CPU Idle Friend or foe?

[Lazlo Panaflex]

Is this a good program to use? Is there some kind of better program? ANy info on if it works well would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Pinky]

Stopped using it once I started folding!

 

[Alexander_T]

VCool, download here

or download here

 

[DanFraser]

Crunch or fold!! Dont let those CPU cycles go to waste man!

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

thanks guys well this is a total noob question but, what is crunching and folding haha

 

[The Coolest]

Well, crunching and folding are both DC projects (distributed computing) and are both based on a single principle. you get a WU (work unit) from the internet, and your machine processes it and sends the results back to the server, again on the internet and downloads the next WU. crunching is referred to S@H, Seti @ Home, which is a project searching for extraterrestrial life and Folding is a project which simulates the way that proteins in human body change and mutate (the process is called folding, hence the name), its believed that when a protein mis-folds in our body, that can lead to serious diseases like Cancer, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's. the idea of this is try and find out how exactly do these processes occur, and what exactly goes wrong and how to fix this, and find cures for all these currently pretty much untreatable diseases

 

[deathstar13]

i use it on occasion.more recently.
first my psu is diying.second i cant stand my cpu fan at 6500 rpm's with the side off.

using it takes the load off my 5v line wich is where my psu is failing. and also the noise is this way since i havent been able to pu afford large case fans yet. so the side is off and open.

i dont even use it for the temps as you would think. well i do at the moment so i dont need fan on high.but if u have sufficient cooling.and decent psu. u dont need it.

dont believe the crap it "extends cpu life" id say it makes it worse with the cpu coltage fluctuations it causes.

 

[Deathknight]

I think the popular belief these days is that the temperature fluctuations that a program like this causes is unhealthy for the cpu. Keeping your cpu pegged at 100% is the easiest way to ensure it does not change temps.

I think either way any cpu will outlive its usefulness before it dies. I am sure if I fired up the old hunk of junk 486 that I have sitting in a closet that the cpu will still work but would I really want to use a 33mhz processor?

 

[OC-Master]

CPU IDLE is a waist. I like that idle program called folding@home. It makes your CPU idle for a good cause . Just make sure your folding for team 32!


OC-Master

 

[1Time]

I used CPU Idle for a while and saw much lower temps when my cpu wasn't in use. However, I also began having instability problems that I attributed to it. I've since re-installed Windows and don't see the need to use it again.