What's up everyone, I got a question for you all...
Someone once told me that pushing your CPU to 100% for an extended period of time would shorten it's life or burn it up. Now to test my current cooling situation I downloaded a free app called CPU Burn In which uses FPU functions to push the CPU to 100% all the time monitoring my temps, I did this for an hour straight, the temp never went above 51C.
WhatÂ’s your opinion? Will 100% CPU usage shorten the life of the chip? My guess is No since the manufactures under clock their chips to ensure that they are stable. (Intel does anyway I donno about AMD. I have an AMD 64 3400) So how could extended 100% CPU usage damage the processor? The only thing I can think of is if the CPU fan failed or something caused the CPU to overheat.
BTW: my processor isn't overclocked or anything.
Someone once told me that pushing your CPU to 100% for an extended period of time would shorten it's life or burn it up. Now to test my current cooling situation I downloaded a free app called CPU Burn In which uses FPU functions to push the CPU to 100% all the time monitoring my temps, I did this for an hour straight, the temp never went above 51C.
WhatÂ’s your opinion? Will 100% CPU usage shorten the life of the chip? My guess is No since the manufactures under clock their chips to ensure that they are stable. (Intel does anyway I donno about AMD. I have an AMD 64 3400) So how could extended 100% CPU usage damage the processor? The only thing I can think of is if the CPU fan failed or something caused the CPU to overheat.
BTW: my processor isn't overclocked or anything.