How long will an opteron 165/170 live at 2.6ghz?

[Maximilian]

CPU's all die eventually, can someone guesstimate how long it would live? 5 years? Assume it has decent cooling and the voltage is stock.

 

[saltedeggman]

thumb of rule, longer than you want it to...

if you have proper cooling and temps are well within spec

 

[Megatomic]

If the voltage is at stock speed and the chip is well cooled, then the lifetime of the chip should not be affected. If it was going to live for 10 years, it should still live for 10 years overclocked.

Voltage and heat are the key parameters that will shorten the lifetime of a CPU.

 

[Maximilian]

Awsome :thumbsup:

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

By the time it dies, it'll be really outdated anyways, so don't worry about it.

 

[mountcarlmore]

ive never even seen a cpu fail. ive played around with 386s in the computer shop a few weeks ago, and the cpu is fine, when half the controllers on the mobo have failed.

 

[5t3v0]

Is not true that increasing frequency is harmless to the cpu. Read this thread, particularly the posts by pm. What he says is that providing your temps arent off the scale, the order of what damages your chip most is voltage >> MHz > heat. So even if your temps are at a comfortable 45-50C but your voltage or MHz are above stock, then the damage to your cpu is still being accelerated. Sadly there's not a magic formula to calculate the mean time to failure, but what pm does say is that there is an exponential reduction in operating lifetime with increases in voltage, but only a linear reduction with increases in heat and MHz. Of course, as has already been said, the life of an oveclocked chip is still more than most enthusiast users will need it for, so dont worry about it.

 

[Maximilian]

Yea, i remember that thread, good stuff. Put it in favourites for reassurance later on. As long as my new opty 165/170 can last 2 maybe 3 years @ FX-60 speeds then im satisfied and according to that thread it probably will.

 

[Painman]

My brother in law is finally retiring a PIII 700 I overclocked to 933 almost six years ago. It ran @ that OC on stock volts with a good heatsink, and it isn't dead, it's just too slow for his needs now. I think that makes a good example for ya...

 

[nealh]

If you are at stock and temps do not change much..I doubt there would be much if any affect on 165@2.6

 

[TigerClaw27]

My dual 300A server oc'd to 450 died just a few months ago, but i think the chips are still fine, just the motherboard gave out (only detects one CPU, and boots only 50% of the time). Still i got nearly 8 years out of it, the CPU fans failed about 3 times, causing the CPU temperatures to rocket over 80C (and i didnt always notice right away). I think it was running at 2.2V so 10% over stock Vcore, but not really sure. I had another 300A @ 450 running in a browsing station was just replaced with a Celeron 533 OC'd to 800, just because it was getting slow, not because it failed.

Anyone have any ideas on what to do with these 300As? I'm thinking keychains

 

[imported_miahallen]

Originally posted by: Soviet
CPU's all die eventually, can someone guesstimate how long it would live? 5 years? Assume it has decent cooling and the voltage is stock.

You look at TigerClaw's sig and notice he's OC'ed & undervolted...this will most likely increase the life of the chip as voltage plays the biggest role in damage.

 

[Painman]

Originally posted by: TigerClaw27
Anyone have any ideas on what to do with these 300As? I'm thinking keychains

Mine is on display in my little Hall of Fame, and looking quite resplendent attached to an Alpha P3125 with dual YS Tech 60x38mm. I could get around 525 out of the damn thing. How could I ever keychain such a champ?

 

[TrevorRC]

Originally posted by: TigerClaw27
My dual 300A server oc'd to 450 died just a few months ago, but i think the chips are still fine, just the motherboard gave out (only detects one CPU, and boots only 50% of the time). Still i got nearly 8 years out of it, the CPU fans failed about 3 times, causing the CPU temperatures to rocket over 80C (and i didnt always notice right away). I think it was running at 2.2V so 10% over stock Vcore, but not really sure. I had another 300A @ 450 running in a browsing station was just replaced with a Celeron 533 OC'd to 800, just because it was getting slow, not because it failed.

Anyone have any ideas on what to do with these 300As? I'm thinking keychains

eBay them People are paying near 200 for old XPs, imagine what you'd get.