Is it ok to leave your computer on for days at a time? Specifically 10 days in a row...

Is it ok to leave your computer on for days at a time? Specifically 10 days in a row? Could there be any draw backs to this?

All it would do is drive up your electric bill, you can't do any damage for letting it run for a long time.

Yes. Your computer will start accessing ISIS websites, become radicalized, and explode in protest.

...yes? even my winshit systems have 30-60 day average uptime, hardwares built to run 24/7, it's easier on them anyway than stressing it out with a POST every two hours

Turning your computer on and off all the time is worse than just leaving it on.

turning it off and on is more harmful mate.

Reduced lifespan.

Increased electric bill and PSU life with be reduced. Just put it on sleep, it's there for a reason, cunt.

It will collect more dust whilst it's turned on. Terrible stuff dust.

Muh computer buddy says always turn it off when not using to prevent overheat and save $$$, everyone else says this is terrible

>mfw computer gets turned off every night and back on every morning
>computer is 7 years old and the original hdds are perfect as ever
>runs like new

whatever

You should turn it off if you're not present if possible. It's always got a chance of catching fire, don't want to come back to a burnt down home do you? Just like you don;t leave your washing machine unattended either.

desktop hdds don't die. laptop hdds die easily with boot cycles on the other hand.

>anecdotal evidence
bruh, it is not weird at all for a computer to last 7 years, especially a desktop

My system stays on unless I reboot or the power goes out or I need to clean.

>my anecdotal evidence beats your anecdotal evidence

OP didn't mention using a laptop. There is a picture of his monitor which would likely be connected to a desktop computer.

get a carpet

7 years is nothing. Keep turning it on and off for 20.

Will do.

/thread

get a job

no

nope on the otherhand the people itt that dont turn thier computers off probably dont pay the light bill. desktops are desighned to run all the time. turning them off is for security or power saving reasons.

> Empty piss bottles on parade
That's a tragic looking masturbatorium

Who even keeps hardware that long?

>unplugging an energy star rated device designed not to waste power so it doesnt waste power
>gotta save the planet
>meanwhile you monitor consumed 6400 megajoules of electricity when it was manufactured

Gov

>he thinks OP took that picture
Retard.

Screencapped this for the next time the secret police visits for an interview. " it's just because I left the computer on for a while, it happens... Look what this computer expert on this Sudanese knitting imageboard said"

I'm sure even they replace their hardware at least every 15 years.

some extremely critical systems still run on 70s tech

>Nuclear material handling equipment is from the 50-70s as no one can test new equipment to get the correct certifications anymore.

Similar to that story about nuke systems still using floppy disks recently. I'm sure there are hundreds of old industrial systems running on old tech around the world.

But wasn't the point of the thread about home using?

who the fuck said that OP was using a laptop

jesus christ Sup Forums is retarded, I'm surprised every time I come here. you people seem unable to read

Hey guys, I just bought a server, is it OK to leave it on forever, I'm going to go turn it off

>accidentally leave my 290x AMD housefire build on overnight (I fell asleep at my desk)
>wake up at 3AM with a massive sweat and an ambient temperature of the room around 96 degrees (later on I found out the outside temp was 55)
good thing I sold that piece of shit, my intel/novidya build can be left on 24/7 without it becoming a furnace

Yes, I just wanted to interject with how the powers that be handle the harbingers of our end.

But if Sup Forums is to be believed there are quite a few people still on 7 year old core2s and phenoms. I myself still have a core2 laptop I tinker with occasionally,

your room must be like two cubicmeters

I think its around 16x14, but its extremely insulated.

>keep pc on for 5 days straight instead of booting every day
>performance drops until reboot
Thats my experience. If you keep it on for a long time, it starts to slow down

this happens with my 980ti and 4790k as well

not that crazy

keeping a 850w desktop on 24/7 is going to be about $75 a month.

I bet you don't walk because it wears down your knees.

Breathing is pretty harmful for your lungs, it oxidizes your insides and shit. Why don't you stop breathing?

>6w with the monitor suspended
>20w with a monitor on
Sounds like you fucked with your computer's power settings.

>implying it's at 100℅ load all the time
>implying anyone uses an 850w power supply at full capacity

are you being funny retard