Does Overclocking also affects Turbo Boost?

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Intel i5 4690k's Stock speed is 3.5ghz and Turbo speed is 3.9Ghz.
Lets say I have overclocked it to 4.0 or 3.9ghz.
Does that mean the turbo boost will be increase (From 4.0 to 4.4 or From 3.9 to 4.3)?
 
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I'd suggest, for that Haswell Refresh chip that's going to bring the heat when overclocked, shooting for maybe 4-4.5Ghz and using something like this:

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But what cooler you go with depends a lot on what case you have or will be using too. Some cases don't support liquid cooling or tall air coolers. Some don't have good RAM clearance either so if you have tall memory heatsinks that's another consideration.
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No, in reality you should turn the turbo features off if you configure a manual overclock as it will not allow you to correctly configure your chips stability. Voltage and multiplier settings will be adversely affected by allowing turbo features to remain enabled alongside a manual overclock. You'll never be able to correctly "tune" your overclock settings and determining stability will be nearly impossible.

We generally recommend either leaving the default turbo settings alone or configuring the overclock manually, not both. Even so, if you did overclock and leave turbo features enabled, they would still stay the same as they are so it's kind of pointless. Turbo settings can be tweaked as well, but it's a poor way to gain performance as your voltage and multiplier will be all over the place.
 
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As long as the temperatures are kept within acceptable levels and the processor is stable, it should last just as long as one at stock settings. Excessive temperatures due to overvoltage are what kill processors, not overclocking. Get a very good CPU cooler and keep your overclock within realistic levels and it will last far longer than it's usefulness will probably last. I've got customers with rigs I built and overclocked eight years ago that are still running fine, if somewhat slow compared to todays hardware.
 
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I'd suggest, for that Haswell Refresh chip that's going to bring the heat when overclocked, shooting for maybe 4-4.5Ghz and using something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.29 @ NCIX US)
Total: $69.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-01 03:24 EDT-0400


But what cooler you go with depends a lot on what case you have or will be using too. Some cases don't support liquid cooling or tall air coolers. Some don't have good RAM clearance either so if you have tall memory heatsinks that's another consideration.
 
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