PC ON or OFF??

leeh14 · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:11

hi,

Just woudering how good this is for the PC! at the mo i am continually allowing power to run through the PC even when it is off! i do this beucase i belive that turning it on and off at the plug could cause damge to the compoents! so just asking wat do other people do?

regards

Angelos_n · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:19

Hi mate,

it doesnt cause a blind bit of difference. and if you dont mind it , it doesnt kill the bank either.

Regards

Angelosn

mrfun1981 · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:19

I switch mine off & no power in it. There is no point wasting electric in a PC that you are not using

bremen1874 · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:20

The only reason to switch a PC off at the mains is if you're worried about the tiny amount of electricity it'll use providing the standby voltage to the motherboard.

If nothing else leaving it plugged in will stop the motherboard battery going flat.

RJC · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:20

I always turn my pc off at the wall.

Craig321 · 23 Feb 2009 at 19:23

leeh14 said:
hi,

Just woudering how good this is for the PC! at the mo i am continually allowing power to run through the PC even when it is off! i do this beucase i belive that turning it on and off at the plug could cause damge to the compoents! so just asking wat do other people do?

regards

I've always just used a PC with the power constantly plugged in & on at the wall. Never had a problem.

Pred · 23 Feb 2009 at 20:52

For years i have always left my computers plugged in and on with no problems.

LukeTW · 23 Feb 2009 at 21:04

I turn it off and leave it, never turned it off by the wall in my life i think :confused:

Sin_Chase · 23 Feb 2009 at 21:07

My PC is always on.... always.

PCDave · 23 Feb 2009 at 21:09

i turn the power of at night but thats only because my stereo has a flashing lights sequence (the stereo is on the same extension lead as the pc)

yashiro · 23 Feb 2009 at 21:10

If you are not using it turn it all off at the wall.

p4radox · 23 Feb 2009 at 21:12

I nearly always just turn it off.

If I'm leaving it for a few minutes I'll put it into sleep mode. I'm getting really obsessive about it being on when it doesn't need to be...

jakspyder · 23 Feb 2009 at 22:40

i turn it off at the PSU but not at the plug unless im going away for like a week or something

Pinter75 · 23 Feb 2009 at 22:45

S3STR 4 me.

CurlyWhirly · 23 Feb 2009 at 22:46

bremen1874 said:
If nothing else leaving it plugged in will stop the motherboard battery going flat.

I didn't know this and thought that the mobo battery is used when the PC is switched off (but still plugged in at the socket) :confused:

JonJ678 · 23 Feb 2009 at 22:54

Sin_Chase said:
My PC is always on.... always.

+1

Gouey · 24 Feb 2009 at 01:27

Mine's always on as well

Though I used to always turn it off at the plug as well, only because the psu had a very annoying buzzing sound when left on, so yeah that had to be turned off for me to sleep!

Coxyis · 24 Feb 2009 at 01:30

Mine is always plugged in, no problems to report here...

Memphis · 24 Feb 2009 at 01:35

CurlyWhirly said:
I didn't know this and thought that the mobo battery is used when the PC is switched off (but still plugged in at the socket)

Only when there is not a live current from the PSU, such as transporting your rig, or power outages. Would be a PITA to have to reset your BIOS ever time your PC lost power!

spitzoid · 24 Feb 2009 at 03:32

It used to be a problem, in that powering your computer up & down would result in "Socket Creep" or "Chip Creep" due to thermal expansion. However, nowadays this is not really a problem due to improved cooling & retention. I guess it just depends on whether you can afford the electricity and/or cope with the guilt of destroying the planet?