to it even electricity is minimal

He have stock clocks. But seems that not turning it off wasn't the case.

[CaptainRagu]

Ive only turned this laptop off a handfull of times in 3 years. I just walk away and forget about it and when I do remember, I realize I don't want to deal with waiting 30-60 sec for start up.

[mcmad358]

Hibernate

[chilicheeseburger]

I mainly turn it off bc of the noise at night. Not like it's really loud but if you want to sleep it's definitely annoying.

[EmotionalSloth]

I turn mine off cos I get distracted by stuff when trying to sleep easily and having tons of leds and fan noise annoys the fuck out of me

[CyanOG]

Turn it off every night cause I can't sleep if its on

[CeePee]

Always powering it down when I'm not using it. Also got a switch to turn off all power, no standby for you.

[ddbtkd456]

I turn it off because I pay the bills but I don't shut it down just hibernate it.

Want a cookie for paying bills? I'm just kidding bit seriously though I pay for my own bills and I run mine 24/7 and I really doubt I pay that much more then you and it depends on the state I live in one of the less expensive states.

[ddbtkd456]

I mainly turn it off bc of the noise at night. Not like it's really loud but if you want to sleep it's definitely annoying.

Not a true geek then just kidding bit soft sound actually puts me to sleep... Laptop running, computer running, soft volume music

[rentaspoon]

Want a cookie for paying bills? I'm just kidding bit seriously though I pay for my own bills and I run mine 24/7 and I really doubt I pay that much more then you and it depends on the state I live in one of the less expensive states.

I always except cookies

it's more because the notion off knowing I'm wasting money

[chilicheeseburger]

Not a true geek then just kidding bit soft sound actually puts me to sleep... Laptop running, computer running, soft volume music

I know but not repetitive noises.

[Gr8White_Bear]

I just lock my computer.  Windows + L

[Roddy189]

I turn it off at night, but sleep during the day if I go out. Just annoys me when I walk back in and see that somehow its magically awake again lol. or maybe somebody sneaks in and kills my bf4 stats when I'm out... 

[waxbytes]

I mostly let it time out to Sleep.

I tend to restart on Tuesdays for some reason...

[Charger]

i keep mine running 24/7 unless I'm gone for a few days. I use it as a tv and radio so with out it running it sucks when i wake up at 5am and have to start it to watch something. I also sleep like shit so i tend to just keep something playing on it most times when i try to sleep

 

I have left it running for months at a time without any problems or crashing however it doesn't like to wake up from sleep or hibernation its an all or nothing kind of system lol

[LOST TALE]

Hibernation master race.

[KemoKa]

I would like to leave my computer running but it is too noisy, it keeps me up all night. If it turned on in the middle of the night, i can sleep through it easily but getting to sleep even with SP120s is difficult.

[Nicolas]

20 second boot times? HDD user spotted #SDDBootDriveMasterRace

 

My PC sleeps after 5 hours of idling anyways so why would I want to turn it off?

[connorpiper]

I never shut down, only sleep. 

[SadTech]

I turn my computer off once every 2 weeks or so and its usually a restart.. it really doesn't hurt your components any worse then restarting it often.. I am not saying leaving it running is better then shutting it down but I know it's not worse.

 

The only thing it hurts is the electric bill.

[TetraSky]

I see no point letting my PC on all the time. My room is hot enough as it is, if I let what is essentially a space heater On during the night, I would die.

I don't do anything that would require me to leave it open and if I do, I just set up a task so that it automatically close After whatever I needed done is finished.

[Tacitus]

I'm not usually one to defend the environment, but not turning off your PC overnight just because you don't want to wait 10 seconds for it to turn back on is just lazy, inconsiderate and wasteful. Over a period of time you're going to use up a lot of electricity, costing the bill payer more, and if everyone took this attitude I'm sure it would culminate in significant environmental damage.

 

My PC stays on most of the time during the day, but unless I have good reason to leave it on overnight it gets turned off (~95% of the time).