I once kept up to 10 machines running 24/7 on United Devices cancer research wich I ran for a few years before it finished up.
There was no wear or adverse effect to the processors themselves and the only ‘problems’ I encountered were the cooling fans breaking and excess power consumption.
Once the project ended, my electric bill went down a lot.
The micro processors do enter a lower power state automatically when they idle and they do cool down if not active. Once a load is placed on them, they do heat up a lot.
A side effect of keeping the computers running 24/7 is the heat that they generate. In colder climates up north, that usually isn’t a negative, especially during the winter, but down here in Florida, it does effect the electric bill a lot.
Whoa!
United devices get cancer?
I'm unplugging my printer.