All non-mechanical parts are generally safe when running destributed computing (or just leaving your computer on for that sake).
The thing you need to worry about is your darddrive, science their tendency to fail will increace ar the parts gets worn from the mechanical stress.
Your cpu-cooler could also fail, but in that case your computer will most likely shut down before any dammage is done, sience the bios is monitoring the cpu temparature, and atleast modern bioses will shut down automaticly when a critical temperature level is reached.
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All non-mechanical parts are generally safe when running destributed computing (or just leaving your computer on for that sake). The thing you need to worry about is your darddrive, science their tendency to fail will increace ar the parts gets worn from the mechanical stress. Your cpu-cooler could also fail, but in that case your computer will most likely shut down before any dammage is done, sience the bios is monitoring the cpu temparature, and atleast modern bioses will shut down automaticly when a critical temperature level is reached.