Crunching (WCG) good idea on M50Vm?

I have a Core 2 Duo and a Core 2 Quad crunching for World Community Grid at this moment.

I was wondering if this laptop can take the stress of crunching running 24/7? It seems to load at 52 C with a normal ambient of 80 F. I'm not sure about how much it'll decrease the lifespan of the laptop since I really hope it'll last through all 4 years of university.

According to Intel the max temp is 105 C?... Is that even normal for a 45 nm chip? Desktop 45 nm would get fried long gone.

Also, what's the max temp for the 9600M GS?

Edit: For those that don't know World Community Grid is a program that is developed to have your computer run calculations for research (cancer, AIDS, etc) with your computer's idle time. It runs your CPU cores to 100% and drops down whenever a program needs the CPU time. It's a great way to participatw and aid research.

 

This is debatable... it certainly decreases the life of the notebook by a certain extent (fan, CPU, and other components due to heat). It is unclear how significant this extent is. Two extreme examples are: half of the total life it would have if the computer spent most time idle; or maybe a few percent of the total life, which get drowned in the noise of possible failures of other components, and are therefore insignificant.

But I have not looked up this issue, so there may be some studies on the Great Interwebs.

I guess in the end it's up to you what you do.

 

Maybe I should invest in a $20 notebook cooler first.

Now where is that thread on the best ones to get...