Should I overclock and how much is safe?

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Here is my current (but old) system:
AMD Phenom 9850 BE
XIGMATEK LOKI SD963 92mm HYPRO Bearing CPU Cooler
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 Motherboard
G. SKILL 4 GB UDIMM 800 MHz PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-550VX 550W
MSI Radeon HD 5770

Trying to squeeze a bit more life out of this system. Any advice??
 
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That's an 8-9 year old build? I wouldn't dare risk killing it with an overclock. It has served you with a long life. If you want to extend its life, keep it at stock speed and do not put any additional overclock stress on it. Further to the point, on such an old chipset, for today's apps/games you won't notice any real improvement. Same with your video card for that matter. The architecture is just too old to take advantage of what today's software and games are designed to utilize.

I still have an eight year old Intel Core 2 Duo build from 2009 I used to overclock for gaming but returned it to stock long ago for life extension as a basic PC. It still serves me well for basic duty. At some point, you have to realize it's time to...
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That's an 8-9 year old build? I wouldn't dare risk killing it with an overclock. It has served you with a long life. If you want to extend its life, keep it at stock speed and do not put any additional overclock stress on it. Further to the point, on such an old chipset, for today's apps/games you won't notice any real improvement. Same with your video card for that matter. The architecture is just too old to take advantage of what today's software and games are designed to utilize.

I still have an eight year old Intel Core 2 Duo build from 2009 I used to overclock for gaming but returned it to stock long ago for life extension as a basic PC. It still serves me well for basic duty. At some point, you have to realize it's time to upgrade.

Fortunately over the years since the mid-00s we don't have to upgrade as much as we used to in order to keep up with the latest games. My six year old Sandy Bridge i5 2500K still serves well as a gaming rig (I only upgraded to an i5 4690K build after the 2500K motherboard died which I later found another motherboard for and brought back to life).
 
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