Can you permanently damage hardware with overclocking?

[SteveSmith1980]

I will attempt to seriously overclock my old Pentium 4. I have never tinkered with things like voltages before. Can I permanently damage my hardware by doing this? Are the risks high?

 

[christop]

yes you can fry your cpu.. Just don't go crazy.. And don't push hard if you are using your stock heatsink.

 

[jsc]

Old P4's are typically not real good overclockers. And they aren't like Intel's newer chips that will shut themselves down when they start getting hot.