Overclocking Pentium G3258 on stock cooler?

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I am wondering what the safest overclock with the stock intel cooler on the G3258 would be with it still lasting at least a couple years. The motherboard I am using is a gigabyte z97-d3h and I have a 600 watt PSU so power shouldn't be a problem, especially since my gpu is only a 750 Ti. I do not need an insane overclock, that's not what I am asking for here either.
 
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I have recently overclocked a couple of G3258s, with a burn-in limit of 80C using Prime95 26.6 for 24 hours, giving a normal full-power temperature in the mid 70s. One CPU got to 4.2Ghz, the other 4.5Ghz.

Tea urchin is suggesting that you will quickly outgrow the CPU, so after 18 months, its life-expectancy will not matter much. At 1.3V or less and 75C, it will last of many years (many of them with someone else) :)
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You stated "outlook on life expectancy will change very quickly to be honest" is that meaning the cpu will die within 18 months or that I will upgrade within 18 months? Because I am already planning to upgrade in about two months.
 
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I have recently overclocked a couple of G3258s, with a burn-in limit of 80C using Prime95 26.6 for 24 hours, giving a normal full-power temperature in the mid 70s. One CPU got to 4.2Ghz, the other 4.5Ghz.

Tea urchin is suggesting that you will quickly outgrow the CPU, so after 18 months, its life-expectancy will not matter much. At 1.3V or less and 75C, it will last of many years (many of them with someone else) :)
 
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