Constant Voltage and CPU Degradation ?

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I have my VCORE set to a constant 1.30v with a 4.50GHz OC on my 5930K using a multi of 36 and a bus speed of 125, The reason I have it set to constant/manual, Instead of adaptive is that for some odd reason my 3000MHz memory will only do a max of 2400MHz when adaptive voltage is enabled but when set to manual it does the full 3000MHz but only if the multiplier is set to 36 instead of 45 and bus speed to 125 instead of 100.

My question is, How much does manual/constant voltage damage a CPU's life span ?

I know as CPU's get older you need to tweak voltage but is manual ok to use at 1.30v for 24/7 usage on a 5930K ?
 
Silent_Scone;30492864 said:
If you're applying 3000Mhz with XMP, this will default to 125 strap. I replied to you on ROG regarding this...

Adaptive does not work on anything other than 100 strap.

As for life span, you likely won't notice any notable difference for the time you own the CPU, as long as you're not hammering it with Prime.



At that voltage, not likely. Was probably never completely stable to begin with, or something else at play.

I asked on multiple forums to get as many answers as possible, Thanks for the reply though.

I only really use the CPU for a bit of video rendering now and then and some gaming, Nothing too intense.
 
Silent_Scone;30492889 said:
Ok, no problem.

In that case for the sake of why you've asked, I wouldn't worry. You can however use the offset function if you want to.

Honestly have no clue how to use that :p
 
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