Stratcat wrote:

"Matt Giwer" <jull43@tampabay.rr.RoMeVE.com> wrote in message
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At 24/7 you are not temperature cycling your computer which should
extend its life.

Not sure what your implying here. Tempaerature cycling is exactly what
will SHORTEN an electronics device's life. It's better to run electronics
in a steady state environment, within thier specs.

    And running 24/7 means no on/off temp cycling. And running WUs keeps the CPU busy so it does not temperature cycle from idle to busy.

    What I haven't heard of is the new top speed CPUs throttling their clock based on temperature when doing S@H. If that happens above some clock speed there will be no decrease in processing time as the CPU is reducing its clock to control temperature.