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Ive herd that leaving your PC on all the time saves stuff like your HDD and fans from wear and tear. But turning it off does its fair-shares of goodness to, like less dust build up and so on.

Heres some info before u help me...

My rig...

I5 4460

R9 380x

8gb ddr3

1tb hdd

120gb SSD

EVGA 500watt psu

Im a hoghschool student attending school for 8 hours + 2 hours for varsity sports,

My room is quite dusty

I play only about 2 hours a day

So if u can help with all my facts that would be awsoem! And btw i dont have the kinda money to risk parts being replaced...

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Ive herd that leaving your PC on all the time saves stuff like your HDD and fans from wear and tear. But turning it off does its fair-shares of goodness to, like less dust build up and so on.

Heres some info before u help me...

My rig...

I5 4460

R9 380x

8gb ddr3

1tb hdd

120gb SSD

EVGA 500watt psu

Im a hoghschool student attending school for 8 hours + 2 hours for varsity sports,

My room is quite dusty

I play only about 2 hours a day

So if u can help with all my facts that would be awsoem! And btw i dont have the kinda money to risk parts being replaced...

Just sleep instead of turning it off. That's what I do.

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Ive herd that leaving your PC on all the time saves stuff like your HDD and fans from wear and tear. But turning it off does its fair-shares of goodness to, like less dust build up and so on.

Heres some info before u help me...

My rig...

I5 4460

R9 380x

8gb ddr3

1tb hdd

120gb SSD

EVGA 500watt psu

Im a hoghschool student attending school for 8 hours + 2 hours for varsity sports,

My room is quite dusty

I play only about 2 hours a day

So if u can help with all my facts that would be awsoem! And btw i dont have the kinda money to risk parts being replaced...

380x? Can I borrow your time machine so I can get one?

 

I let my PC hibernate throughout the day and turn it off at night.

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If you use it rarely then turn it off when not in use. If  you use it everyday for 4+ hours then keep it on.

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If you use it rarely then turn it off when not in use. If  you use it everyday for 4+ hours then keep it on.

what if i use it for 3 hours and 59 minutes

 

You're better off leaving it on, but let it go to sleep after a while, that's what I do with mine.

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what if i use it for 3 hours and 59 minutes

 

You're better off leaving it on, but let it go to sleep after a while, that's what I do with mine.

IDK do what you thing is responsible to your electricity bill, the environment and yourself.

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you should turn it off

problems can happen if you leave a PC on very long without turning it off

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Turn it off! Consumer grade hardware are not rated for 24/7 operation. If you run it 24/7, you can damage your components. There's a reason why workstation and server grade hardware exist. Also, since you're in a dusty environment, you're constantly pumping dust into the system 24/7 for no reason.

 

It's like running a car 24/7, you're going to be killing the engine much quicker than necessary. 

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Turn it off! Consumer grade hardware are not rated for 24/7 operation. You can run it, but it won't last as long. 

Yeah, it'll only last 20years, instead of the 25 it was supposed to....  /s

 

OP, leaving it on is perfectly fine, as far as components go. If you do, however, make sure that your machine is actually being used for something (such as Folding / Prime95 / Boinc, etc.), otherwise you are just wasting electricity keeping a "useless" machine one without any meaning.

 

Or turn it off, it's also not going to be a problem anyway.

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Do whatever is more convenient for you if you're going to be regularly upgrading components like most normal pc users do. 

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If you only use it 2 hours a day it's really pointless to leave it running.  I leave mine on 24/7 but that's because I'm using it all day long.

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you should turn it off

problems can happen if you leave a PC on very long without turning it off

Most problems I run into is really just software problems and less so hardware, but never the less ^ partially this.

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Most problems I run into is really just software problems and less so hardware, but never the less ^ partially this.

yeah i meant software problems, like some programs wont start correctly and stuff, failed updates, etc...

its always good to do a restart once in a while especially if you use a ton of programs every day

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