Is video encoding bad for my laptop A8-3500m processor?

I use freeware to convert videos from various formats to mp4 (Any Video Converter). Movies can take up to 1 and a half hours, but during the entire time my CPU usage hovers around 95% and the vents become quite warm. Should I stop video encoding? Or is it okay if I continue what I do now (no more than one movie a day)? I have the HP Pavilion dv6-6117dx laptop. AMD A8 3500m @1.5 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM

If you keep your car in the garage it will last longer, too. As long as the system is cooled you will be OK. A computer CPU can safely run at 95% load for years on end. Booting it up and shutting it down causes more wear than running it at peak performance. After all, there are no moving parts in the processor. The internet is run on farms of servers that run at peak performance most of the time. It will move a lot of air through the system and may capture a lot of dust so you need to keep it clean by blowing it out with compressed air once every 6 months or so.

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