Been a lurker here for a bit and only started getting into OC'ing CPUs about a year ago. Currently running an old intel q6600 OC'ed to 3.0Ghz and lapped with AS 5 and arctic freezer pro 7 fan. The thing is insanely stable but my question is, friend of mine told me OCing CPUs shortens their life spans considerably, any truth to this?
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- Thread starter Gunk
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Yes.. It kinda does shorten it alittle. Mostly depends on the heat of the chip.
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It does a little, though not by any significant amount. Considering that's already a fairly old chip I'd just go ahead with it. It's the only way you'll get decent performance from it and at 3GHz it really shouldn't be that far behind a modern (AMD) system. The current i5's and i7's are faster again
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Overclocking itself shouldn't decrease the life of a chip; increased temperature and voltage will though. If you want to OC, make sure that you keep both at reasonable levels and you won't run into any lifespan problems.
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