will a cpu get hotter if...?

[tumadre123]

what i want to know is if a cpu is at 100% usage does it matter what it is doing to get that 100% make it run hotter? like if i played games for an hour would it get hotter than if i let seti@home run for an hour.

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[c0d1f1ed]

Yes, there can be a slight difference. For example if you only use integer operations, the floating-point unit(s) won't produce much heat.

Also, SETI@Home might not use all clock cycles even though Windows indicates 100% usage. The task management is a little more complex than that...

 

[traviss187]

also gaming uses your graphics card and memory which will put out more heat into the case, which will raise the temp of the cpu