Should I limit my CPU overclock

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I have an asus x299-e motherboard with an i7-7820x. When I first installed the CPU, the default motherboard BIOS settings were to automatically overclock the CPU.

The problem is when looking at HWMonitor and leaving it to run for a few hours, I see the max overclock for at least 7 of the cores being more than 14000MHz (14GHz) even though the stock clock is 3.6GHz. The temperatures stay around 50-60 degrees and this happens at around 90-100%.

I am worried that this will shorten the lifespan of my CPU drastically because I am planning to keep using the CPU for 5-6 years still and I only bought it a month or so ago. Should I be concerned by the core frequency going this high and if so how do I limit the overclock to a particular maximum frequency?
 
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First off the software is wrong. 14Ghz isn't possible even on LN2. Second, while yes overclocking will shorten the CPU life but in 5-6 years the CPU will be worthless anyways. Eventually before it dies, the overclock will become unstable and than stock speeds will do the same. Keep it within the safe voltage limits and the CPU will last 10+ years overclocked.

I know some people with i7 920 still overclocked and those work perfectly fine after 6+ years. Heat and Voltage plays a big role in how long the CPU will last.
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dont leave your cpu overclocked at all times (rest in peace fx 9590) as that damages it long term. what you want to do is benchmark to test stable clock speeds and also make sure you have it in a safe voltage range. i dont know the exact specs for overclocking on that exact cpu so that you would have to look up
 
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First off the software is wrong. 14Ghz isn't possible even on LN2. Second, while yes overclocking will shorten the CPU life but in 5-6 years the CPU will be worthless anyways. Eventually before it dies, the overclock will become unstable and than stock speeds will do the same. Keep it within the safe voltage limits and the CPU will last 10+ years overclocked.

I know some people with i7 920 still overclocked and those work perfectly fine after 6+ years. Heat and Voltage plays a big role in how long the CPU will last.
 
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how the heck did i miss the 14ghz...
 
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You were just tired is all! XD
What I'd like to know is how the OP's motherboard was automatically set to overclock that high - I have the same cpu, but an x299 Prime Deluxe instead - and mine wasn't set to auto OC... I'd at least need to go to the EZ tune menu to do that.
At OP: Did you get this from someone else? Because if it's really set THAT high(as a prank?), it should've self-destructed and taken your room down with it...
 
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Not one prayer of that being accurate....akin to having accurate voting totals in California,...just not happening. :)

EIther your sensor is bad, or , software for monitoring temps/frequencies is bad/not updated for X299....

 
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