Why do big companies offer overclocking featues when it voids you're warranty

JCX50 · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:44

Hello all,

Just wanted to ask why big companies such as asus have overclocking features on their software when it voids your warranty on the processor. If a processor was meant to be overclocked, why doesn't Intel or AMD overclock them for you. Do big companies just want you to buy more software you don't really need (Even though my FanXpert suite is awesome.) I know the pro's and con's of both and I won't we overclocking on my rig.

Thanks

JCX50

vanandjuanunited · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:47

They have to prove u overclocked it first

shadowscotland · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:10

Why are ALL cars made, able to go significantly over 70mph - When you void your insurance / break the law if you go faster.

Answer - Marketing and sales

Also - Intel's Turbo Boost and AMD's TurboCore are stock OCing.
So all the OC hardward is already there for stock settings - retail boards offer 'additional' oc potential as 'added value'
Added value = more sales

Martini1991 · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:11

They can't sell CPU's running at like 4.8GHZ with whatever voltage as most people won't have the cooling required to keep it under control.

doyll · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:44

shadowscotland said:
Why are ALL cars made, able to go significantly over 70mph - When you void your insurance / break the law if you go faster.

Answer - Marketing and sales

Also - Intel's Turbo Boost and AMD's TurboCore are stock OCing.
So all the OC hardward is already there for stock settings - retail boards offer 'additional' oc potential as 'added value'
Added value = more sales

Martini1991 said:
They can't sell CPU's running at like 4.8GHZ with whatever voltage as most people won't have the cooling required to keep it under control.

What they said.

Although last time I check speeding didn't void your insurance.. only made your premiums go through the roof.

sick-lizard · 14 Dec 2012 at 13:23

errm Intel do offer a warranty on overclocked cpu's

"Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel®
The Performance Tuning Protection Plan being offered by Intel is a chance for you to experiment with the overclocking features of your processor without the worries of what will happen if you push the processor too far. The Plan allows you a single processor replacement, hassle-free, from our customer support. This is in addition to your standard 3 year warranty. In other words, if it fails under normal usage, we will replace it under the standard warranty; if it fails while running outside of Intel's specifications, we will replace it under the Performance Tuning Protection Plan."

http://click.intel.com/tuningplan/

JCX50 · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:23

Martini1991 said:
They can't sell CPU's running at like 4.8GHZ with whatever voltage as most people won't have the cooling required to keep it under control.

Yes but they might develop them to run without extra cooling in the future

JCX50 · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:33

sick-lizard said:
errm Intel do offer a warranty on overclocked cpu's

"Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel®
The Performance Tuning Protection Plan being offered by Intel is a chance for you to experiment with the overclocking features of your processor without the worries of what will happen if you push the processor too far. The Plan allows you a single processor replacement, hassle-free, from our customer support. This is in addition to your standard 3 year warranty. In other words, if it fails under normal usage, we will replace it under the standard warranty; if it fails while running outside of Intel's specifications, we will replace it under the Performance Tuning Protection Plan."

http://click.intel.com/tuningplan/

I read in the user guide in the box with the processor, you couldn't change the clock speed or frequency

zakblood · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:28

i've just bought a overclocked bundle from here, support and warranty is with OC, so im happy not to have done it myself

smilertoo · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:54

If intel told you that it was ok to overclock, you'd be complaining that the intel cpu cooler was **** and not upto the job of overclocking.

JCX50 · 14 Dec 2012 at 20:54

Then they would develop it to cope?

One · 14 Dec 2012 at 21:03

JCX50 said:
Then they would develop it to cope?

Do you understand what overclocking is? A chip is produced to work at it best under normal cicumstances. They have to sell it to you and be sure it can be stuck in a dusty cramped case and know it won't fail within a month. Obviously if you put it in better conditions you can get more out of it. If a chip manufacturer sold you a chip that was right at the limit in their lab you could still overclock it if you bettered the conditions even more.

The client base is happy to forfeit their warranty and overclock their chips. The reward outweighs the risk.

Besides a company can't pre-overclock the chip for you, that would just be a clocked chip. Over clocking is when you make the clock faster than how it was sold.

Jason2 · 15 Dec 2012 at 18:35

I've known people who've fried their processor through overclocking yet intel asked no questions when they returned it. So I guess overclocking is risk-free.