Is overclocking bad ?

[Saladin]

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.

My previous CPU was overclocked to the wall and lasted 4 1/2 years, in all honesty it didn't die I just built a whole new system because technology had advanced so munch in that time frame. Overclocking may/will decrease the life expectancy but in reality you will most likely run into a situation where your hardware is obsolete before it dies, assuming of course that you keep the chip cool, you have a good PSU that gives clean power, and that you keep the dust out.

[ZerueLX11]

I have an i7 4770k at 4.725 Ghz @ 1.425v. Tough little bastard just won't do 4.8. You'll be fine....I've had a dozen BSODs( 5 today for trying to over clock ram lol).

 

 

Just find your limit

[GoldenTree]

I have an i7 4770k at 4.725 Ghz @ 1.425v. Tough little bastard just won't do 4.8. You'll be fine....I've had a dozen BSODs( 5 today for trying to over clock ram lol).

 

 

Just find your limit

 

LOL that made me laugh and thanks will keep that in mind

[Leonard]

If it is done properly, no it is not.

[DrainDoc]

My previous CPU was overclocked to the wall and lasted 4 1/2 years, in all honesty it didn't die I just built a whole new system because technology had advanced so munch in that time frame. Overclocking may/will decrease the life expectancy but in reality you will most likely run into a situation where your hardware is obsolete before it dies, assuming of course that you keep the chip cool, you have a good PSU that gives clean power, and that you keep the dust out.

Ditto.

[Akolyte]

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 

I've never overclocked, but overclocking isn't bad.  It requires skill and could damage your system greatly if done wrong, you might be better getting a motherboard with an auto overclocker? like Asus's performance mode in the BIOS? can't say thats the best either but it would eliminate the hassle.

[Saladin]

I've never overclocked, but overclocking isn't bad.  It requires skill and could damage your system greatly if done wrong, you might be better getting a motherboard with an auto overclocker? like Asus's performance mode in the BIOS? can't say thats the best either but it would eliminate the hassle.

I would highly recommend against using auto-overclocking features, they aren't bad per se, but they don't help you learn how and why you should change certain settings. They also tend to overvolt to ensure stability (at least in my experience) which adds heat. Tiny Tom Logan has a pretty good overclocking guide you should check out.

[Akolyte]

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

7970 costs $1500 in Newzealand! your sooo luckyyyy!!! :'(((

[Akolyte]

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 Hyper 212 EVO is good.  It can cool really well, yet its still like less than $50USD

[anonhacker]

in my case if the voltage on the vcore is turned up too much its the motherboard that fails first not the cpu.

[TheProfosist]

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.

That would be your reason. CPUs are designed to last quite a while. I dont know the exact number but I believe it near 10 years. Which is why P4s are still around and running. Also if you went and tried to OC a C2D or C2Q now you wouldnt get as far and would need more voltage even if it hadnt been OCd before. Case and point my i7-920 which has been OCd since I got it shortly after release is now having trouble maintaing its OC which means its time to take it off.