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Message 1617180 - Posted: 22 Dec 2014, 4:26:18 UTC

Hi,

I plan to upgrade one of my PC's CPU. I have Googled & Searched the Forum.
Are there any steps I need to take with regards to BOINC Manager, or any WU's that are already in progress.?

Will I need to use the "Benchmark" option to do any re-calibration.?

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Message 1617203 - Posted: 22 Dec 2014, 5:50:45 UTC - in response to Message 1617180.  

Unless you plan to change out from an Intel to an AMD processor, or from an AMD to an Intel processor, or from a 32bit to a 64bit processor, it shouldn't matter much. These changes give your host a new hostID, so you may want to run your cache down prior to changing over, just to be safe.

BOINC will automatically do a benchmark when it detects changes like this.
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Message 1617296 - Posted: 22 Dec 2014, 9:07:05 UTC - in response to Message 1617203.  

Unless you plan to change out from an Intel to an AMD processor, or from an AMD to an Intel processor, or from a 32bit to a 64bit processor, it shouldn't matter much.
These changes give your host a new hostID, so you may want to run your cache down prior to changing over, just to be safe.

BOINC will automatically do a benchmark when it detects changes like this.


Hi Ageless,

Many Thanks...
It's a change from one Intel to another Intel, just changing from a 84Watt to 45Watt device.
I only have small mini ITX PC's, and 1 is getting very warm.

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