Is overclocking bad ?

[Giddyguy]

Overclocking is not bad, its badass. You shouldn't worry about decreasing the lifespan of your processor because, like others have said, by the time it start showing signs of death it wouldn't be outdated anyways. Just make sure you don't overdue it; instead do it in small, safe increments.

[hehehehhehehehe]

Sort of, its not the overclock you achieve but the voltage/temperature combination. You can brick a chip even at low overclocks if you put too many volts through it. That being said in order to achieve an overclock around 4.2-4.4 GHz you shouldn't need to increase the voltage that much (if at all). If your temps are good and your voltages are good your chip should be fine (generally under 1.3 volts on Intel chips though you should go as low on the voltages as possible to still have a stable overclock).

Depends which intel CPU's for example 2011 CPU's generally take 1.4v-1.45v for 24/7 overclocks.

[piplupgao]

280x

We'll 7979s are cheap as heck now I can get one for $200

[LOST TALE]

Well this is my question, by how much is your cpu life going to go down by overclocking because when I build my pc I plan to achieve a oc of 4.2-4.6 hopefully for my first time 

Temperatures would be the main thing that would affect the chip's life duration

[Saladin]

Temperatures would be the main thing that would affect the chip's life duration

Temps and clean power, a bad PSU can really damage components, whereas a good one will probably outlive your system.

[TheProfosist]

It maters how much electricity and heat its dealing with especially if its over rates specs.

[TheProfosist]

Also just a heads up some people do actually want to use their pc for more than a couple years or when you build a new one repurpose it. Im not saying ocing is bad just that it will indeed decrease the lifespan of the devices involved.

[KneesWeak]

We'll 7979s are cheap as heck now I can get one for $200

WHAT? link me bro, I really only checked newegg and the 7970s on their were about $350 usd.

[TrissiB]

It will decrease the life span of your CPU or GPU but with a clean case and a good aftermarket cooler you should be alright, personally I try to keep temps under 80C. And if this is your first time watch some tutorial videos with a decent amount of likes (pretty sure you've already done that but just in case).

[FireFox]

Is overclocking bad, well only if you don't know what you're doing, so long as you don't increase the voltage too much and don't constantly run at incredibly high temperatures then no it isn't bad, it is good.

 

You are increasing the performance of the chip (not going to say free performance because it isn't free, you need a better cooler and a K-CPU before you can really unlock that potential performance, generally a little more money).

 

 

[LOST TALE]

Temps and clean power, a bad PSU can really damage components, whereas a good one will probably outlive your system.

Good point, forgot about that one.

Is there any certification for clean power?

[GunnAthax]

280x

The 280x and the 7970 is basicly the same card....

the major differences is the names and the 280x runs a newer bios

[piplupgao]

WHAT? link me bro, I really only checked newegg and the 7970s on their were about $350 usd.

Its in store only at Microcenter

[Linus_torvalds]

obviously not bad

[KneesWeak]

The 280x and the 7970 is basicly the same card....

the major differences is the names and the 280x runs a newer bios

cheaper

[maazster]

Yes and no. It can degrade you CPU meaning a shorter life span but on the upside you get better performance.

[TheProfosist]

Good point, forgot about that one.

Is there any certification for clean power?

 

no certification but read PSU's on Johnny Guru

[DrainDoc]

Well this is my question, by how much is your cpu life going to go down by overclocking because when I build my pc I plan to achieve a oc of 4.2-4.6 hopefully for my first time

As long as you have quality Air cooling and/or Water cooling and the overclock is stable. There should be no issue with the life of the CPU, lasting as long as the life of your build.

CPU's, such as Intel K series processors, are designed for overclocking. They are meant to be Overclocked.

[TheProfosist]

depends, the actual act of increasing your CPU ratio will not, however, to achieve a stable overclock on a high frequency, you will need increase the voltage, which will reduce lifespan.

In my opinion, it's great, since intel does barely anything to increase performance over each generation, I can just overclock to make that minuet difference that they have.

also, it makes CPU's such as the FX 8320/50 a viable option, if they had a locked CPU multiplier, I guarantee you that no enthusiast/gamer would buy that chip

 

I see you havnt been in pc's long enough or done your research. As you can OC without a unlocked multiplier, that just made it easier. In some cases it was needed because of the change in architecture as having and unlocked base clock really didnt do much for you because you couldnt change it more than a couple of a percent. On the AMD Phenom II and Intel's 1st gen i series you could actually adjust both a great deal. After that everything headed toward multiplier OCing for the most part. Before that though most if not all ocing was done with base clock.

 

About your comments on intel's small increases. AMD with bulldozer actually had a decrease compared to the Phenom II architecture and have the revision's of bulldozer increased its power by leaps and bounds no. Intel is also focusing at things other that processing power as that is what that majority of the market would appreciate more.

 

 

 

haswell isn't a very good overclocker you'll be really lucky to get those clocks I reccommend you get a 3570k or an fx8350

 

everyone has been saying that exact same thing since sandy bridge because it was such a good overclocker.

[GunnAthax]

cheaper

yea forgot to write that... but true 

[GoldenTree]

I see you havnt been in pc's long enough or done your research. As you can OC without a unlocked multiplier, that just made it easier. In some cases it was needed because of the change in architecture as having and unlocked base clock really didnt do much for you because you couldnt change it more than a couple of a percent. On the AMD Phenom II and Intel's 1st gen i series you could actually adjust both a great deal. After that everything headed toward multiplier OCing for the most part. Before that though most if not all ocing was done with base clock.

 

About your comments on intel's small increases. AMD with bulldozer actually had a decrease compared to the Phenom II architecture and have the revision's of bulldozer increased its power by leaps and bounds no. Intel is also focusing at things other that processing power as that is what that majority of the market would appreciate more.

 

 

 

 

everyone has been saying that exact same thing since sandy bridge because it was such a good overclocker.

 

Very nice post I learned a lot from that

[GoldenTree]

It will decrease the life span of your CPU or GPU but with a clean case and a good aftermarket cooler you should be alright, personally I try to keep temps under 80C. And if this is your first time watch some tutorial videos with a decent amount of likes (pretty sure you've already done that but just in case).

 

Yup I have already done all the research and know how to but have not done it yet for the cpu but I have done my gpu and well the boost in performance is noticeable for me 

[TheProfosist]

As long as you have quality Air cooling and/or Water cooling and the overclock is stable. There should be no issue with the life of the CPU, lasting as long as the life of your build.

CPU's, such as Intel K series processors, are designed for overclocking. They are meant to be Overclocked.

 

The will be a decrease in the life of a CPU any time you are running it above spec. The most detrimental is voltage above whats recommended.

 

intel's K series series cpu's, at least their mainstream ones like the i5-4670K and i7-4770K, are designed no differently than the other ones and are binned to what they are spec'd to be and then just have a unlocked multiplier (which is all the K means) .

 

Actually thinking about it now I bet the cpu's them self dont have an unlocked multiplier but the BIOS/UEFI reads it identification code and enables the unlocked multiplier in the BIOS/UEFI.

[piplupgao]

 

everyone has been saying that exact same thing since sandy bridge because it was such a good overclocker.

True sandy bridge overclocked so well that everything else seems really bad

[DrainDoc]

The will be a decrease in the life of a CPU any time you are running it above spec. The most detrimental is voltage above whats recommended.

 

intel's K series series cpu's, at least their mainstream ones like the i5-4670K and i7-4770K, are designed no differently than the other ones and are binned to what they are spec'd to be and then just have a unlocked multiplier (which is all the K means) .

 

Actually thinking about it now I bet the cpu's them self dont have an unlocked multiplier but the BIOS/UEFI reads it identification code and enables the unlocked multiplier in the BIOS/UEFI.

Just from personal experience. I have never had a decrease life issue with any CPU that I have overclocked.

 

Now maybe, granted, I didn't always have any one CPU, in any one system, for a exorbitant amount of years.

 

So, are those CPU's still operating today? I don't have a clue.  So I have no reference of knowledge, that

 

there is a issue with lifespan or not. Other than maybe pushing CPU to there absolute, failure limit frequently?

 

Then of course The CPU life is going to suffer.