OverClocked my cpu

[USRanger]

Does overclocking shorten a chip's lifespan?

[Fulmar]

Does overclocking shorten a chip's lifespan?

Well, I don't think there are any 'studies' on it.  But if a chip is properly cooled within its normal operating temprature, it really shouldn't.  OC'd CPU's that die are generally do to cooling failures and the CPU runs way too hot for way too long.

[AirFlyer]

It does shorten the lifespan, but with proper cooling you should be fine. Although I wouldn't suggest doing any serious OCing with stock cooling. That and remember that most manufactures will void your warranty if you OC.

[BaldEagl]

That and remember that most manufactures will void your warranty if you OC.

Which is really funny considering that, Intel at least, builds so much overhead into the chips for OCing to lure the enthusiast market.

[AirFlyer]

Which is really funny considering that, Intel at least, builds so much overhead into the chips for OCing to lure the enthusiast market.

Haha, I never said it made sense. 

Then again I guess if I was Intel I wouldn't want some kids sending a CPU back every other week because he hasn't quite figured out how to get his Duo running at 6.0GHz without frying in 10 mins. Perhaps they should have a warranty that covers OCing(and I honestly don't know if they do or not).

[Ack-Ack]

I've heard of people getting close to 4 Ghz out of my 2.66 Ghz E6750.  That's some serious bang for the buck.

You can easily over clock the E6420 (stock speed is 2.13Ghz) up to 3.24GHz using stock air cooling and some have over clocked the 6420 to 4Ghz+ using after market cooling systems.  IMO, all of the Core 2 chips give you serious bang for the buck.


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[HomeBoy]

I overclocked my E6600 (2.4GHz) to 3.1GHz with very little difficulty and hardly noticeable increase in temps.  That's a 30% increase pretty much for free!  I'll take that any day.  You just have to bump it gradually and stress (Orthos is great) it a lot after increments.  I'm sure I could go much further but this room gets hot enough in the summer and I'm certainly happy with what I've got.  You buy all this hardware that's designed for OC'ing, it's a shame not to at least go a little ways with it.  overclock.net btw, is a really great web site.  It's worth hanging around there.  You pick up all sorts of info you won't get anywhere else.