> Of course overclocking means more stress for the processor.
This is of course correct, but it usually is only an issue if you
overclock components that weren't built for that frequency.
As Mr. PCBMan correctly pointed out, processors usually
are tested and labeled with the highest frequency at which
they operate reliably. In other words, a 100 MHz component might
have been cut from the very same die as a 200 MHz component,
it just didn't perform reliably at this frequency. But
heat-dissipation-wise it was built to work at that frequency.
If this wasn't so, there would have to be different values for the
mtbf (mean time between failure) for different operating frequencies
of a processor, and as yet I haven't seen this in any datasheet.
> And a main factor is - to what extent you do the overclocking.
> You might be lucky and the processor will do the job a life long.
> But there is a certain risk that you are unlucky.
This is correct. But this is normally because the processor won't work
at that frequency, not because it dissipates more heat due to the increased
clock frequency.
Frank
Newton hardware and software at http://www.pda-soft.de
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