cpu useage

[CSaddict]

Should I keep my cpu useage at 100 percent? I have noticed an increase in cpu temp about 10F above normal.

[DmdStar]

You'll get more done if you keep it at 100%... that's really up to you... a temp increase is normal with the cpu working that hard... but as it was explained to me, it's actually better for it... Rather than it heating up and cooling down, expanding and contracting, you keep it at one temp, so it doesn't get worn out as fast...

I don't know how much truth there is to it, but it made sense to me. :D

[NASsoccer]

Originally posted by CSaddict
Should I keep my cpu useage at 100 percent? I have noticed an increase in cpu temp about 10F above normal.


Processors were/are made to run a 100% load all the time. Computers generally a better left on, with very little temparature fluctuation because as the chip heats up it expands and when you switch it off it contracts, this constant expansion and contraction of the cpu over a long period of time causes it to crack, meaning dead cpu! So if your cpu is well cooled with a good hsf(heatsink and fan) and it is at a constant temp at full load it is actually healthier for the chip!

My comp gains about 10 degrees also when folding and that is why i switched to water cooling :D my comp couldn' take the summer heat with air because we have had a very hot streak around here.

FOLD ON
NAS

[DmdStar]

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. :beer:

[CSaddict]

I gutted my watercooled rig and am using my Glaciator right now.
Full load at 100% is 40c so I'm not to concerned. Thanks for the replies.