Long term damage.

[avi85]

If I OC an A64-3200+ from 2000Mhz to about 2500Mhz at 1.45v what is known about long term results, and I don't mean in a year and a half, I'm talking about 6 years from now when this machine will be in my basement as a fileserver or something.

Will it just die after 3-4 years (or maybe more? less? who knows???)

Your thoughts please

 

[PingSpike]

All processors are slowly dying while they are running. Overclocked ones are dying less slowly.

 

[Xcobra]

i guess what he is trying to say is that there is no certain way of knowing when your cpu will "die", but look at it this way, if you OC it, youll probably end up selling it way before it "dies"...

 

[robertk2012]

Originally posted by: avi85
If I OC an A64-3200+ from 2000Mhz to about 2500Mhz at 1.45v what is known about long term results, and I don't mean in a year and a half, I'm talking about 6 years from now when this machine will be in my basement as a fileserver or something.

Will it just die after 3-4 years (or maybe more? less? who knows???)

Your thoughts please

CPUs life is suppose to average 10 years. Some will do more some will do less. Overclocking with no increase in temperatures or voltage will have very little effect on the lifespan. Increases in temperature decrease the lifespan linearly so that each increase in temp basically has the same effect on the life. Voltage decreases the lifespan exponetially. So that first .1 volts might only take 2 years off the life but that second .1 will take an additional 4 years. Those are made up numbers but are probably pretty close.

 

[HJustin]

I once sprained my knee overclocking a Celeron. It felt better in a few days...not what I'd call "long term damage".

 

[soydios]

An increase in temperature decreases the lifespan of the processor. I don't know how or by how much.
An increase in voltage decrease the lifespan of the processor via "electromigration." My general idea of "electromigration" is that the increased power pushes the atoms in the wires inside the CPU around (keep in mind these wires are nanometers in diameter). This weakens the wires, which eventually break. Correct me if I'm wrong.

In short, overclocking your CPU does decrease its lifespan. Again, I'm not sure by how much.

 

[Kakumba]

not by much at all. unless you are extreme overclocking, it will likely still be going in 6-8 years..... dmens has made some real interesting posts, there was a big thread on this a while back, discussing whether heat or voltage kills a CPU faster. and as was said then, there are only a few people on this forum truly qualified to say. dmens is one of them...

 

[Unkno]

Yes, there was a huge thread. It was stated that voltage decreases the lifespan of a cpu most, second is the increased speed it is running, and lastly, the temperature increase. It was also said that today's modern cpus would barely die of electronmigration (which is contributed with increased voltages).

 

[Kakumba]

yes, but remember that extreme temps will kill just as effectively as extreme voltage.

 

[HardWarrior]

Accelerated electron migration would be the primary problem with extreme overclocking, I think.