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Overuse reduces the lifetime of CPUs. I'm pretty sure unning a CPU at full throttle for a week will burn it out.
by sagartewari01 8y ago
Overuse reduces the lifetime of CPUs. I'm pretty sure unning a CPU at full throttle for a week will burn it out.
- penagwin 8y agoI'd like to see a source on that. With most electronics, CPUs and GPUs included, the killer is heat. As long as you have the heat under control you're fine. Some applications such as laptops can't keep the thermals undercontrol at sustained 100% CPU usage, so those are obviously at risk. The only other form of "wear" is electron migration and I HIGHLY doubt you'll kill a modern processor "in a week", even if you left it running at 95C .
- floatboth 8y agoBollocks. You can run at 100% load 24/7 for years, if it's not overvolted too much, it won't degrade in any noticeable way