Crunching 24/7?
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Crunching 24/7?
Does anyone here crunch 24/7? I'm a WCG user, CPU usage is around 50-100% when BOINC is on, tempereature is 55-59C (! Intel says my CPU's thermal specification is 61C) compared to normal 50C.
How much CPU does Folding use? Any reliability problems with crunching 24/7? Throttling?
How much CPU does Folding use? Any reliability problems with crunching 24/7? Throttling?
if it's running properly, it should use all the "spare" CPU cycles and therefore your CPU will run hotter, much like if you were in game.
Folding@Home will do the exact same thing as BOINC.
As far as regards the "thermal specification" 60 sounds a little on the cool side for a processor, but then again I'm not too up on intel CPUs, but 60C is fine with most AMD cpus.
Folding@Home will do the exact same thing as BOINC.
As far as regards the "thermal specification" 60 sounds a little on the cool side for a processor, but then again I'm not too up on intel CPUs, but 60C is fine with most AMD cpus.
http://processorfinder.intel.com/
Do you fold 24/7? Notice throttling or anything? Especially with cramped HTPC space? Currently my Prescott I run 12-18hr out of a day.
Do you fold 24/7? Notice throttling or anything? Especially with cramped HTPC space? Currently my Prescott I run 12-18hr out of a day.
I currently have 3 machines that run 24/7. My htpc at home with a Conroe e6400, and two dual CPU setups at work; dual dual-core 2.8GHz Xeons and a dual Althlon MP 2000 system. I've had no issues at all running 24/7, although when I'm compiling frames for animation Folding takes a back seat since there aren't many spare CPU cycles to spare.
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