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Re-Booting, Clearing Cache's, whats the straight Poop?

mudstuckmudstuck Member Posts: 203
in Hardware

Ive read and been told a lot of things about Caches and Re-Booting. Ive read turning the computer off frequently is bad, and Ive read that it doesnt matter. The reset switch, what does it do?

As related to gaming, what are the little tips, that you, recomend to keep our hardware running as good as it can?

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  • MMOman101MMOman101 Member UncommonPosts: 1,787

    Get a second machine for porn and the one you game on, only game on.

    “It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.”

    --John Ruskin







  • KarmakaziKarmakazi Member Posts: 165

    Turning a computer on and off does not harm the components. The only component that can be damaged is the hard drive if it's still reading and writing data and you power the machine off using a hard boot (Forcing the computer to turn completely off).

    The reset switch on your case restarts the computer. It makes no changes to your setup.

    Things you can do to help the reliability of your components are:

    • Turn off the computer when you're not using it for an extended amount of time. (Work, School, Sleep)
    • Monitor your systems temperatures, especially if you're in a very hot room. Excessive heat puts stress on the components and can reduce their lifetime and under extreme conditions can cause them to fail.
    • Be sure to keep the components free of dust. Use a can of compressed air and thoroughly blow all your components off at least once a month. This will help keep your components cool and in good working order. Dust acts as an insulator on your components and causes them to retain heat.
    • Good case airflow and sufficient cooling. The cooler - the better.
    • All of the above is very important if you're on a overclocked system.
    • Make sure you have a quality power supply, if it ever fails there's a chance it could fry other components.
    • A Surge protector, don't plug your computer in without one.
    • Keep your drivers up to date, always do a fresh install. Uninstall>reboot>driver cleaner>reboot>install new driver.
    • For additional system performance, there's several services in windows that you can disable. I would highly recommend disabling remote desktop service for security reasons. There's also a few more you should disable for security reasons although I can't think of them off the top of my head.
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