Does Overclocking reduce the life-span of Components??

[slimbim]

Do overclocking decrease the life-span of CPU, RAM and other components??

thanks

 

[Carrot44]

In a Word Yes.

On the other Word do you care? How long will you have that CPU and MB? 6 months a year.

Ken

 

[jiffylube1024]

<< In a Word Yes.

On the other Word do you care? How long will you have that CPU and MB? 6 months a year.

Ken
>>



Damn, you took my one word answer!! Overclocking does shorten the component life, of course, but most o/ced processors/ vid cards, etc last years and years nonetheless. So yeah, it will decrease the component's life, but it won't really matter to you (unless you push it WAY too far).

 

[JackBurton]

Let me put it to you this way...I built my friend a PII450 machine and have had it overclock to 558MHz ever since it was built. Now take into consideration that the PII450 maxed out at about 550-600MHz with 4ns L2 cache. His system has been running PERFECT ever since it was built and we are now going on 3 years! Maybe his system would only last 10yrs instead of 15yrs, but it doesn't matter because 558MHz in today's apps REALLY SUCKS! That is why he is upgrading to a 2.0GHz Northwood. And I'll probably overclock it to 2.4-2.6GHz for him. That should be good for another 3 years at least.

 

[Comp625]

Theorectically, the lifespan of an overclocked CPU is suppose to be shorter than a normal clocked CPU. But by the time the CPU is hypothetically suppose to die, it'll be time for a new CPU anyways.

 

[daveshel]

Overclocked CPUs become obsolete faster, because when you get a taste of performance, you become harder to satisfy.

Overclocking was supposed to hasten the transmigration, I think they called it, which was a physical change to the chip that would eventually render it useless. Then the heat can shorten the life of your board and other components.

 

[ElFenix]

overvolting can really harm your processor, and thats a pretty standard way to help out an overclock.

 

[sandorski]

It is more likely that a hard drive will die from overclocking than your cpu/ram or other purely electronic component. That depends on a number of factors though, such as how high you overclock or how high you push the voltage.