Does my desktop consume power or wifi when I put it on sleep(win10)

[Donald 2]

I currently have an old laptop hard drive about 10 years old(I know right!), I found out that my desktop will load quicker if I put it to sleep than shut it down. My friends say this is bad because it consumes power and maybe wifi. Are they right?

[79wjd]

It uses some small amount of power....but why is that bad?

[Godlygamer23]

Yes, because the memory will retain its contents and that requires power. The USB devices might still get power in this state, and thus your WiFi adapter will continue emitting a signal.

 

Did they say why it's bad?

[Guest]

The amount of power used is very minimal. It's mostly to keep data inside your memory. (ram) If you would be using a desktop, all fans would quit. The PSU would be completely silent. And at best you might have a random led on, showing it's sleeping.

[STRMfrmXMN]

C O N S U M E  W I F I

 

No, it doesn't utilise any internet bandwidth when you're not using it when it's asleep. If it's on then some bandwidth is probably being sucked by Windows 10.

[AMDPRO]

13 hours ago, BunyR said:

I currently have an old laptop hard drive about 10 years old(I know right!), I found out that my desktop will load quicker if I put it to sleep than shut it down. My friends say this is bad because it consumes power and maybe wifi. Are they right?

It doesn't consume power, but it's not the same as an SSD. Your HDD is not faster, it just isn't working. If you want real speed get of a 5000rpm HDD and get a hard drive

[79wjd]

24 minutes ago, AMDPRO said:

It doesn't consume power, but it's not the same as an SSD. Your HDD is not faster, it just isn't working. If you want real speed get of a 5000rpm HDD and get a hard drive

He's talking about the time it takes for his computer to turn on to a usable state -- that time is faster when you put the computer to sleep. And yes, it does consume power (a small amount, but consumes more power than a shutdown nonetheless).