100% CPU usage all the time??????????????? - Page 2

crash893 · 2003-09-10, 01:21

here are my two thougths on the subject

1) it will cause harm to the cpu but not a sigifiant amount to discorage use
for example it will run for 5 years and 30 days with out useing prime and mabey 5 years on the dot with useing prime so it really wont matter beucase yourll probably chuck that comptuer after 2-3 years

2) it might acutally help keeping your cpu at a certian tempature 24/7
it would eleminate thermal expantion / contraction caused by starting your comptuer and turning it off and having it heat up and cool down several times over the corse of a day

think light bulb witch lasts longer the one thats allways one or the one that gets switched on and off all the time.

Dresdenboy · 2003-09-10, 06:14

It is important to keep the CPU temp in the range which is specified for the CPU, then everything will be ok.

CPU makers specify their CPUs so that it can achieve a 10 year life time or even more. AMD even tests some samples at temperatures around and above 300°C to see much earlier how the CPU would behave in 10 years if it would be run at spec. The same will be true for Intel.

nomadicus · 2003-09-11, 14:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dresdenboy

AMD even tests some samples at temperatures around and above 300°C to see . . .

300C??? Yikes, I would have thought the innards would have literally melted before then.

QuintLeo · 2003-09-13, 02:43

Nah, Silicon can handle some very high temps before it melts - the metal layers *might* melt FIRST, depending on what alloy they use.

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2003-09-10, 01:21	#12
crash893 Sep 2002 100101000₂ Posts	here are my two thougths on the subject 1) it will cause harm to the cpu but not a sigifiant amount to discorage use for example it will run for 5 years and 30 days with out useing prime and mabey 5 years on the dot with useing prime so it really wont matter beucase yourll probably chuck that comptuer after 2-3 years 2) it might acutally help keeping your cpu at a certian tempature 24/7 it would eleminate thermal expantion / contraction caused by starting your comptuer and turning it off and having it heat up and cool down several times over the corse of a day think light bulb witch lasts longer the one thats allways one or the one that gets switched on and off all the time.

2003-09-10, 06:14	#13
Dresdenboy Apr 2003 Berlin, Germany 19² Posts	It is important to keep the CPU temp in the range which is specified for the CPU, then everything will be ok. CPU makers specify their CPUs so that it can achieve a 10 year life time or even more. AMD even tests some samples at temperatures around and above 300°C to see much earlier how the CPU would behave in 10 years if it would be run at spec. The same will be true for Intel.

2003-09-13, 02:43	#15
QuintLeo Oct 2002 Lost in the hills of Iowa 2⁶·7 Posts	Nah, Silicon can handle some very high temps before it melts - the metal layers might melt FIRST, depending on what alloy they use.