Full Throttle All the Time

I was wondering if it bad to run your computer at full throttle all the time...I'm using RM Clock...so I undervolted everything. Right now all my multipliers runs on .950v so there shouldn't be a difference in temperature.

 

Nope not a problem at all. Running at the full speed is not something you should be afraid to do unless the laptop has major cooling problems (which would merit a replacement).

A laptop that functions correctly should be able to run a processor 100% load, full speed, at full voltage for weeks on end, so having your cpu idle with a lower voltage is definitely not a problem.

 

yeah, but this is simply not the case. while most laptops can do this(last for weeks under full load), it doesn't mean its components inside the laptop will last as long as one that was running 10*C cooler the majority of its life.

I see no reason to force a laptop to run at 100% all the time. Would you hold your car at the red line rpm range the entire time you cruise down the highway at 60mph? Computers throttle for a reason...

 

But he's talking about speed, not load.

He's asking if it's ok to run it at full clockspeed, not full load.

So the car running at redline is full load, which is not what he's asking.

 

ahh, i miss read that. still though, intel's engineers are smart people...im sure they have good reason to have speedstep.

 

Yes. The reason is to save power. Nothing else.
Also, computers aren't cars. Don't assume that things that are harmful for cars are the same for computers.

Sure. As I said, the reason is to save power.
And there's really no reason to disable it. But it won't harm your computer either way.