At night should you turn your computer off or leave it on all night?

Question

At night should you turn your computer off or leave it on all night?

Answer 1

Definitely turn your computer off overnight unless you have some software scheduled to run overnight like a antivirus scan. Computers use a lot of power and leaving it on can cause wear and tear on your machine. If you are like me and hate the long boot times of the computer, there are ways to shorten it by changing some settings which I don't know off the top of my head but you can google it.

Answer 2

if it is a laptop, then shut it off so u wont burn ur battery  if its a desktop, then still shut it off.  Being on too long could cause over heating,and ur computer could crash

Answer 3

Leaving a computer on or off @ nites depends .However there are certain reasons you should consider before leaving u computer on at night,

1.when you are downloading a large data or movie or software etc or making a through scan of your computer.you can on leave your pc on.

2.switch off the monitor alone after starting the download.because there is no use for the monitor to be on till the download ends or scan is completed.

3.check whether your CPU has enough ventilation for the air to make cool  the system.

4.Do not place the CPU at the corner of the room,because there will lack of air circulation causing causing over heat .

5.maintain your free from Dust by regular cleaning.

6.Laptops produce more heat & during long run and also the batteries could become weak soon,so turn off your laptop at night.

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Answer 4

Of course, you should turn it off =)

Answer 5

Unless there is a specific reason to leave it on like a download or something, turn it off. When you leave it on, it consumes power and wears out the computer.

Answer 6

Turn it off, mainly because a modern computer uses anywhere from 250-700 watts, thats a lot!

Answer 7

If you use it a lot then leave it on. It will go into idle mode and wait until you get back on it to use. If you just use it every once in a while, then yes, turn it off. I leave mine on all the time unless I am gone for days.

Answer 8

Let the computer take a break too.Its a machine and it wears out like all electronics.

Answer 9

It is best to set it up to go into hibernate after so many hours (1-3) of not being used. This way you can just touch a key and it boots up in around 20-30 seconds. It uses hardly any power to do this and keeps the components at a constant temperature ( which reduces mean time between failures). This setting is accessed by "right clicking" on the desktop and selecting "properties"... then select the "screensaver" tab... then at the bottom select "power."  You'll see a number of setting here, one will be for "hibernate" then just select how many hours bof inactivity before it goes into hibernate.