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    Off. Otherwise no matter how much RAM you have your pc will slow down. Rebooting clears the RAM. Plus of you turn off the power to a dsl modem it resets you ip.
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    Computers and all equipment should be off if you don't use them, even TV:s should be switched off not in standby mode.
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    Originally posted by Monterey13:
    I have worked on some of the most expensive electronics in the world, both medical and mil-spec. ANYTHING can short out, I don't care how expensive it is.

    Better to be safe than sorry.
    Yeah, I hear you, anything can short out. I guess it's a question of long odds.
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    Originally posted by DuxCorvan:
    here in Andalusia and in summer, night temperatures are rarely below 25ºC, and in my room, with the PC on, can raise above 30ºC. Try to sleep then.


    That sucks. The place I'm in at the moment has **** ventilation and a greenhouse atrium roof, so I know what you're talking about. Not looking forward to summer. I don't so much sleep, as pass out.
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    Wow, I rember people saying that if you used your computer daily to never shut it off since, like others said, startup was supposed to be murder on the system. Of course that was 10 years ago, I guess technology might have changed but I never did.

    I guess I'll start turning off the computer when I go to bed. Learn something new everyday.
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    There are still a lot of people that say leaving your computer on is less stressful on the components. While the reliability of things like hard drives has increased tremendously since the 90s, a different issue has become more common: heating/cooling stress.

    When your PC is off it's at room temperature, say about 76ºF/24ºC. When it's running, the CPU, GPU, RAM and motherboard (and other components) can heat up considerably, up to about 120ºF/50ºC or more. When it heats, the parts will expand slightly. When you turn it off, it cools back down and contracts back to normal size. This expansion/contraction will eventually cause fractures, just like on a highway in the US midwest.

    Me, I turn my PC off at night. During the day, though, I use the "Stand By" feature to go into a low-power mode when I'm not going to use it for a bit. This lets the hard drives (and fans) spin down and the video blank, which greatly reduces power consumption. It also is a lot faster to bring back up than from Hibernation.
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