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᠌ ᠌ ᠌᠌ ᠌ ᠌ ᠌ ᠌ (Banned) Sep 24, 2015 @ 1:09pm
Is It Safe To Leave Your PC On For a Long Time With a Game Running In The Backround?
I just got 1 million points in Goat Simulator and I want to get 2 million but I have School the next day so I need to go to bed. I was wondering if I could leave my PC on overnight and for the following day (tomorrow), will it be safe?
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Unexpected Sep 24, 2015 @ 1:11pm 
it would likely overheat from nonstop use
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᠌ ᠌ ᠌᠌ ᠌ ᠌ ᠌ ᠌ (Banned) Sep 24, 2015 @ 1:11pm 
Originally posted by Gas mask TV thief:
it would likely overheat from nonstop use
Okay, thanks. Looks like I will just have to quit it and lose my score. I can always get it back by earning it back tomorrow though, (even though it will take ages). But anyway, it's better to be safe than sorry :leviathan:
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᠌ ᠌ ᠌᠌ ᠌ ᠌ ᠌ ᠌ (Banned) Sep 24, 2015 @ 1:13pm 
Originally posted by Gas mask TV thief:
it would likely overheat from nonstop use
I suppose I don't want to blow my PC up over a Goat game lol!
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Pervenche Sep 24, 2015 @ 1:21pm 
If you have proper ventilation in your case and the room your keeping the pc in isn't too hot, then there is no need to worry about it overheating from playing a game over an extended period of time.
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Wolf Knight Sep 24, 2015 @ 1:31pm 
Your PC will not blow up from overheating. If the heat gets too high, the system will cut power automatically. Nothing to worry about
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Discussions_Acc Sep 24, 2015 @ 1:45pm 
Originally posted by Gas mask TV thief:
it would likely overheat from nonstop use
You must have been using some pretty badly built PCs then. There is something wrong if your desktop PC can't handle 100% load for as long as you want.

Scores in Goat Simulator are meaningless by the way.
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MainframeMouse Sep 24, 2015 @ 1:59pm 
We have a server built from standard pc parts. Its longest up time was over 200 days. Leaving you machine on overnight is safe.
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Linerax Sep 24, 2015 @ 2:12pm 
Have no heat trap and keep the air in circulation. Makes a real difference.
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Start_Running Sep 24, 2015 @ 2:38pm 
Actually it's likely quite safe to do so. When a game is in background it's not using the same level of resources. FPOr example. it's not rendering frames.
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Unexpected Sep 24, 2015 @ 3:24pm 
Originally posted by Discussions_Acc:
Originally posted by Gas mask TV thief:
it would likely overheat from nonstop use
You must have been using some pretty badly built PCs then. There is something wrong if your desktop PC can't handle 100% load for as long as you want.

Scores in Goat Simulator are meaningless by the way.
maybe the OP doesn't have some high end thousand dollar PC like you do
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