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Leave On, Sleep, Hibernate or Shutdown
When you go to bed at night, what do you do with your PC?
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Prefer to shut down if I will be away from my computer for any length of time... GL
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I only shut my PC down if I'm going away for the weekend (I reboot when needed)
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I shut it down when done for night. A Guy
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My spec machine gets shutdown , my other one stays on 24/7
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PC off, router off, mains plug off
Proper Job
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pc on
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Shut it down. When the user rests, the PC must rest too.
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On my old build, I would always just put it to sleep. Now with the H50 (a form of water cooling), im paranoid, so I just turn it off.
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Most shut down (so far at least). that surprises me
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I shut it off for the night.
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just a quick question
No, it plateaus.
Once it settles into it's normal operating temps, it's not going to keep on rising and rising.
Most shut down (so far at least). that surprises me
I've had nothing but bugs/glitches in the past with sleep/hibernate in the past that I just don't bother with it now.
And turning off saves a bit of power (not that it makes any difference to the bills
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Plus, it's at least a few hours that my case isn't acting as a dust filtration unit...
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RIP 26/3/2023 Gadget Mad Granny
I've always turned mine off at night and switched off at the plug, I'm not taking any chances while asleep plus my electric is expensive enough as it is no use wasting it.
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i Shut Down the PC. and when i wake up i turn it on. and why would anyvone want to have the PC turne on 24/7 ?
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I leave mine on to keep my downloads running.
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Unless you actually turn it off at the mains (ie: pull the plug) there's very little difference in power consumption between shutting down, hibernate and sleep. So shutting down to "save on power" is a myth. And using sleep or hibernate essentially turns everything off anyway. I think leaving it on 24/7 is not good but using sleep/hibernate has lots of advantages.
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Wow, lots of shut-down, interesting. I thought there would be more using sleep.
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Wow, lots of shut-down, interesting. I thought there would be more using sleep.
Me too
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Sleep/Hibernate for me. Shutting down once or twice a week.
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Sleep/Hibernate for me. Shutting down once or twice a week.
Which one tho? Sleep or hibernate?
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