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Wouldn't running Distributed.net be "healthy" for your CPU?

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jarsoffart

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I read that like most damage to your CPU occurs when their are power fluxes like turning your PC on and off. Distributed.net uses your idle CPU cycles. Logically, distributed.net keeps your CPU temperature the same because it's always working. This hypothesis is based on the assumption that you have adequate cooling.
 
There has been vast discussion on this exact topic in the past, I don't remeber the exact threads, and am a bit lazy right now to go hunting for them, but the general consiences of the discussion was that a constant tempurature with the CPU of your computer causes less wear and tear then turning it on and off repeatedly.
 
Originally posted by: narzy
There has been vast discussion on this exact topic in the past, I don't remeber the exact threads, and am a bit lazy right now to go hunting for them, but the general consiences of the discussion was that a constant tempurature with the CPU of your computer causes less wear and tear then turning it on and off repeatedly.
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I am sure that this topic gets beat to death and that there are equal amounts of people on both side of the debate. I leave my PC on all the time and it runs Seti 24/7. IMHO turning your system off and on would cause more wear and tear. If heat causes stuff to contract and cool causes stuff to expand, I would assume that over time that could cause issues with your system. Although I never have had a system longer than a year without upgrading so the only real reason I leave this on all the time (aside from crunching for the TeAm) is that I am too friggin lazy to turn everything off and night, and too damn impatient to wait for it to boot in the morning.
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If heat causes stuff to contract and cool causes stuff to expand
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Actualy Mofunk... It's the other way around. 😀

I have had this system running a Dnet project, folding, and seti for almost 4 years now. And it is on the same cpu. I have not done any upgrading other then memory. The only time this machine has been down is for power outages.

I personaly feel that it is better for the entire system. For the same reason others had said.

Wolfie
 
Actually, in water, the same thing happens. However, during the phase change from water to ice, the opposite happens. 🙂 If you heat and cool water in liquid state only, you see normal expanding and contracting (ok, actually you won't see it, since the difference is too small for your eye, but it will be happening).

JHutch
 
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