Does overclocking without voltage increase degrade your cpu

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I'm at 4.0GHz on my i7 2600k with stock voltage (1.20)
I would like to know if it's the voltage increase that decreases the life of your cpu ?
 
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yes. increasing voltage increases wear on the lanes the electrons travel down. eventually they will wear through into adjoining lanes causing electron leakage and soon after the cpu will fail.
staying on stock volts will cause wear but at a much slower rate.
iv'e been running my i7 920 at 3.6ghz on stock volts for over 5 years and theres still no sign of instability.
it may not be the fastest oc but its enough to keep the cpu relevant for gaming.
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yes. increasing voltage increases wear on the lanes the electrons travel down. eventually they will wear through into adjoining lanes causing electron leakage and soon after the cpu will fail.
staying on stock volts will cause wear but at a much slower rate.
iv'e been running my i7 920 at 3.6ghz on stock volts for over 5 years and theres still no sign of instability.
it may not be the fastest oc but its enough to keep the cpu relevant for gaming.
 
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Thanks guys, I knkw heat is what does it, but I wanted to know if increasing yhe ghz with out increasing voltage has a simliar effect ?

Does the voltage increase rule still apply if I have great cooling ?
Im at 4.2GHz with 1.230Vcore and my temps are around 30c idle and 45c-50c under basic use.
65c-70c under a max burn test.
 
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I edit videos and when I play 4v4 in Starcraft 2, the game fps drops are horrible and I wanted to learn about overclocking.
I enjoy tuning things... Cars and PC's...
I got hits cpu and mobo for a $100 and even though it's a second gen i7, it's blowing my amd FX 4130 out of the water.
It's my first intel cpu and I love it !!!
Thanks for your help.
 
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eventually? no mate you will get an increase in heat straight away. your causing the transistors to flip at an increased speed which itself creates more heat. as the switch has less time to cool between switches.

its the laws of thermal dynamics mate.








 
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The eventually wasnt meant to be taken literally, increasing frequency increases heat, like i said. I meant even if your sensors dont see the heat such that a monitor can display the change... its still there. I.e. increasing fsb by 1. You may or may not see it, its there, but the monitor might not be able to display that thermal difference..
 
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So even if I m able to keep the temps down, the higher voltage will still wear through the channels, causing my cpu to die faster ?
That's what I'm a little confused about.
It's seems to be all about heat, yet I hear a lot of people talk like they are still worried about overclocking because of the risk. If you have good cooling in place, what's the problem ?
 
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yes, eventually. the higher the voltage the less time it will take to start leaking. it will take less time with higher voltages than it will with increased clock speeds but both will degrade the silicone over time.
but thats not to say it will happen any time soon. typically you can run a 20% oc with no negative impact for the life of the cpu (5-6 years).

i cant be much more vague than that because its real science taking place on an atomic level, and while i might understand whats going on im dyslexic and cant effectively put it into words.

but if a real scientist wants to continue this with you then FEEL FREE!.

 
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