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Former Member
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I'm not so sure running your CPU at 100% 24/7 is such a good idea. I know running the grid on my dual xeon causes the temp controlled fans to notch up. There is no doubt the CPU is going to run a lot hotter like this - and I suspect it's going to shorten the lifespan of the CPU or cause a marginal CPU to fail. Most CPUs weren't meant to be pegged at 100% 24/7 - that's not a normal load on a workstation.
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Former Member
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Oops - I see there's already a thread about this. But, well, I'm sorry but I'm not risking my machines. No, none of them crashing (7 of them) and they won't - I built them and they have the proper amount of fans and ventalation. This is about the fact that no matter HOW you shake it, CPUs are not made to ran at full throttle 24/7.
The grid is a great idea - but this program sucks. Too much time on the flash and not enough time on the guts (Gee, I got animation but I can't control how much CPU it utilizes) Looks like it's uninstall time for me as well. |
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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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nhustak
----------------------------------------Please reconsider. I've been running the UD agent for over 5 years on a number of PC's for grid.org and wcg and non have been affected by running flat out. Your CPU chip is not like a car engine as it has no moving parts to wear out. It is probably more damaging to have your CPU warm up and cool down on a regular basis as you run your various apps on and off than it is to have your cpu at a permanently high but stable temperature. The rapid warming cooling cycles will put more physical stress on the the chip than the constant temperature experienced while running the World Community Grid agent. The whole idea of distributed computing projects is to use all of the spare time your cpu would be just twiddling it thumbs. I hope you stick around and continue to crunch for WCG Regards Dave  [Edit 1 times, last edit by David Autumns at Jan 7, 2005 3:52:17 PM] |
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joatmon
Senior Cruncher Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 185 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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another thing to consider is that with the profile options, you can schedule your PC to only crunch for certain hours or on specific days. You don't have to run at 100% 24/7, you can do it 8/5 if you want, even as little as one hour per week.
Also, in the WCG agent, you can edit the preference to increase the snooze timer from the default of 5 minutes up to 120 minutes. Hit the crescent moon button and the agent will snooze (not crunch, not use 100% CPU) for that period. Hit the button again to un-snooze before the timer is up if desired. |
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Former Member
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Hi,
This is only an opinion but the true question should be "is it a good idea to run a software which is stressing a lot my CPU ?", playing video games for several hours can damage your CPU, like encoding a video... In fact it can be dangerous if the cooling system is in bad shape. I've been running SETI/Folding@home/UD (...) for many years and none of my computers was destroyed. Even the AMD thunderbird or my AMD laptop. You simply need to check your cooling system. |
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Former Member
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Welcome to The Forums nhustak
----------------------------------------I must say that I have run this "Execelent Program" for years allso! I have 14 Boxes running 24/7. 8 of them are overclocked w/extrafans. The ONLY thing I do differenty is clean my Computers 2-3 time a year. If you run it 24/7 I will just need more cleaning. Remember MILLIONS of people are doing this type of work all over the world with no problems. (except those that they imagine;) We ARE the WORLD! So stick around and... Keep On Crunch'n Good Luck Robert PS At present the program only uses 1 of your CPUs. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 8, 2005 12:34:03 AM] |
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Former Member
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Oops - I see there's already a thread about this. But, well, I'm sorry but I'm not risking my machines. No, none of them crashing (7 of them) and they won't - I built them and they have the proper amount of fans and ventalation. This is about the fact that no matter HOW you shake it, CPUs are not made to ran at full throttle 24/7. The grid is a great idea - but this program sucks. Too much time on the flash and not enough time on the guts (Gee, I got animation but I can't control how much CPU it utilizes) Looks like it's uninstall time for me as well. MyAthlon 3200 is running at 100% and only 89F. -----keep crunchin  - |
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