I need to correct myself. I just visited the WCG BOINC Default profile page and saw 2 values taking me utterly by surprise (or completely overlooked for very long time):

Use no more than: 6.25 % of processor time
Use no more than: 100.0 % of total memory

The last one likely to mean RAM use? On the former I'm truely riddled and may explain the work buffer issue many are reporting. Where on earth did 6.25% (Throttle?) come from..... i did not enter it for sure.

knreed, would u please advise the functionality.

thanks

Kevin, I have these two values in my default BOINC profile. Both are set at 100%. I run 5.4.11 and have not run any BOINC beta.

I'm no technician, but in my last para i wrote 61C. The Apple Macbook frying pans run much hotter. The price of 9 mm less thickness compared to other laptops: http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/17/cooking-an-egg-on-a-macbook/

As for utilities a known one related to Intel processors is Speedstep. Visit the Control panel and the energy conservation applet. e.g. The MHz throttling is how temperature is often controlled whereas BOINC's throttle works on partial use of the MHZ available. Modern processors are very good at energy conservation thru hertz reduction. It makes the machine slower, which is why WCG has the UD throttle tool and has pushed for one to be build into BOINC. For my older P4, i use Threadmaster.... does the same thing, but for any application. Summertime i set to 80% or less, else the fans start to cause a whirlwind in my study and eardrums suffer. The WU's take a bit longer, but the regular use does not degrade.

Hello Sek, everyone,

Assuming that the temperature readings among different computers are correct (to a certain degree), I'm just wondering if a temperature of 62°C is OK for a desktop computer running at 24 hours a day. I have an Intel board and it shows a temperature of 62°C whenever the processor is at full load.