Posted May 7, 2015 So I currently have an FX-4130 overclocked and its dieing. This reminded on how parts don't last as long overclocked. So how long will an i5 4690k last if i got it and overclocked it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 At least a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Depends, how hard will you overclock it? If you overclock it very hard then don't expect it to last very long. Where I hang out: The Garage - Car Enthusiast Club My cars: 2006 Mazda RX-8 (MT) | 2014 Mazda 6 (AT) | 2009 Honda Jazz (AT) PC Specs Indonesia CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970 Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter Australia CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB Video Card: GIGABYTE - RX 580 8GB | Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower | Power Supply: Avolv 550W 80+ Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Totally random number of years. I am sorry for my english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 For the overclock, it should not affect the practical lifetime of the CPU. Yes, technically overclocking "reduces the lifespan," but provided temperatures and voltage are kept safe you'll probably want to upgrade it years before it will actually die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Author For the overclock, it should not affect the practical lifetime of the CPU. Yes, technically overclocking "reduces the lifespan," but provided temperatures and voltage are kept safe you'll probably want to upgrade it years before it will actually die. Well this might be my only cpu for the next 3-4 years. So I don't know if it will die before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 If you run at something sensible under proper cooling (Say 4.4GHz at less than 1.3v/1.25v) then it'll be good for a long while. If you're an idiot and push 4.8GHz on the stock cooler like I did, it'll degrade quick. Don't be an idiot, and you'll have upgraded long before the chip craps out LTT's fastest Valley 970, slowest Valley Basic and Extreme HD scores Desktop || CPU - i5 4690k || Motherboard - ASUS Gryphon Z97 || RAM - 16GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz || GPU - Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 *Cough* 3.5GB || Case - Fractal Design Define R5 || HDD - Seagate Barracuda 160GB || PSU - Corsair AX760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Go 4.4ghz and try to keep below 1.3v and you're set for 3years I bet. Keep in mind that cpu's, gpu's (electronic devices in general) can die at ANY given time.. even if not oc'd, it's electronics afterall. My GPU once died within 1week... not even overclocked.. so yeah, no one can tell you how long it will last if overclocked (or not even overclocked). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 Well this might be my only cpu for the next 3-4 years. So I don't know if it will die before then. Again, provided temperatures and voltages are safe, there is no reason to think it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 7, 2015 So I currently have an FX-4130 overclocked and its dieing. This reminded on how parts don't last as long overclocked. So how long will an i5 4690k last if i got it and overclocked it? 4.5 ghz below 1.3v and below 70C temps . you will have 5-7 years . of perfect working (normally CPUs start downclocking after 2 years of 24/7 overclocks but then you only need few more drops of 0.0xxx volts to make it running on that speed . Gaming Rig: Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Core i7 4790K - Corsair H100i - Corsair vengeance 16 GBs ( @2133) - Asus GTX 980 - Intel SSD 730 (480 GBs) - Seagate Barracuda 3 TB - CM Cosmos SE - Corsair AX 760i Bugout Laptop: Dell E6430 - i5 3340M - 8GB Ram (@1600) - HDD 1TB WD - SSD 240GB intel (boot drive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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