Hi there fellow overclockers,
My last overcloked CPU failed after 6 months being used at 4.2 ghz @ vCore 1.300 and temps not going higher than 60-65c under load (rendering, Bf3, etc.). Such a disappointment.
I got a replacement chip a few days ago, and just primed the cpu for 12 hours at the same 4.2ghz but a little lower vcore - 1.280. Temps not going higher than 60c on load (being at 70c on blend95).
But the thing is - I am now afraid to overclock even this little, knowing that my previous chip perhaps was a bit weak, cause it managed only to live up to half a year. How do I know I didnt get a weak one again? How common are such weak cpu's and what would a lifespan for such an overclock should really last? A year? 2 years? 5 years?
p.s.: is it O.K. to use manual vcore, like mine 1.280 and use intel speed stepping, so when it steps down to 1.6 ghz, it still feeds the cpu this whole v1.280. Does this degrade a cpu faster than usual? Or it doesnt matter?
Thank you for your answers,
Fellow average overclocker.
My last overcloked CPU failed after 6 months being used at 4.2 ghz @ vCore 1.300 and temps not going higher than 60-65c under load (rendering, Bf3, etc.). Such a disappointment.
I got a replacement chip a few days ago, and just primed the cpu for 12 hours at the same 4.2ghz but a little lower vcore - 1.280. Temps not going higher than 60c on load (being at 70c on blend95).
But the thing is - I am now afraid to overclock even this little, knowing that my previous chip perhaps was a bit weak, cause it managed only to live up to half a year. How do I know I didnt get a weak one again? How common are such weak cpu's and what would a lifespan for such an overclock should really last? A year? 2 years? 5 years?
p.s.: is it O.K. to use manual vcore, like mine 1.280 and use intel speed stepping, so when it steps down to 1.6 ghz, it still feeds the cpu this whole v1.280. Does this degrade a cpu faster than usual? Or it doesnt matter?
Thank you for your answers,
Fellow average overclocker.
