can that hurt my computer or my hard drives if i let my computer runing for 48 hours without to turn it off

Yusuf Il

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I have a desktop computer running windows 7 64 bit with a cpu I5 3570
with a 3 hard drives
1 500gb
2 1tb
3 2b

my computer is running for 48 hours till now without to turn it off
downloading files etc

can that hurt my hard drives or my compute
 

DonQuixoteMC

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Just to add on to this - the optimal operating range is 30-40C. Try to stay within that, it shouldn't be hard with a normal desktop computer. You don't have much to worry about.
 

Saberus

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I think that might be the origin of the "shut down at night" myth. Given how inefficient some older machines were with heat generation, the chance of fire on a cluttered desk and the extra cost of cooling were also likely factors.