A few overclocking questions

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Ryarwood99

Ryarwood99

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First off, this is my build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($167.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($50.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($154.47 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($105.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $970.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It is basically what I've purchased over the years as things have gone wrong, things release/ go on sale, and I gave most of the last set of parts to my brother as a gift, anyway the point is I already own these so please don't tell me about how I should have gotten this or done that.

Anyways I was wondering how much of a performance gain I could see from overclocking possibly both my GPU and CPU.

I know my case isn't the best for this but what are you gonna do. Also how much life span would my parts lose from a solid overclock

Currently I use the Asus default performance OC because I've always bought cheap motherboards so it was cool to see that.
 
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The i7 can be expected to reach 4.5GHz with little voltage adjustment. 4.6GHz should be attainable on most. 4.7+ will depend on cooling and silicon lottery.
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StoneyCashew

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Hello, you have some tough questions here, but I will hopefully answer them in the best way possible.

So for the first question on the performance gain, it all depends on your cooling, electric flow, and what everything can handle (no part is the same). The cooling and electric current are the most important, so you can theoretically say possibly 20% increase?

Second question, the life span is up in the air as well, but it does theoretically deteriorate the parts. Depending on how hard your constantly pushing the system past the normal threshold the more wear and tear it will ensue. Also remember once you overclock any part in this system you loose any warranty on any of the parts so I'm just making sure you know this as well.

Don't forget to up-vote and good luck on your endeavors!
 
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Ryarwood99

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I didn't know if you could give me an average people see with the parts that I have, also I have never had an experience where the warranty did what it claims so I'm not really worried about that.
If you could just point me in the right direction, that'd be greatly appreciated
 
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