Life time of CPU

[Simon771]

E6600, E5450, E8500, E8400, i5 2500 ... all running just fine

 

CPUs should last for years. As long as previous owner didn't push it over 1,4V it should be more than fine.

[ripper101]

8 hours ago, wildthing said:

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.

 

11 hours ago, Hiebly said:

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

He said he ran it a 4.8Ghz at 1.245 volts..

[Hiebly]

6 hours ago, ripper101 said:

 

He said he ran it a 4.8Ghz at 1.245 volts..

That voltage isn't that much over stock. 1.3-1.35V would be towards the upper end of the save voltages. Like I said, if it worked out of the box, you have nothing to worry about. Either he fried it or damaged the pins, or it's fine.

[wildgg]

14 hours ago, ripper101 said:

 

He said he ran it a 4.8Ghz at 1.245 volts..

not sure if that quote was for me but i said 1.39 not 1.245.

normally i would not go above 1.35 on the haswell chips. aka ur 100% fine