Better to leave your pc on all the time or.....

[MemberSince97]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: jose
Conserve Energy !! Leave it off if you don't need it..

Regards,
Jose

 

[AnImuS]

Originally posted by: MemberSince97

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: jose
Conserve Energy !! Leave it off if you don't need it..

Regards,
Jose

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
For the last 13 years I have built my PC's from the cheapest Pwr Sply / case /and MB money couldn't buy, and I always shut off the PC when done with it, and I have had only 1 Power Supply fail - $11.00 later I was up and running.

cheapness! i don't like wasting power and it used to be that i wouldn't even use it some days, but that is no longer true since i joined anandtech

 

[Zelmo3]

Turning it on and off makes the circuits expand and contract with the heating/cooling cycles. It's not much, but it adds up over the years.
Leaving it on makes the bearings in spinning components (i.e., hard drives and fans) wear out that much faster. Also, in my experience, leaving two desktops and a laptop running full-time with a DC client makes the electric bill too expensive.

So in my opinion, unless you have marathon-ready hard drives and no cooling fans, it's best to turn it off when you're not going to be using it. Whatever components lose a year of life as a result of cyclical heating/cooling will be replaced long before they die anyway.