Overclocking

[resident37214]

put aside that overclocking generates more heat, how does it harm it in technical terms.

 

[Jen]

to much voltage it can shorten the life of the cpu


to much heat can as well



Jen

 

[AristoV300]

Well you are stressing the chip past it's spec'd speed. Usually the added vcore is the biggest killer of chips.

 

[jhurst]

You probably won't keep your current processor longer than 3 years anyways, so does a shortened life really harm anything? That shouldn't keep you from overclocking.