TTU wrote

r00t wrote No overclock within reason will noticeably shorten the life of your CPU and nobody knows how your CPU can overclock. The CPU will be old and useless before it ever comes close to failing, but over the years, it may not handle overclocks as well as it was when it was new. Make sure you're doing it right, though. This guide is simple enough and applies to 1150 as well as 1155.

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Thank you! I went from a 4.2 GHz overclock to a 4.0 due to core temps, but when I get a better cooling system, I can happily reach a 4.8!

Reach for the stars, my friend. Haswell on 4.8GHz, perhaps on a fully built loop with at the very least a 240 rad.

MichaelBay wrote

TTU wrote

r00t wrote No overclock within reason will noticeably shorten the life of your CPU and nobody knows how your CPU can overclock. The CPU will be old and useless before it ever comes close to failing, but over the years, it may not handle overclocks as well as it was when it was new. Make sure you're doing it right, though. This guide is simple enough and applies to 1150 as well as 1155.

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Thank you! I went from a 4.2 GHz overclock to a 4.0 due to core temps, but when I get a better cooling system, I can happily reach a 4.8!

Reach for the stars, my friend. Haswell on 4.8GHz, perhaps on a fully built loop with at the very least a 240 rad.

r00t had done i5 3570k with 4.8 on air. So the fully built loop isnt really necessary as both of them cpu's run very similar temps.

LN2 wrote

MichaelBay wrote

TTU wrote

r00t wrote No overclock within reason will noticeably shorten the life of your CPU and nobody knows how your CPU can overclock. The CPU will be old and useless before it ever comes close to failing, but over the years, it may not handle overclocks as well as it was when it was new. Make sure you're doing it right, though. This guide is simple enough and applies to 1150 as well as 1155.

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Thank you! I went from a 4.2 GHz overclock to a 4.0 due to core temps, but when I get a better cooling system, I can happily reach a 4.8!

Reach for the stars, my friend. Haswell on 4.8GHz, perhaps on a fully built loop with at the very least a 240 rad.

r00t had done i5 3570k with 4.8 on air. So the fully built loop isnt really necessary as both of them cpu's run very similar temps.

You forget he did that on ivy bridge which overclocks quite a bit better than haswell.