Leaving PC off for a week?

[Pasta]

Gonna be leaving my dear PC for a week should i turn the power supply off or just leave it on?

[Omega]

Doesn't matter.

[appleseedcarrot]

why would you leave it on.

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Shutting PC entirely off electricity isnt recommended for longer time, but a week should not matter. If you have anti-surge protection there is nothing to worry about , leave it on as you usually do.
If not I would pull it out entirely.

[appleseedcarrot]

i try to save energy by plugging it out after i shut it off

[Master0fBlunt]

Originally posted by IAMTHEONEE:

Gonna be leaving my dear PC for a week should i turn the power supply off or just leave it on?

I would leave it be personally, unless you hknow something I don't. If it concerns you, properly shut down your operating system, and then remove the desktop's power cord from the wall receptacle.

[Azza ☠]

You turn off the switch on the wall, leaving the plug in. That way there's no power, but it's still grounded. It's protected and safe without power wastage.

ps: What is your plug like, in NZ we have a switch, with three - positive, negative, and ground. Some countries don't offer you a switch or even the ground line. In which case, you either unplug it, use a surge protector, or turn off the PSU (power supply unit) for best safety. Just remember to turn it back on afterwards.

[appleseedcarrot]

so ur saying that if i unplug the psu cord after shutting my pc down is bad?

[ΛtryØx]

Sleep mode

[Pasta]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

You turn off the switch on the wall, leaving the plug in. That way there's no power, but it's still grounded. It's protected and safe without power wastage.

ps: What is your plug like, in NZ we have a switch, with three - positive, negative, and ground. Some countries don't offer you a switch or even the ground line. In which case, you either unplug it, use a surge protector, or turn off the PSU (power supply unit) for best safety. Just remember to turn it back on afterwards.

My plug is the same as yours. I guess ill just shut it down or ask someone to help me power it on for at least 30 minutes a day. Thanks for all the replies guys

[Omega]

Originally posted by IAMTHEONEE:

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

You turn off the switch on the wall, leaving the plug in. That way there's no power, but it's still grounded. It's protected and safe without power wastage.

ps: What is your plug like, in NZ we have a switch, with three - positive, negative, and ground. Some countries don't offer you a switch or even the ground line. In which case, you either unplug it, use a surge protector, or turn off the PSU (power supply unit) for best safety. Just remember to turn it back on afterwards.

My plug is the same as yours. I guess ill just shut it down or ask someone to help me power it on for at least 30 minutes a day. Thanks for all the replies guys

You could leave the PC off for 10 years and it would be fine. This isn't a car no need to power it up every now and then.

[Master0fBlunt]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

You turn off the switch on the wall, leaving the plug in. That way there's no power, but it's still grounded. It's protected and safe without power wastage.

ps: What is your plug like, in NZ we have a switch, with three - positive, negative, and ground. Some countries don't offer you a switch or even the ground line. In which case, you either unplug it, use a surge protector, or turn off the PSU (power supply unit) for best safety. Just remember to turn it back on afterwards.

Switch on the wall? That depends entirely on whether the contractor who wired the house decided to place an interrupt circut on the wall or not. And of course its the same everywhere, voltage in, voltage out, ground.

Originally posted by aDumbnamedUser:

so ur saying that if i unplug the psu cord after shutting my pc down is bad?

No, of course not, how do you think your PC was shipped to you :P completely safe, safest thing you can do actually. Just unplug it, bam, nothing bad can happen to it (unless you spill a drink on it lol)

Originally posted by IAMTHEONEE:

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

You turn off the switch on the wall, leaving the plug in. That way there's no power, but it's still grounded. It's protected and safe without power wastage.

ps: What is your plug like, in NZ we have a switch, with three - positive, negative, and ground. Some countries don't offer you a switch or even the ground line. In which case, you either unplug it, use a surge protector, or turn off the PSU (power supply unit) for best safety. Just remember to turn it back on afterwards.

My plug is the same as yours. I guess ill just shut it down or ask someone to help me power it on for at least 30 minutes a day. Thanks for all the replies guys

Why may I ask that your PC needs to be on 30 minutes a day? Entirely quisical question of course.

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by IAMTHEONEE:

My plug is the same as yours. I guess ill just shut it down or ask someone to help me power it on for at least 30 minutes a day. Thanks for all the replies guys

You could leave the PC off for 10 years and it would be fine. This isn't a car no need to power it up every now and then.

This is true. If that's what you're worried about you can rest assured nothing will change or happen. I've gone into the attic and retrieved a PC that had not ben plugged into a wall receptacle in over 8 years, it started right up where it left off.

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by IAMTHEONEE:

My plug is the same as yours. I guess ill just shut it down or ask someone to help me power it on for at least 30 minutes a day. Thanks for all the replies guys

You could leave the PC off for 10 years and it would be fine. This isn't a car no need to power it up every now and then.

I'm going to be honest, I believe as you do. Why does that other individual say it should be plugged into the wall? Whats the harm in isolating it?

Originally posted by Astraea Kisaragi:

Shutting PC entirely off electricity isnt recommended for longer time, but a week should not matter. If you have anti-surge protection there is nothing to worry about , leave it on as you usually do.
If not I would pull it out entirely.

So I'm going to ask for an explaination here...unless I misread...you are stating that you shouldn't disconnect your PC from a powersource for prolonged periods? Why? I've just never heard of this, if there is some legit reason I'd like to know so I follow best care of my hardware.

[OLDMAN🎅]

I run a SSD for years and alway shut it down at night never had any problems, only take 15 sec to boot up.

[x_wing]

Originally posted by Omega:

You could leave the PC off for 10 years and it would be fine. This isn't a car no need to power it up every now and then.

Unless you have an ssd. But yet, could survive a year in normal conditions.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by aDumbnamedUser:

i try to save energy by plugging it out after i shut it off

PSU's have a switch, there is no need to "unplug" it.

Maybe if you get lightning storms in your area or go on vacation or days away from home, but otherwise, no.

Make use of a UPS and plug vital electronics associated with that PC into the UPS. Then you can just unplug that single UPS power cable from wall in such situations as I described. The only downside to unplugging a UPS unit from the wall for days/weeks is that when you return to use it, it will need to recharge the battery before that part of the UPS can be relied upon.