C'n'Q/SpeedStep to stress the CPU?

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I heared somewhere that C'n'Q/SpeedStep transitions with their frequent voltage and frequency changes put added stress on the CPU. True? Does it affect EM or mechanical aging in some way?
 

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I heared somewhere that C'n'Q/SpeedStep transitions with their frequent voltage and frequency changes put added stress on the CPU. True? Does it affect EM or mechanical aging in some way?

I dont think it would, or they wouldnt of made it
 

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I understand, it's just like wusy said, like for a car. However, my 3000+ is not going to live longer because the ASUS board kills it with 1.50V on load and 1.20V idle instead of 1.35/1.10 :lol:
 

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So you're saying that the bios 'decides' vcore, not the chipset?! I thought it was the chipset to do it (K8M800 family in my case). I have even heared that some boards add a margin on the stock vcore, kind of security from electromagnetic noise .
It must be the case with my board because I can not explain why it gives (on load and bios startup) 1.50v on the CPU; I have tested it undervolted to 1.25V even for 6 hours of rendering, where there were 33°C in my room and worked just fine... and 6°C cooler then on 1.50V.
My 3000+ could be a great OC-er but with this board :roll:
It only freezed once after tree 5-hour rendering sessions but it was on 1.15-1.20V and OC-ed @ 2.0Ghz but it could also have hapened in normal conditions.
 

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Thanks for the advice; I had touched it but never thought seriously. Yuo're right, but the problem is one and simple: I don't live in the USA or anywhere else where I can sell it online. I'll just look around for a decent board to allow me squeeze 2.4-2.6G out of it. I'll be happy with that because I don't want to spend on a good cooler for the moment.
 

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Even a low-tech country like NZ we have TradeMe.co.nz, nothing similar at where you live?
Or even if you don't sell that VIA board and just spend ~US$75, I think that price for what you'll be able to get out of that 3000+ is justified.

Oh and in case no-one has told you yet, I push for extreme levels of performance/$ and nicknamed as "Forum Cheap Arse" in the past. :wink:
(Hence overclocking and brand loyalty bashing are my special powers)
:D Agree; I am forced to a high performance/$ because with these prices I can start thinking of a new build after a year. Don't call NZ a low tech country man because I live in A L B A N I A. Here the prices are 2x-3x higher than US and what you approximate to $75 is no lower than $150 here. Maybe I wait for some relative from US coming here for the new year (that's how I got my current build) but that would be too late anyway and I'll rather get a X2 3800+ for $150 at that time.
Guess I am just cursed with this board and it's 20% OC for now :cry: