Life time of CPU

[ripper101]

So I've bought a used 4790k off of eBay and had it for a week or so now and everything runs fine on it. But for some reason I've been having anxiety that the CPU won't last long and I sometimes think I'll be on my PC a month from now and it will just die. The owner before me did say that he overclocked the chip. Do CPUs last longer than I think they do? Or am I worrying about nothing? 

[minibois]

Yeah, CPU's last ages. For example mine is currently over 6 years old and running fine. I am sure there are people running Pentium 4's still too.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, ripper101 said:

So I've bought a used 4790k off of eBay and had it for a week or so now and everything runs fine on it. But for some reason I've been having anxiety that the CPU won't last long and I sometimes think I'll be on my PC a month from now and it will just die. The owner before me did say that he overclocked the chip. Do CPUs last longer than I think they do? Or am I worrying about nothing? 

There are still 486's that are running. Your fine.

[FloRolf]

1 minute ago, Minibois said:

Yeah, CPU's last ages. For example mine is currently over 6 years old and running fine. I am sure there are people running Pentium 4's still too.

Not Pentium 4 but an old E6600 that i've literally thrown around and it still works perfectly (for what it is)

[Billy_Mays]

1 minute ago, Minibois said:

Yeah, CPU's last ages. For example mine is currently over 6 years old and running fine. I am sure there are people running Pentium 4's still too.

I didn't get lucky my CPU that I was using pretty sure the IMC was struck in a power surge

[ProjectBox153]

I have a 286 that still works. You're fine. I've seen CPUs that act strange, but never a dead one. 

[Ophidio]

7 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Yeah, CPU's last ages. For example mine is currently over 6 years old and running fine. I am sure there are people running Pentium 4's still too.

I still have a PC with a Pentium 4 in it  I used as a torrent machine though for the longest so it's kind of trash now. 

[RuLeZ]

They last really long time, I believe that even Intel 8086 are still working nowadays.

[Daniel Z.]

CPUs are really hard to break. I have a Pentium D that I put in my pocket, backpack, brought to school, lost, and found yesterday. It still works 

[KenjiUmino]

11 minutes ago, Minibois said:

I am sure there are people running Pentium 4's still too.

just built a pentium 4 system last month

4 minutes ago, Ophidio said:

I still have a PC with a Pentium 4 in it  I used as a torrent machine though for the longest so it's kind of trash now. 

OMG ... that's probably the most power hungry torrent machine one could have built.

[Timbs]

You should be fine, I still rock a 6 year old chip. My dads PC has a 25 year old chip. They last years, nothing to worry about.

[mrzoltowski]

Average lifetime of a CPU is about 20 years. Your PSU, Cooler, Fans, Hard Drive's will be long dead before it dies.

[Daniel Z.]

My real setup and my Pentium D rig with a HyperX Alloy FPS.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

-Snip-

Swagging build, must I say.

[JR1911]

I don't think I've ever seen a CPU fail. I still have an Amiga 500 and my brother has a Commodore 64, Commodore 16 and a VIC-20 in perfect working order and all of them are 30+ years old.

[Daniel Z.]

Just now, Factory OC said:

Swagging build, must I say.

IKR. I got 3 drives, one taped on top, one dangling, and one just sitting there. 

[Daniel Z.]

1 minute ago, JR1911 said:

I don't think I've ever seen a CPU fail. I still have an Amiga 500 and my brother has a Commodore 64, Commodore 16 and a VIC-20 in perfect working order and all of them are 30+ years old.

 

1 minute ago, Factory OC said:

Swagging build, must I say.

Also gotta love the fan cooling the PCI-E and PCI cards.

[Guest]

Just now, Daniel Z. said:

IKR. I got 3 drives, one taped on top, one dangling, and one just sitting there. 

I use a laptop. I will never be as ghetto and swag as that.

[ewitte]

Good Good I'd bash my head into the wall if I had to use a 10 year old CPU especially if it had a HDD in it!

[SlaughterSmurf]

I've been running my overclocked 3570k for 4 years so far. No signs of degredation. 

[Pasi123]

My CPU is a 7 years old server cpu and it works just fine.

[Hiebly]

I still have CPUs from 2006 and earlier running fine. CPUs take forever to wear out, unless the guy was pushing absurd voltages you have nothing to worry about. Most common CPU problems I'd be concerned about when buying second hand is broken pins and the chip being burned... but if it booted up fine and it's been running for a week, should be all good

[EurypteridX]

14 hours ago, Minibois said:

Yeah, CPU's last ages. For example mine is currently over 6 years old and running fine. I am sure there are people running Pentium 4's still too.

i have a 2005 Pentium 4 ht that would still work if i turn that machine on

[wildgg]

16 hours ago, ripper101 said:

So I've bought a used 4790k off of eBay and had it for a week or so now and everything runs fine on it. But for some reason I've been having anxiety that the CPU won't last long and I sometimes think I'll be on my PC a month from now and it will just die. The owner before me did say that he overclocked the chip. Do CPUs last longer than I think they do? Or am I worrying about nothing? 

if it makes you feel any better, my 4790k is running at 4.8ghz on 1.39V (on water) for just over 2 years now and i haven't seen any problems so far.

[Big Head Tech]

16 hours ago, ripper101 said:

So I've bought a used 4790k off of eBay and had it for a week or so now and everything runs fine on it. But for some reason I've been having anxiety that the CPU won't last long and I sometimes think I'll be on my PC a month from now and it will just die. The owner before me did say that he overclocked the chip. Do CPUs last longer than I think they do? Or am I worrying about nothing? 

Generally speaking, if temperatures and voltages are kept at safe levels at stock a couple should last 10 years of use (24/7 operation). If you do decent overclocking while keeping voltages safe (under 1.35V for your chip) it should last around 8 years or so. To give you an idea, my friends 3770k has been running at 4.0GHz for 4 years and we expect another 3 out of it. We just overhauled her PC actually.