How often do you turn off your PC?

Hostile_18 · Sunday at 07:59

I was reading a thread on another computer forum and most kept their PCs on for days/weeks/months at a time? I generally turn mine off when not in use. My thinking is saves on power draw (money), allows updates to be applied and increases the lifespan of the LEDs.

Am I the odd one out? :confused:

ben1987 · Sunday at 08:13

I shut mine down whenever I’ve finished using it.

jeffspuds · Sunday at 08:14

Never

haaammit · Sunday at 08:14

Up in the morning - pc on during breakfast, turn off to go to work. Home from work, pc on, then off again at bed time.

SpellowHouse · Sunday at 08:18

My main PC I turn off every night. By that, I mean it's off at the wall socket, so it draws zero power.

I prefer to switch stuff off when not in use. Having said that, there are some things I keep in standby, but the PC is not one of them.

throwaway4372 · Sunday at 08:25

Shut down overnight, and if I was out all day for work it would be shut down then too.

Thinking about it now, I'm not sure how much power it saves, but it's a habit from years of older windows versions needing regular reboots, and kid/student/renting times when the pc was in the bedroom. Maybe security is a decent reason too.

5abr3 · Sunday at 08:33

If I am not using it then it's generally off. Never been one to switch it ed off at the wall as it's attached to a UPS and getting to the sockets has historically meant getting past monitors etc.

something daft already!! · Sunday at 08:49

Only when installing new hardware, so mostly never. I like to maintain a good ratio and it keeps the front room warmer for the puddy cat. They hardly draw any power when idle anyway. Plus, it's my Plex server.

Shaolin Chicken · Sunday at 10:48

Switch off every night, back on in the morning.
If I'm going out, I also switch the PC off too.

freddie64 · Sunday at 10:49

ben1987 said:
I shut mine down whenever I’ve finished using it.

Same here.

adidan · Sunday at 10:50

Using it - switch it on
Not using it - switch it off

I apply this to most things.

SimonRigga · Sunday at 10:53

Never it's on 24/7, the ony time I restart it is when required by windows update. My PC does things when i'm not here, backups, etc.. also it's my media server... so stream lots of stuff from it to TV..

CaptainRAVE · Sunday at 10:59

Everytime I’m not using it. I’ve setup a button on my stream deck to shut it down and although I have an LG C3, it now auto shuts off that too. I only manage an hour or two of use at a time these days, so it would be wasteful not to.

ivrytwr3 · Sunday at 11:02

haaammit said:
Up in the morning - pc on during breakfast, turn off to go to work. Home from work, pc on, then off again at bed time.

exactly this

nft_99 · Sunday at 11:06

mine is on 24 / 7

pastymuncher · Sunday at 11:36

Mine is only on when I am using it. All other times it's shut down and off at the wall.

Hutch · Sunday at 11:41

Another only when im using it, then off here. I used to leave it on a lot more but when the electricity prices spiked I got a lot better at turning things off.

BornEvil · Sunday at 11:43

I leave it on during the day, but also make sure sleep is enabled.

I try shut down every night if I remember too

Dg834man · Sunday at 11:56

Off overnight send it to sleep during the day if i'm not using it.

Avathar77 · Sunday at 12:08

Gaming PC - only on during Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Gets shutdown every day. Updates checked and installed on Friday.

Work laptop - Once a week on a Wednesday morning. Updates are controlled by the IT department, we also manage the restarts by sending alerts to end users and giving them 3 chances to restart. End users can differ the restart 3 times, after which it gets forced restart after updates.