1) Message boards : Number crunching : Hey all! (Message 1245237) Posted 13 Jun 2012 by Matthew Kostiuk Post: thanks for all for responding. I have done some experimenting and I can run CPU at around 80% and keep it in a normal operating range 70-80. For games I play I just have it set to turn off when they are operating. The fan in this laptop is lauder then most desktops i have owned its kinda impressive.

2) Message boards : Number crunching : Hey all! (Message 1244954) Posted 12 Jun 2012 by Matthew Kostiuk Post: yeah i was thinking about getting a laptop cooler. Right now i have a big battery in my lap top that makes the back sit about a inch off the ground

3) Message boards : Number crunching : Hey all! (Message 1244926) Posted 12 Jun 2012 by Matthew Kostiuk Post: These are my comp specs CPU type GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz [Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7] Number of processors 8 Coprocessors NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (3072MB) driver: 285.77 Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00) BOINC version 7.0.25 Memory 8086.17 MB Cache 256 KB Swap space 16170.53 MB Total disk space 679 GB Free Disk Space 446.68 GB Measured floating point speed 2591.82 million ops/sec Measured integer speed 9606.04 million ops/sec My computer tends to get really hot when I play games I can only assume that the GPU is causing this since most games are ont really CPU heavy. To extend the life of my computer what should i limit the CPU too(50%?) or does it matter? It is a dell XPS

4) Message boards : Number crunching : Hey all! (Message 1244898) Posted 12 Jun 2012 by Matthew Kostiuk Post: hey all im new to crunching and only have a laptop to do it on. The project I have decided to support is seti@home. I use this computer for mainly playing computer games like world of warcraft an surfing the web. My question is how much resources should I allocate to not affect computer to preform well and keep heat low as I want this computer to last. I saw about this program on discovery channel and want to do my part in it!

 
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