CPU life expectancy

[Cookie Monster]

Ive always been curious about this. How long can the CPU live on for?

Currently, one of my rigs have a P4 3.0ghz northwood thats served me for 5 years. Now im kind of curious how long it will live on for, and would that life expectancy decrease from OCIng the CPU?

Thanks in advance.

 

[imported_Imp]

CPU Life Expectancy

The above link should help, but honestly, if it's served you for 5 years, I'd have thought you would be upset that it didn't die. A P4 3 Gigcan be had for as low as $75 at least nowadays .Also, essentially, yes, overclocking will theoretically kill the life of a CPU.

 

[Pwntcomputer]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
Ive always been curious about this. How long can the CPU live on for?

Currently, one of my rigs have a P4 3.0ghz northwood thats served me for 5 years. Now im kind of curious how long it will live on for, and would that life expectancy decrease from OCIng the CPU?

Thanks in advance.

I still have a P3 from 2000. Woohoo!!!!

 

[AnotherGuy]

I still have a Athlon xp 1400 i think? or 1600 1.4 ghz running since 2002

 

[yacoub]

Imp's link helps alert all the unknowing who think you can run a CPU at 65F all day long and expect it to be alright.

 

[LordGestle]

I have a family member that still has a celeron 300a overclocked to 450MHZ. It's still going strong. Personally I have never had a cpu die on me outside of the cpu fan going out

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: LordGestle
I have a family member that still has a celeron 300a overclocked to 450MHZ. It's still going strong. Personally I have never had a cpu die on me outside of the cpu fan going out

O M G

Thats from like 96???

LOL....

 

[defiantsf]

Had 2 of those 450A Celerons for a while until I gave them away. They rocked back then!

 

[Cooler]

25-30% of life will be lost for a mild OC but most cpus last at least 10 years. I have 386 that still works. Video Cards on the other hand could fail within a year...

 

[GeezerMan]

Interesting. So I have a Opteron 165 overclocked to 2.6GHz. It's a Toledo core, like the FX-60 that runs stock at 2.6GHz. Temps are the same as a FX-60. Voltage is stock. So, given this, would my overclocked 165 last as long as a stock FX-60?

 

[RamIt]

Originally posted by: yacoub
Imp's link helps alert all the unknowing who think you can run a CPU at 65F all day long and expect it to be alright.

I have run a p4 northwood at a 1ghz overclock for over 3 years. The cpu fan does not even turn on untill it hits 50c. Fans go from low to high at 60c. Never had any problems with extended high temps over long periods of time.

 

[Mir96TA]

My nephew still using
Dual P3 500 Over Clocked to 550Mhz Memory at 133Mhz
MB is Asus PB DS
Yea Dual P3. I used that back in 95-96......... Stock P/S died...... 2 Years ago
HDD Died 3 years ago
Ati Rage 128 Pro AiW SB 16 Still they all still Works
Fellow still runing Win2k.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
Interesting. So I have a Opteron 165 overclocked to 2.6GHz. It's a Toledo core, like the FX-60 that runs stock at 2.6GHz. Temps are the same as a FX-60. Voltage is stock. So, given this, would my overclocked 165 last as long as a stock FX-60?

If it isn't statistically different from an FX-60, then it belongs to the same lifetime distribution of the FX-60.

Whether your's last less than or greater than the mean, average or median of the lifetime distribution of the FX-60 population is then a matter of being lucky or unlucky.

See Weibull statistics, that's what we used at TI for assessing and characterizing product lifetime expectations.

 

[IGBT]

..I still have a Athlon 950mhz slot processor running. Works good wit xp too.

 

[shadowofthesun]

My little brother has a PII (I believe) @ 333 mHz. Still works fine, computer works 100% fine with no issues.

 

[ncage]

Mom has a K62 350mhz still going strong. All the do is use email/web (ebay) so they are happy enough with the setup.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Cooler
25-30% of life will be lost for a mild OC but most cpus last at least 10 years. I have 386 that still works. Video Cards on the other hand could fail within a year...

Bolded for truth.

Video Cards are quite pathetic in the longevity department.

 

[hardwareking]

i have a wilmette which i bought in 2003
it's still workin fine
can't overclock cause its stuck on a via motherboard

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: yacoub
Imp's link helps alert all the unknowing who think you can run a CPU at 65F all day long and expect it to be alright.

If I had a CPU that ran at 65F all day I would expect it to last forever.

I think your F should be a C

 

[Cookie Monster]

Thanks for the reply guys. Hmm, i was thinking of OCing to around 3.46 or 3.2

I dont believe a CPU all the day back from the mid 90s is still going strong.

Just impressive

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
Thanks for the reply guys. Hmm, i was thinking of OCing to around 3.46 or 3.2

I dont believe a CPU all the day back from the mid 90s is still going strong.

Just impressive

I read somewhere that most manufacturers aim for a 30 year life span. Unfortunately, I can't remember the source (a professor? a published paper? a web site?).