OC'ed E6700 lifespan longer than E6600?

[lukx]

I never was to OC but from what I see maybe it's time to change my mind . Anyway my question is. Do you think that E6700 because it has higher clock, he's lifespan when OC'ing might be longer that OC'ed E6600?

 

[keeleysam]

No.

 

[DrMrLordX]

It's hard to say. None of these chips will likely have significantly lowered lifespans unless you really crank the vcore. The E6600 could be thought of as having a shorter lifespan due to the fact that lots of E6600 chips out there seem to need more volts for good ~3.6ghz overclocks than the E6700 needs. The multiplier just doesn't seem to be the issue, it's probably more related to binning than anything else.

 

[n7]

No.

 

[DJ Mike]

I'm undervolting my E6600 to 1.225V from my Asus board's default of 1.325V - and I currently have it overclocked to a 300FSB. Somehow I'll be amazed if I've shortened the lifespan doing that ;-)

 

[Bobthelost]

Short answer is No. Long answer is, any increase in lifespan will be insiginifcant compared to the increased capital cost at time of purchase.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Undervolting won't reduce the lifespan of any chip so far as I know.