How often do you turn off your PC?

[Xelene]

I have sleep mode on it, so if haven't touched it for an hour then it idles

 

[Junglist]

Whenever I'm not using it. They boot up fast enough that waiting 15-20 seconds isn't going to hurt my day

 

[SoundsGood]

It automatically suspends at 00:30

 

[pepp77]

Gets shut down very rarely. Probably 3 times in the past year to clean or to move it. My PC is used for work, gaming and as a plex server. I weighed up the costs and benefits (very scientifically ) of having separate solutions that could be turned off as needed, but found it was just simpler and easier to just have the one machine.

My handheld PC gets turned off after every gaming session on it.

 

[montymint]

pc and laptop(work) get shut down nightly unless I’m working on code that I don’t want to put off (so it’s staring at me when I turn on my monitor - but that’s rarely now).

I have two 24/7 servers that are low power draw though.

 

[SuperOwl86]

I always shut mine down when I'm not using it.

 

[Adrianr]

Every night it's not rendering something. Whether it's shut down when I'm away or not is dependent on the likelihood of me having to log into it to do something work related.

 

[Acastus]

I only shut down mine when it's time for bed. UK electric is expensive.

 

[Pete Tong]

Just leave it on. Smart meter tells me my total household power draw is only 150w 3p/hour when pc is idle.

 

[Widget]

If I am playing a game I'm into and want to finish or got a lot of photo editing to do then I sleep it but otherwise it gets turned off.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

When I’m done using.

 

[Carth]

My PC was on 24/7 between 2007 and 2017.

I switch it off whenever it's not in use now.

 

[Defy Belief]

Just leave it on. Smart meter tells me my total household power draw is only 150w 3p/hour when pc is idle.

Sounds like nothing but multiply that by the 8765 hours in a year..

 

[Baldbloke]

Power up only when I want to use it. Otherwise always powered down. Must admit I tend to use the power switch on the casing instead of using formal windows shutdown. Not had any issues doing this. Have I just been lucky?

 

[Grim5]

I used to never turn mine off, but since windows started ******** the bed with sleep mode, I just switch it off

 

[Helios1234]

Switch off when not using. Boot time is irrelevant these days so there's no point putting my PC on Standby or Sleep.

 

[Arcane]

Every time I finish using it, my Dad was a fireman so I've had tales of horror instilled into me about electrical fires since a little kid, even shut all doors when I go to bed as well.

 

[Delta3D]

Sleep if I'm coming back to it within 1-2 hours. Any more than that it's off and extension strip (PC/Monitors/PS5/Chargers) is turned off at the wall

 

[OldKitMan]

turn it on in the morning, if I'm going out for any length of time then it gets switched off, otherwise it gets turned off late afternoon and back on as and when required. It does use a fair bit of power even at idle when you add it up over 8 hours or so.

 

[Paracelsus]

Back in the days of MSN, only/mainly PC gaming and slow downloads I'd leave it on 24/7.

These days I only switch it on when using, as I can go days without using it due to consoles and phone/laptop. Ironically the tech is much more power efficient now, but still makes no sense to leave it on.