Is overclocking worth decreasing the life of your PC Parts?

As long as you keep the voltages and temperatures within sensible limits, there's almost no risk of decreasing the life of your parts enough for it to matter.

Eg... A stock CPU might last 10 years. With a heavy overclock it might go pop after 8 years. Either way you're likely to have upgraded to something more modern long before it happens.
 
Not personally, but I imagine it's quite feasible.... but the question would be 'why'? even if you were stuck for money.... you'd be able to get better 5 years down the line for cheap unless your near bankrupt.
 
Martini1991 said:
My CPU's over 50% faster in real world performance than a stock 1055T
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Trolololololol lolol lolol lolololol.

BULL****

15% in games, 11% in apps.

Thats at 4.0GHz.

Somewhat doubt that extra 560MHz boosts those figures to 50%!

(I obtained these figures from CustomPC magazines feature on overclocking with proper benchmarks - yes its based on a 1090T - hence my saying a extra 560Mhz to get from 2.8GHz to 4.16GHz).

OP, overclocking makes no significant difference to lifespan - and certainly not to most people as generally PCs are upgraded every 4-5 years and its only enthusiasts who will overclock anyway (and they trpically upgrade every 2-3 years :p)
 
WingZero30 said:
Has any one ever ran a cpu for longer than 10 years? I still think that cpus can perform well beyond 10 years even the overclocked ones.
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I just said 10 years as an example. Most of them will probably last way longer than that.

I've got an Acorn a3000 that still works.... its about 25 years old. I've got a friend who's been had an an overclocked skt939 folding 24/7 since they were released. That's 7 years on full-load.
 
Cookeh said:
Trolololololol lolol lolol lolololol.

BULL****

15% in games, 11% in apps.

Thats at 4.0GHz.

Somewhat doubt that extra 560MHz boosts those figures to 50%!

(I obtained these figures from CustomPC magazines feature on overclocking with proper benchmarks - yes its based on a 1090T - hence my saying a extra 560Mhz to get from 2.8GHz to 4.16GHz).

OP, overclocking makes no significant difference to lifespan - and certainly not to most people as generally PCs are upgraded every 4-5 years and its only enthusiasts who will overclock anyway (and they trpically upgrade every 2-3 years :p)
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2.8GHZ to 4.2GHZ (Which I usually run) is 50% increase.
Also, my CPU NB is OC'ed 60%...

My CPU clock for clock is not much behind an i7 compared to a stock CPU NB, because of my stupidly high CPU NB.
 
CBrooksC said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-280-AM

this has L3 cache ^^?

Doesn't it?

LOL
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The 840 isn't older, but it's an incorrect spec.
The 840 is an Athlon II X4 under the Phenom II branding... Kind of.. Underhanded imo.

Cookeh said:
You're thinking of the newer Phenom II X4s (the 9XX) and X6 (1XXXX).

The 840 is older, and doesn't have the L3 cache.
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The 840 isn't older, stop being an idiot.
It doesn't have L3 cache though, that's because it's a Regor, but under Phenom II branding.
 
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