- Oct 8, 2014
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I have always been told that every time you turn on your PC, it puts a lot more wear and tear on the hardware than waking it up from sleep mode. By "wear and tear on the hardware" does that mainly apply to a traditional spinning HDD, or does it include the motherboard and power supply as well?
Am asking because after recently completing my first build (many thanks again to those on this forum who were incredibly helpful in answering all my questions about it), my power-on time is now exactly the same as my wake-from-sleep time on my new desktop (Haswell i5 + SSD + 8GB) whereas on all my other SSD-driven laptops the power-on process still seemed to take a good bit longer than waking from sleep.
Are there still any advantages to using sleep mode, rather than simply turning my PC on and off several times a day, or has that old rule fallen by the wayside in this day and age?
Am asking because after recently completing my first build (many thanks again to those on this forum who were incredibly helpful in answering all my questions about it), my power-on time is now exactly the same as my wake-from-sleep time on my new desktop (Haswell i5 + SSD + 8GB) whereas on all my other SSD-driven laptops the power-on process still seemed to take a good bit longer than waking from sleep.
Are there still any advantages to using sleep mode, rather than simply turning my PC on and off several times a day, or has that old rule fallen by the wayside in this day and age?
just kidding
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