When will this processor die, or will it?

[scryer_360]

I have an E4300 that has been running at 2.4 gigahertz for the past two years. Its been solid the whole time, and with such a mild overclock (from 1.8 to 2.4, only a 66 megahertz FSB increase on a chip which was originally just a clocked down to 200 from 266), its not wonder why the processor has been going so strong. The processor is on a Gigabyte P965 board.

And all I had to do was increase the voltage by very little. In fact, I might be able to pull it off with no increase, but I have no desire to change the settings and possibly affect stability.

Originally, I built this believing it'd only last two years. Well, now its that time. How long do you think this processor will keep chugging along, or with such a mild OC (and really, its to the settings the chip was before Intel clocked down the batch), will it keep going for a lot longer?

And what are the symptoms of a dying CPU? Should I expect there to be some warning signs, or will it just turn up dead one morning?

 

[GhislainG]

It should work for longer than you want to keep it. The only warning sign, if any, would be that it no longer works when overclocked. I've never seen a CPU die when the voltage has not been increased or when it has been increased very little.

 

[dragonsprayer]

if you crank i mean CRANK THE VOLTAGE TO 1.45v

your cpu will last around 7 (plus 3 or minus 1 years) years at 24/7 operation as in a server

as you go to 1.5v it will fall to my guess of 4-6 years

the new hafnium gated cpus's, the 45nm, are very unknown

but... heck a an e8400 has gone from $250 to $170 in 5 years it be $25

over volt it! keep it under 1.47v at full out put