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    Folding @ Home on an XPS 1330 full time?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Wolfpup, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. Wolfpup

    Wolfpup Notebook Prophet

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    Sorry, I've become the "does this notebook Fold okay" guy :eek:

    Does anyone run Folding @ Home (probably SMP client) on an XPS 1330 whenever it's on (and plugged in that is)? If so, how's it hold up? Does it have to get really loud and/or hot? Any problems or anything?

    I don't like the low end GPU, but a relative wants me to get a notebook with an LED backlit screen when I was talking to her about some other models tonight.

    So far the data I've gotten about different models in regards to Folding:

    XPS 1730-does it without breaking a sweat
    XPS 1530-no problem, although it ramps up the fans if you're also watching a Blu Ray movie
    Macbook Pro-fans go nuts-seems like it's not really designed to handle the CPUs at 100%, have heard of burn outs
    Macbook-person I know had the fans burn out in a couple of months
    Gateway P-6831-handles it great (with a faster than stock CPU no less)

    But the 1330 is a tiny little guy, so I don't know if it could handle the strain.
     
  2. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Yeah go for it. If you notice the fans are kicking on often then you may want to cut back on running the program to only when you aren't using the computer. If you are savvy enough you could redo the thermal paste on the CPU with some Arctic Silver.