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Need advice. Is this configuration good for running the system 24/7/365 with 100% load on CPU/GPU?

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September 18, 2014 11:55:11 PM

I have a desktop system with the following configuration. Am planning to use this as a dedicated computing or number crunching resource for my SETI@Home, Einstein@Home, the Pogs... projects with their OpenCL-optimized binaries which will utilize GPU/CPU for number crunching and am planning for 24/7/365 utilization (strictly no games/overclocking/other activities). Does this configuration withstand the 24/7/365 load? Any recommendation / suggestion / feedback for improvement is highly welcome.

The desktop configuration is as follows:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H
CPU: Intel 2.9 GHz LGA 1155 G2020 (with stock heatsink/fan)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4 GB (with stock heatsink)
PSU: Corsair VS550 550 Watt
GPU: Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon R9 270X with Boost OC 2 GB Dual-X
SDD: Kingston SV300S37A 60GB Internal
Other HDD/Optical Drives: --Not Installed--
OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64

All these housed in a Cooler Master Elite 311 Mid Tower cabinet (with stock cabinet fan).

-- Sharath

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September 19, 2014 1:57:20 AM

I for one dont see any problems there Pal.The cpu is an under clocked i3(with Hthreading disabled) so will maybe make 50 watts flat out, but it would be good to shut it down 6 minutes in the hour.That is the recommended cool down period for Xeon's (from 100%/hr).
Tho if the card is doing the work and you cpu stays below 90 % (most likely anyway) you should only worry about a dusty heat sink and shut the pc down for a couple of hours per week.
Congrats, you may be the first person to wear out a pentium cpu in 20 years. But I doubt it.
They send Xeons up in satalites and expect them to last 50. years.
September 19, 2014 3:31:14 AM

Hi 'tea urchin', thank you very much. I appreciate the pointers about cool down period, dust accumulation from prolonged usage. I would consider them once I start using the system.
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