how often should i restart my PC?

[KennyAtom]

my computer has been running for 3 days straight now, with no performance degradation or anything of the sort.

is there any benefit to restarting or shutting down?

[Felonious Punk]

You have to reboot for some updates to work properly. Also, shutting the computer down completely, and not simply restarting, is important too.

[Bagel]

My PC is not a server so I turn it off before going to bed every night (Fast startup disabled ofc).

If you don’t let your PC rest it will suck up a lot of dirt over night and you’ll have to clean it more often and a lot of background processes will pile up and slow it down. If you don’t feel it now, you will do later on.

[Birds]

for windows xp through 10, 24 hours was the standard to abate os errors that might result in the hdd being written to incorrectly and creating null sectors. this is because the system for handling this hadn't been updated since windows 3.1.

I'm not sure what the current standard is.

[Abaddon the Despoiler]

Dust will build up in the case faster if you never turn it off.

[bad_fur_day1]

I'm calling bs keeping pc's on all the time though I get the logic, I turn it off every night.
I believe in keeping whatever your doing consistent though, restart before running complex games I believe helps games crash less.

[Pierce Dalton]

Messaggio originale di Donut:

My PC is not a server so I turn it off before going to bed every night (Fast startup disabled ofc).

If you don’t let your PC rest it will suck up a lot of dirt over night and you’ll have to clean it more often and a lot of background processes will pile up and slow it down. If you don’t feel it now, you will do later on.

This is a very good point, keeping your PC on 24/7 means sucking dust 24/7.

[Majestic Turkey]

Messaggio originale di Abaddon the Despoiler:

Dust will build up in the case faster if you never turn it off.

Filters and we have compressed air and vacs, its not a problem.

[It's so splendid, high above you]

Messaggio originale di Majestic Turkey:

Messaggio originale di Abaddon the Despoiler:

Dust will build up in the case faster if you never turn it off.

Filters and we have compressed air and vacs, its not a problem.

Even if you shut off your computer it will eventually build up dust to warrant a cleaning anyway. Dust is a bad dude.

[BlackBloodGhost]

Messaggio originale di Sarge the Imperial Stormdoggo:

Messaggio originale di Majestic Turkey:

Filters and we have compressed air and vacs, its not a problem.

Even if you shut off your computer it will eventually build up dust to warrant a cleaning anyway. Dust is a bad dude.

And the biggest tip of all: Keep the room that your computer is in, clean!

[Computer]

the computertron im using right now i cannot keep running there's too many back end microsoft and big corporate hidden ports bit coin mining. I will have it running for 24 hr then the hard drive will be running constantly and teh compute will take 30 seconds to open any window.

[It's so splendid, high above you]

Messaggio originale di Gamer:

the computertron im using right now i cannot keep running there's too many back end microsoft and big corporate hidden ports bit coin mining. I will have it running for 24 hr then the hard drive will be running constantly and teh compute will take 30 seconds to open any window.

what even?

[BlackBloodGhost]

Messaggio originale di Gamer:

the computertron im using right now i cannot keep running there's too many back end microsoft and big corporate hidden ports bit coin mining. I will have it running for 24 hr then the hard drive will be running constantly and teh compute will take 30 seconds to open any window.

Isn't that normal?

[It's so splendid, high above you]

Messaggio originale di BlackBloodRum:

Messaggio originale di Sarge the Imperial Stormdoggo:

Even if you shut off your computer it will eventually build up dust to warrant a cleaning anyway. Dust is a bad dude.

And the biggest tip of all: Keep the room that your computer is in, clean!

And not on the ground, for the love of god DONT PUT YOUR TOWER ON THE FLOOR

[BlackBloodGhost]

Messaggio originale di Sarge the Imperial Stormdoggo:

Messaggio originale di BlackBloodRum:

And the biggest tip of all: Keep the room that your computer is in, clean!

And not on the ground, for the love of god DONT PUT YOUR TOWER ON THE FLOOR

And, not cleaning related but: Keep it on a pure sinewave UPS too, helps reduce/prevent potential electrical damages.

[Computer]

Messaggio originale di BlackBloodRum:

Messaggio originale di Gamer:

the computertron im using right now i cannot keep running there's too many back end microsoft and big corporate hidden ports bit coin mining. I will have it running for 24 hr then the hard drive will be running constantly and teh compute will take 30 seconds to open any window.

Isn't that normal?

what