I've been running a 4core/8 thread toshiba laptop (i7-3610QM) pretty much 24/7 for the last 3 years with about 22 years of runtime on it.

See the attached picture from CPUID HW monitor, for the current stats. Please note that the core temp highs are when the computer is flat on the table. The lows are when I have lifted the back of it, to give better airflow

The battery has worn down over the years, by 22%, but I don't know how much different this is to normal wear and tear.

Wow that temp seems really hot, I thought 95c was the cut off when computer shuts down usually? So overall good quality laptop considering its been running 24/7 for 3 years. Heavy usage will bring out all the faults in the hardware very quickly, so if it didn't brake within a year or so should be sweet for ages. Battery I think either dies completely or drops 50% capacity after about 5 years. So 22% after 3 years sounds about right.



Yea I was told about TThrottle not long ago I just installed and having a play with it, it sounds like a must have software. Should be part of the operating system in my opinion :)

Dimitri, if you wish to loose 75% percent of your crunching capacity on a 8 hyper-threaded device than TThrottle is a must . You need to understand thoroughly, that if the crunching is reduced to 50%, the cycles of the virtually split cores merge with the 4 physical core threads, i.e. at 50% the CPU is practically still running near 100%, barely no reduction in temperature. Only when you go beyond 50% reduction will there be effective lower temps. It's reason why I since have banned the tool on hyper-threaded systems and use alternates such as ThreadMasterGUI [microsecond, science app level control], or simple, reduce the cycles with the 'Processor power management' (PPM) as I've done in the past 3 months, running 1.6-1.8Ghz instead of 2.5 on the I7-2670QM (and the heat continues). The trick of this and TMG is, you still count full computing time for WCG, with slowing down using the BOINC or other active throttles you're just introducing saw-tooth computing and that I don't see as long term sustainable by hardware, particular the rev-up and rev-down of the fans. Cost me already one fan replacement, no sinecure on a laptop. So my recommendation is, reduce the cycles through the PPM. Other advantage is, the turbo kick still works i.e. when you use the laptop and you need more computing power, you'll get it.

In my previous post I should have said "if you wish to loose up-to 75% percent"... the experiences vary. My duo Centrino when the TThrotlle ceiling is set at 70C, the crunching drops to 80%. But on the HT, mostly down to 25%, just to get a 10C drop.

Yes, the sustained max with 100% is no longer the 99% setting [T 'normal' speed at which the CPU is advertised is only run when at 100%], but the Turbo boost still works when needed... it remains 'ad-hoc' available, as I can see in the CoreTemp Systray monitor... it's when BOINC gets slowed, it running at lowest priority and higher priority apps need the juice.

The Turbo Boost max is stepped, depending on number of cores running, so I never get more than 3.7 for instance on the I7 desktop because all are fully loaded, but if only 1 or 2, can get up to 3.9, for a little (I don't overclock CPU's).

Edit: Got a Notepal 3 fan under the laptop, the cover of the RAM area removed.