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Why Overclock?

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Anyway.. it just depends on the type of person you are and whether you care if it might shorten the lifespan of your CPU from 5yrs to 3yrs or something like that. There's no guarantee that non-overclocked cpu you're currently running is going to live out it's life expectancy.. and neither is there a guarantee that overclocking WILL shorten the lifespan. As long as you're careful doing it and make sure you're using proper cooling (heat is the #1 killer, as I'm sure you've read many other places), you should be fine.

Servers, on the other hand.. well, I think I'll hold myself back and not overclock them =) >>



Does anybody know what is Intel's warranty for CPU lifespan?
 


<< edit... because we can overclock our 1000mhz athlon AXIA to 1420mhz. all this almost a year and counting.

i'd say a 42% increase is very noticable. it's not the 50% + overclock poeple used to get with the celeron 300's, but.


in the end if your gonna diss on overclocking you should just stick with your p2 400 and 64mb cus thats all you "need" to do any word/web/non gaming sheet. >>



I would not say that. Speed is enjoyable and everybody wants it. That's what fast cars are for, and super sonic air planes. Living with a PII-233 at home, one will need much more than a PII-400 to get through daily tasks now.
 
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