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Does it shorten the life of CPUs/GPUs to be running all the time as opposed to idling?

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Mar 15, 20265077 views
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Some of my friends have their hardware maxed out all the time. Whether rendering huge 3d animations, generating Bitcoins, or running intense screensavers. It makes intuitive sense that CPUs/GPUs running at full blast constantly will wear out faster than those used lightly. Is this true? Do I need t…

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Fix for: Does it shorten the life of CPUs/GPUs to be running all the time as opposed to idling?

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There is nothing in your computer that is perfect and hence it is true that the more you use it and the more you stress your computer, the greater the chance of a failure occurring. However, the components in your computer should be stress-tested an…

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