How long will my CPU last?

Fuxley

Fuxley

Fuxley

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Hey all, because my overclocking software requires me to reboot if I want to change my overclock setting, it means that my overclock will be contantly set to 4.1GHz as rebooting every time I want to play a game is going to be a ball ache.

Just wondering how long my CPU is gonna' last if it's constantly OC'd.

i5 2500K 3.3 OC'd to 4.1GHz. Temp averages around 30c - 35c doing basic things, I have an Artic Cooling heatsink on it too.

Cheers.
 
what voltage are you putting through it? have you prime tested it, if so what temps did it reach then?
no one can really predict the life of any component.
 
Depends on the voltage you are using but I would have thought at that speed it wouldn't be short enough to have to worry about it. The CPU will change speed and voltage depending on if it's doing anything so it won't actually be at that speed 24/7 anyway. Assuming you have left speedstep on, or what ever it's called.
 
It should last long enough to outlive its useful life, if you're reasonable about voltages, load and cooling.
 
you will upgrade long before it reaches its end of life...

If you have not upped the voltage I cannot imagine it would make any difference at all since the heat is so low...

10 - 20 years or at least a few years after your mobo, Psu, HD, DVD, monitor keyboard and mouse all pack up...
 
paradisiac said:
what voltage are you putting through it? have you prime tested it, if so what temps did it reach then?
no one can really predict the life of any component.
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Prime did something last night, which I didn't want it to do as it didn't even know it would run the tests, but the CPU cores @ 100% put the temp up to about 70c.

I guess what I'm asking is if it's going to be a significant life cut if I have it constantly OC'd in comparison with it being stock clocked?
 
Fuxley said:
Prime did something last night, which I didn't want it to do as it didn't even know it would run the tests, but the CPU cores @ 100% put the temp up to about 70c.

I guess what I'm asking is if it's going to be a significant life cut if I have it constantly OC'd in comparison with it being stock clocked?
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aslong as you didnt up the volts then it should last nearly aslong as it would on stock, if not longer as your cooler will be better than the stock one.
 
mine idles around that, but goes up to 1.3 when under load and the temps then start to creep up. if you are only a light user then it wouldnt matter, but even at 50-60% load you might find its using over 1.3v and your temps could then go up higher than you want. i would give it atleast 20mins on prime blend test and keep an eye on volts and temp.
 
i think 1.35 was bounced around in the begining, but i think a lot of people have gone closer to 1.4v. i dont think anyone really knows as its not been out long enough for people to kill them (other than whacking huge volts through them). i want to stay below 1.35v and keep temps to the low 70s in prime. i found this limits me at the moment to 4.4GHz with ASRocks auto OC feature, but im sure with some voltage tweaks i can probs get my temps/volts down and maybe go to 4.5/4.6GHz.
 
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