I7-990x Overclocking - Good or Bad?

tjernagel · Oct 23, 2013

I am able to overclock the I7-990x to 4.4. I run a water cooled system and do not see any failures or the bluescreen of death. While running a burn in program (Prime95) the hottest the cores get is around 70 degrees C.

Since the temperature is being controlled is there any other issues I need to concern myself with overclocking this high?

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a603/Tjernagel/CoreTemp_zps44a8ae38.jpg

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ewok93 · Oct 27, 2013

You may reduce the life of it, but generally you won't wear it out before you replace it. You should be fine, congrats on a good overclock.