How far can I go and expect equipment to last during this timeframe?

[Thasp]

I have the hardware in my signature.

 

I have watercooling to the chipset, the gpu, the cpu, and a board that's fully heatsinked and fanned for mosfets/caps outside of what gets put on there.

 

Assuming I keep temperatures under the recommended maximums(50c chipset, 65c CPU, and warm-normal tothe touch mosfets on the board), what voltages can I expect to be able to run and have the CPU last another four-six months, and the board another nine?

 

Right now I run stock most of the time but when I do something important or tedious I bump it up to +0.2v MCH and FSB, 1.525 CPU, 3.85 GHz, DDR9**(forgot the exact number) and 4-4-4-12.

 

I noticed I'm not even going over 50c coretemp at full load so I know I can have more fun here. If I want approximately another year out of this, where should I be running things at?

 

I know there is no definitive voltages, but for amd64 venice cores, I remember there being some guidelines. 1.5v for moderate overclock, 1.65v for on the edge overclock, and past that is dead-cpu-very-soon overclock.

 

Is 1.525v on a C2D already passing that point? It can run a bit lower voltage at that speed but I often do try to ramp things up a little.

 

The fact that my board's BIOS, manual, or website doesn't tell me what voltages I'm adding onto when I select +0.1v or +0.2v only makes it harder for me to determine how hard I am frying things, or if I am at all.

[red930]

Personally I think those settings are completely safe to run, should easily be fine for 6 months.

 

Just got my DS3 yesterday so I'm playin with her right now - very easy board to play with, passed 9 hours Orthos at 430x8 1.425v DDR1075...might just leave it there since I'm coming off a stock 2.0GHz AM2.

[saint-francis]

This is a really interesting thread. I have been perusing a similar topic on other forums. I notice that my E6600 becomes exponentially more and more thirsty for voltage after about 375 - 380 fsb and I am seriously wondering at what point will this effect my cpu negatively. I would like to keep it for a while; several years at least. At the same time I would like to have the best overclock I can. When does the voltage really begin to take it's toll?

[3stars]

i think the voltage you can put through your cpu is directly related to the line of credit you have

[Jachyra007]

I think as long as you keep the volts and temps at reasonable levels, things can last a lot longer than 6 months. I had my old A64 3000+ at 1.55v and 2.5Ghz for almost a year, and am now working on oc'ing my new opty on the same board.

 

Seems to me that newer technology might be more tolerant of the extra stress, and as long as you know what you're doing, components would be able to last as long as you have no need to upgrade to new parts.

[green-man]

im sure ive written this before in a simular thread, but here goes.

 

if u can remove the wattage ure cpu produces @ its given o/c, cpu damage should'nt be an issue. but if ure cpu is giving off more wattage than its heatsink can remove then u'll start damaging ure cpu.

im pritty sure its because the current in the cpu will start jumping lanes. also i guess that there is other things that affect this, like how the cpu's IHS is bonded on & meterials used in the cpu. oh and of corse how good the block or sinks, but that all still goes back to the wattage again.

the only thing is how do u find out an o/ced cpu's wattage? & also what ure cooling is able to remove?.

 

ive seen sum tests on case's cooling abilty. the people who did the testing used a temp-controlled sealed chassis-testing chamber borrowed off intels engineering department. intel said to them that there tests should be run at an ambient temp of 35c, as stock pc kit needs to be able to handle worst-case scenario (ie geographic location & or cases location in a room).

this was back in may06, but it shows that a stock c2d with a stock heatsink should hav been tested by intel at that 35c temp.

that at least gives sum o/cing head room;) .

[3stars]

it's been writtern here that the life span is reduced buy a certin percentage(i'm not sure what it is so i wont speculate) for every .05 overvolt but the maths still left a fair lifespan for the componants. It's not just the removal of heat, at a certin point the overvolting starts to damage the silicon and therfor damage the mem controller.

[saint-francis]

it's been writtern here that the life span is reduced buy a certin percentage(i'm not sure what it is so i wont speculate) for every .05 overvolt but the maths still left a fair lifespan for the componants. It's not just the removal of heat, at a certin point the overvolting starts to damage the silicon and therfor damage the mem controller.

 

This is my point. As processors become smaller the transistors become smaller and (I assume) become more fragile. So wouldn't this mean that more voltage would fry these increasingly smaller and smaller components?

[MACarter02]

my inclination is that failure due to thermal fatigue will occur before any failure do to overvoltage.