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My CPU and motherboard really heats up during gaming.

  • Core 2 Duo
  • 4GB RAM
  • ATI Radeon 5450
  • Windows 7 64-bit

But it doesnt heat if I set maximum processor state to 99% from the power options in control panel.

My question is: can using this setting (99%) damage any hardware? Because after using this setting for 2-3 months, my hard disk died and I had to get a new one.

I've also read that maximum processor state should not be reduced below 100%. What is the reason for that and can doing this damage hardware?

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yes...this can damage your hardware,because high use of processor state will produce more heat as compare to normal state.It will basically harm when your CPU is at 100% for long periods of time.

Because a combination of heat and flow of electricity through the chip causes changes to the components within the chip at the atomic level, known as electromigration. which harm your PC's hardware(basically semiconductor devices).

So i advice you to use less processor state.

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  • And using less maximum proccessor state (99%) wont damage hardware?
    – ali
    Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 11:02
  • no..it may be,no one can guarantee that...suggestion is that try to use less processor(if it possible) or high processor state but not for long time
    – sumit gupta
    Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 11:43

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