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I'm a bitcoin miner and my pc unfortunately doesn't support gpu mining (keeps crashing my drivers) so I use cpu mining. However, is keeping my cpu on %100 dangerous? I have a dell inspiron 3542 with i5-4210U. (1,7 to 2,7 ghz)

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    You do understand you would have to mine years on a CPU to even get a percent of a percent of a single bitcoin and that's ONLY if the difficulty remained static and it won't. – Ramhound Sep 13 '14 at 15:34
  • possible duplicate of [CPU usage at 100% for several hours](http://superuser.com/questions/185662/cpu-usage-at-100-for-several-hours), [Is it okay to have 100% CPU usage constantly?](http://superuser.com/questions/294238/is-it-okay-to-have-100-cpu-usage-constantly?lq=1) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Sep 13 '14 at 15:54
  • @Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Yes, but why didn't it show it while i was writing my title? Possible bug. – ave Sep 15 '14 at 11:40
  • The automatic duplicate guessing system is far from perfect, but it's not really "buggy". – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Sep 15 '14 at 13:33
  • @Ramhound I use ltc + I switched to GPU mining. – ave Sep 21 '14 at 15:39
  • @ardaozkal - Now you only have to mine for 5 years to get a percent of a percent. GPU mining is useless at this difficulty even for LTC. – Ramhound Sep 21 '14 at 15:42
  • @Ramhound What should I use when mining? – ave Sep 21 '14 at 16:01
  • @ardaozkal - LTC mining has moved to dedicated hardware ( i.e. ASIC hardware ). The subject is well documented. – Ramhound Sep 21 '14 at 19:53

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2 points...

  1. so long as it doesn't overheat it will be fine.

However...

  1. It long ago became no longer cost effective to mine on a GPU, long before that on a CPU. In short, your electricity bill will be far higher than the value of the coins mined.
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  • I already have it open 7/24 :P Same electricity :P ps. running for 3 hrs and no overheat. – ave Sep 13 '14 at 14:56
  • Ticking over isn't the same as running full tilt, as far as the electricity bill goes. Anyhow, wish you luck with it. – Tetsujin Sep 13 '14 at 15:05
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    @ardaozkal You're mistaken. Running your pc 24/7 while doing nothing does not have the same wattage usage as running your CPU 100% 24/7. Your electic bills WILL be higher. Alot higher. – LPChip Sep 13 '14 at 16:03