Rebooting a PC hurt capacitors

[karanza]

Hello,

Does anyone know if rebooting a PC from the start menu once, twice or even three times a day hurt things like the capacitors, I understand that when you reboot it from the start menu it will send a command to the components inside telling them to restart but I'm worried in terms of how the capacitors and other critical components (CPU, GPU, PSU, motherboard, and fans) adapt to it once you click on "Restart" from the start menu.

I do know that your computer sends some sort of command to the components inside but I'm concerned in terms of capacitor over voltage/over temperature, or even the bearings on the fans once the PC reboots and loads windows again. I know certain components inside the PC contain a certain amount of voltage and I'm worried that rebooting or shutting down from the start menu will hurt them. My PC is plugged into a surge protector and not from the wall outlet plus my PSU has heavy duty protections like over/under voltage protections, I'm not sure how that would help in terms of keeping my PC components from wearing out but I'd like to know more information about it.

Also, does restarting/shutting down your PC from the start menu help more than just pressing the power button or the reset button on the tower?

Your help is greatly appreciated, Thank you in advance!

 

[kanewolf]

Capacitors don't really see any difference. The power supply never changes because of a reboot. Complete power down, would impact capacitors. But even then, the caps are rated for 100s of thousands of cycles. I wouldn't worry about capacitors.
Shutting down from the start menu is best because all software running can cleanly shut down before power is removed.

 

[karanza]

Capacitors don't really see any difference. The power supply never changes because of a reboot. Complete power down, would impact capacitors. But even then, the caps are rated for 100s of thousands of cycles. I wouldn't worry about capacitors.
Shutting down from the start menu is best because all software running can cleanly shut down before power is removed.

Thank you, so just to clarify, even though I shut down my PC from the start menu and leave it off either when I'm going to sleep or leave the PC off for several hours or days, would still wear out the capacitors?

 

[kanewolf]

Here is a thread that talks about capacitor lifetime. This specific answer is quite good -- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/678039-capacitors-lifespan/?tab=comments#comment-8725716

My PC goes to sleep all the time. And hasn't had an issue for 5+ years. If you believe you will keep the same motherboard for more than 5 years, it might be an issue, but I really believe you are worried about low probability problems.

 

[4745454b]

My PC goes to sleep all the time. And hasn't had an issue for 5+ years.

And I'm one of those other guys. My PC runs 24/7 for as long as I can make it do that. I never shut down unless I'm cleaning the inside of the tower. Otherwise it's only a random reboot here or there. I'm running a 3770K. So the machine is rather old. No real problems from me either. In this day and age I've decided that it doesn't really matter.

 

[USAFRet]

My PC goes to sleep all the time. And hasn't had an issue for 5+ years.

And I'm one of those other guys. My PC runs 24/7 for as long as I can make it do that. I never shut down unless I'm cleaning the inside of the tower. Otherwise it's only a random reboot here or there. I'm running a 3770K. So the machine is rather old. No real problems from me either. In this day and age I've decided that it doesn't really matter.

I'm the same. If my PC is "OFF", I'm either cleaning it, putting in a new part, or on vacation.
Otherwise, ON and just idling. Not even 'sleep'.