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if am leaving my computer for like 15-30 minutes and then coming back
do i just leave it running , do i shut it down or do i put it to sleep mode ? what do u do ? my work is that i have to go away from my pc for couple minutes at times just wanted to know,,,, thanks in advance u beautiful humans

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Do you care about the .02 cents worth of power your computer is going to use in those 15-30 minutes?

you shouldn't...so yea, just leave it on.

When in doubt, re-format.

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Leave it on.... lol... I believe it would take more power to start up again, than it would to leave it running... May be mistaken on that though... 

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Leave it running. Hard drives will suffer more from having to spin up and down than from leaving them be.

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Ah, even so... Rebooting too much seems like it can't be good... Kind of like how it's good to turn of a light bulb when not in use, but bad to turn it off/on continuously...

 

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1 minute ago, TechGuy007 said:

am not concerned about power, but the computer ,thanks :D:D

It makes pretty much no difference.

 

1 minute ago, Litargirio said:

Leave it running. Hard drives will suffer more from having to spin up and down than from leaving them be.

Every attempt to find any positives or negatives for HDD health for keeping it on vs shutting it off has been inconclusive from what I've seen. it ends up not mattering either way.

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1 minute ago, TowerCG said:

Ah, even so... Rebooting too much seems like it can't be good... Kind of like how it's good to turn of a light bulb when not in use, but bad to turn it off/on continuously...

 

It ends up not mattering at all. Unrelated correlation isn't useful here.

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13 minutes ago, TowerCG said:

Ah, even so... Rebooting too much seems like it can't be good... Kind of like how it's good to turn of a light bulb when not in use, but bad to turn it off/on continuously...

 

That's because the filament is weak and can't handle the strain. That extremely fragile component doesn't exist in a computer.

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1 minute ago, dizmo said:

That's because the filament is weak and can't handle the strain. That extremely fragile component doesn't exist in a computer.

True, but I would think it would still cause extra strain on a computer... 

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Depends what your work is too I suppose. If it's confidential lock your PC before leaving your desk (Obviously). 

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Windows Key + L

 

everytime.

 

as for Sleep. Put it to something like 1 hour. it's really up to you if you want to leave it in a powered state or a low powered state. There's really no impact to the parts/performance either way. 

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18 hours ago, TechGuy007 said:

am not concerned about power, but the computer ,thanks :D:D

Idle is less consuming for hardware than you using it. If its at public/office location or anywhere someone might walk to it, lock if while you are away.

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