What should I do, Standby or Shutdown my computer?

Question

I will be gone for 4 to 5 hours and I'm not sure if I should put my gaming computer on standby or just shut it down. If it helps, I do have a graphics card so I don't know if that will make things heat up quicker or not.

Answer 1

I will put on standby if I'm gone for less than 2 hrs. Shut down for longer.

The better graphics cards use a lot of power and can get cooked easily when in use. What better way to hurry this along than leaving it turned on ? And not in use....

Answer 2

Question is why would you leave your computer on if you're not using it in the first place? If you're downloading something then why not set up a task in the task manager to shutdown your computer when its done?



Just do what I do. Create a batch file, call it "shutdown" and then tell your task manager to run that program at a certain time. Seeing im a nice guy, I'll even give you the code:



@ Echo Off



shutdown.exe /s /t 00



Echo off - means this will not display a message



Shutdown.exe - shutdown command which is executable



/s - code for a shutdown



/t - timer 00 means doesnt use a timer before the shutdown.



GG. - you have a gaming computer so im sure you know what I mean by GG :)

Answer 3

Shut it down. Some people think shutting a computer down harms it for some reason, when it really doesnt . it will also cool down