Folding Forum

I have a feeling that if the folding process was allowed to use all four cores, but no more than a giving percentage of total CPU, it would manage to run cooler and faster than when using 100% CPU on one of the cores.

Hey Bruce, thanks for the answer. Did that, and the folding app is running using much less resources. The computer is running at 69 degrees Celsius, and fan is currently spinning at 2566 rpm. It's day time in Brazil, so I have no idea if at night this rotation speed of the fan is going generate nois...

My CPU is a quad (2 cores with HT). Light makes the fan constantly spin. If I could instruct it never to use, say, 25% of the CPU, the fan would probably not activate and I could leave it always on. Isn't there a way to do this?

Hello, I've just installed the latest folding@home client for Mac OS X Yosemite. I have a Macbook Pro. The problem is, even if I set the folding speed to "light", it will trigger the computer's fan and the noise is a bit annoying, so I had to shut it down. I looked everywhere and found no ...