Does Overclocking Damage your CPU?

Robbo123

Robbo123

Robbo123

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Hi Guys,

My setup is -

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ @ 2.5GHz on stock cooling 1.422 Volts
MSI Neo2 K8T Motherboard MS-6702E (939)
1GB (2x512MB) Geil value RAM DDR 400
80GB Hitachi HDD (IDE)
ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB

my mate says that over time my CPU might fail/break/get fried if im not careful?


Is this true??

I've recently ordered a Arctic Freezer Pro Cooler for my CPU as i want it at 2.8Ghz the FX-57 Speeds.....

Any Thoughts?
 
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Total bull carp mate, the thing that kills cpus is heat, not volts. You can stick masses of volts through a chip but as long as it keeps its temps down then it's fine. Seems like a fairly nice OC you have there but I expect you could push it further with some extra cooling and more volts.
 
Zefan said:
Total bull carp mate, the thing that kills cpus is heat, not volts. You can stick masses of volts through a chip but as long as it keeps its temps down then it's fine. Seems like a fairly nice OC you have there but I expect you could push it further with some extra cooling and more volts.
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Hmmmm, my CPU temp is near enough 0 or below as its running on a vapo, my CPU has degraded in performance as i stuck nealy 2 volts :D through it at one stage. So saying voltage dosnt kill a CPU is bull, it can very much kill a CPU.

Just remember that CPU's are designed to run at their stock volts, anything above that will degrade the CPU beyond its normal rate and so shorten its life expectancy.
 
What I meant by "Volts don't kill" is "Reasonable volts" not stupid unecessary volts. He should never need to stick more than 1.5 through it for a decnt overclock - which will not damag his components noticably. Obviously if your cpu is struck by lightning IT WILL DIE. I'll remember to state th obvious next time I post :p
 
Zefan said:
What I meant by "Volts don't kill" is "Reasonable volts" not stupid unecessary volts. He should never need to stick more than 1.5 through it for a decnt overclock - which will not damag his components noticably. Obviously if your cpu is struck by lightning IT WILL DIE. I'll remember to state th obvious next time I post :p
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Have a search on this forum for "electromigration". :)
 
People say thet extra volts will shorten the lifespan of the cpu, but without knowing its lifespan in the first place its not much of an indicator.

If they normally last 10 years does 2 years off that much difference? By that time it will have been sold on fleabay at least 4 times!

I doubt youl have the cpu long enough to notice any detrimental effects
 
I seen that cpu's are made to last 10 years roughly sticking more volts will shorten the lifespan but as most people would have upgraded by then its not really an problum
 
Blue Cypher said:
Imanaged to get my 3700+ to 2.81Ghz stable with the standard heatsink and fan. Must be a good clocker, and my temp on full load is only 51C :D
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Mine is at 2.75GHz at the moment, most I've ever managed to make it reach was 52*C, after playing F.E.A.R for about 3 hours (until I was too scared to keep playing :( ), after running a Prime95 torture test for 20 hours.

With standard cooling.
 
Baker said:
Mine is at 2.75GHz at the moment, most I've ever managed to make it reach was 52*C, after playing F.E.A.R for about 3 hours (until I was too scared to keep playing :( ), after running a Prime95 torture test for 20 hours.

With standard cooling.
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What CPU volts are you running on that mate
 
I've had my 3GHz @ 4GHz for approaching 3 years now, and its definitely degrading to the point of failure.

It has been run in a Vapochill XE for all of this time, at sub -25 degrees, at a moderate 1.65v - so definitely not overvolted (although I think the standard voltage is 1.45v-1.50v?).

The last couple of weeks I've had to successfully bust it down to 3.9Ghz, then 3.75Ghz. Tonight it didn't want to boot at 3.75Ghz, complaining of "BIOS checksum errors". It would probably run at 3.6 or 3.5 now but I've stuck it on stock because I cant be bothered to mess around.

The candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long....

That said, I'm gonna remove the CPU soon to see if there is anything else which might be causing the problem (e.g. moisture in the socket, etc)
 
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Forgot to mention, my CPU was bought 2nd hand and most likely had a similarly hard life before I had it.... so the comment about it being run in an XE "all of this time" is slightly inaccurate.
 
My 2.8b @ 3.4ghz sometimes complains of a BIOS checksum error - it sometimes takes a few boots to get it up and running successfully. Gonna clock it back some I think. :o
 
I stand corrected on my CPU :D Seems that somehow my memory settings had gotten changed to "By SPD", and for some freaky reason my PC would not be stable (often wouldn't even boot) if they were 3-4-8-8, but was fine on their rated speed of 2.5-4-7-7 ?

Work that one out! :)
 
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