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does overclocking really shorten the life of the components? or it will only shortens when goes on really high temperature?

It will shorten the life but, not by very much. I mean depends on the chip set really.

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It definitely doesn't prolong the life. It shortens it by an insignificant amount unless you're doing some extreme overclocking.

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Unless its at super high temps you wont notice it. but yes it does.

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how about 70c(100% cpu load) @ 4.5ghz will it be fine?

That is fine nothing serious will happen im talking like 90c idle

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im just planning to oc @ 4.5 so do you think it will be good as long as i have good cooling?

 

You forgot to mention the processor.

 

If you're overclocking a Pentium 4 to 4.5 on ln2 it might not last very long, for example ;D

 

The frequency isn't really what you need to be concerned with, rather the voltages.

Example: you could run 4.5ghz on a 2500k at 1.25v or 1.5v. 1.5v will accelrate degradation.

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You forgot to mention the processor.

 

If you're overclocking a Pentium 4 to 4.5 on ln2 it might not last very long, for example ;D

 

The frequency isn't really what you need to be concerned with, rather the voltages.

Example: you could run 4.5ghz on a 2500k at 1.25v or 1.5v. 1.5v will accelrate degradation.

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