Message boards : Questions and problems : Runninb BOINC on a Win 11 laptop
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Is it safe to run BOINC on a Win 11 laptop? http://sciencesprings.wordpress.com http://facebook.com/sciencesprings |
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Yes, but with caveats. I would not run BOINC on any laptop using all cores as a laptop will be stressing its cooling system. I don't have a laptop currently but when I get another one I will limit it to 1/4 of the processors which for the one I am thinking of getting will be half of the real cores. |
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This will not necessarily put less load on the cooling system. Unlike (very) old CPUs modern ones can be limited by power usage and/or CPU temperature. The same power usage/temperature can be reached with few cores running at a high frequency or more/all cores running at a lower frequency. The cooling system must be able to deal with max limits. If not this would be a design issue. Example: Recent AMDs typically throttle when 95 °C is reached. This limit can be set to 85 °C or even 75 °C via the BIOS. |
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This will not necessarily put less load on the cooling system.Possibly not but especially as I run testing work quite a bit, I would rather have fewer cores running flat out than running all cores but I guess that is more about my preferences than the question. |
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