Overclocking question....

[Petiot]

I read somewhere that when you overclock the CPU, or GPU, that you cut the lifespan of it. I was just wondering if this is true. I was thinking about overclocking my p4 2.6 and my 9800np, but if it makes the lifespan shorter I don't want to do it. Thanks

 

[Monoman]

from my experience, I have a 5 year old processor at a %50 overclock.

it still works fine so no worries. I am not saying the newer ones are as good but generally the number I have heard is around 5 years with EXTREME overclocking no worries bro!

Mitch

 

[egale]

Overclocking will shorten the lifespan of the components but they will become horribly outdated before they wear out. In a couple of years, your system will be a dinosaur and you will be thinking about replacing it but your components will still be working.

 

[spclwpns]

You'll never notice the differance unless compared side by side. I had 3 identical systems. 1 was never overclocked, 1 was moderately & 1 was always o/ced. BE6-II's/300a's.
I got bored 1 day and switched cpu's thru 1 of the systems. The one never o/ced still had very good image quality after 3 years. The 1 moderately, showed only a 'fair' image quality & the 1 always o/ced had me making up my mind that I would in fact replace my cpu every year. The very poor image quality 'shocked' me, but again, it was only noticeable side by side but it WAS ugly.
jme

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: spclwpns
You'll never notice the differance unless compared side by side. I had 3 identical systems. 1 was never overclocked, 1 was moderately & 1 was always o/ced. BE6-II's/300a's.
I got bored 1 day and switched cpu's thru 1 of the systems. The one never o/ced still had very good image quality after 3 years. The 1 moderately, showed only a 'fair' image quality & the 1 always o/ced had me making up my mind that I would in fact replace my cpu every year. The very poor image quality 'shocked' me, but again, it was only noticeable side by side but it WAS ugly.
jme

processors have image quality?

 

[spclwpns]

I quess they have no part in producing one, do they ?