Overclocking Potentials -vs- Hardware Life

[foodfightr]

Can you guys give me some idea on what I can expect to overclock this chip to on a DFI LanParty SLi-DR and what I'm looking at in respect to how long the hardware will last?

• Minor Overclocking / Tweaking
• Moderate Overclocking
• Heavy Overclocking
• Insane Overclocking (Phase, etc.)

Assume I can keep the temperature in the normal range of acceptable PC temperatures.

 

[Guy Gadbois]

Well, I got mine to 2.5 GHz with the stock HSF, temps were 46C/58C (idle/load). After installing the Typhoon HSF my temps dropped to 42C/49C.

Given the fact that most people end up with new PC's every 4-5 years, I'm sure even an OC'ed CPU will last you at least that long, if not longer.

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AMD Athlon X2 3800+ (@ 2.5 GHz - 10 x 250MHz FSB, 4x multi)
Thermaltake Big Typhoon HSF
Asus A8V Deluxe - Bios 1014
1 GB PQI Turbo PC3200 and 512MB Ultra PC3200 (w/DDR333 mem divider)
eVGA GeForce FX 5200 - 128MB
120GB WD SATA - 2nd drive is 160GB WD PATA
Windows XP Pro

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