Overclocking and warranty

[ghem]

I'm thinking about getting a new cpu (Athlon XP 1800), and was leaning towards the retail version since it has a 3 year warranty for a few bucks more. If I ever decided to overclock it, though, would it void the warranty?

One thing that caught my eye was that the warranty is automatically voided if you put a different heatsink or fan on than is provided. I would assume this automatically rules out raising the multiplier for cooling reasons (the provided heatsink not being adequate), but what about raising the FSB frequency?

If you can't already tell, I'm new to overclocking, which is why I I'm not sure what kind of a heat increase from the processor results from raising the FSB speed. Would this also be a way to get around voiding the warranty on the processor from overclocking?

If it's apparent I have no idea what I'm talking about, please feel free to correct me..

 

[dysangel]

I went to the AMD conference in Orlando. When one of the mobo makers, MSI?, was talking about the OCing abilities of their latest board, the girl from AMD had a fit and made sure that everyone understood that OCing voids warranties. And it is totally at their, AMD's, discretion.

 

[dysangel]

They also made a big deal out of their new packaging and longer warranties. Who has the same chip they had three years ago? If I run the risk of torching a chip, I'm going to get it for the cheapest price I can. Although that new packaging IS attractive, I'll bet the guy that picks up the recycling is impressed! LOL

 

[Richardito]

The bad thing about the XP is that superglue has to be used in the unlocking process. This makes it obvious that you tampered with the CPU and they will void the warranty. If you had a Morgan Duron you could still use the pencil trick to unlock it and if it dies you can 'erase' the traces and send it back. Of course, I do not condone this practice. The warranty is pretty useless since CPU's are extremelly reliable and rarely break down on their own. Just get the OEM version and invest some money on a good HS and unlock it. I am able to run my XP 1800+ from 1.53GHz to 1720MHz. This speed is almost the same as the XP 2100+, for just a fraction of the cost.