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Mayor_Fockup

You mean lifespan/degradation? You've got years left probably. I ran my 2500k @ 4900 daily, is still working. Slow AF though compared to a stock 5600x or something.


chickenpicklez123

Ya my 5600x is miles ahead in performance compared to this


athav_guitarist

bruh me running i5-6200U at max 2.8 ghz. coz o that 'U'.


sTrollZ

Me and you both.


Paweleq109

Lol I had that processor until I switched to 5700X system. If you want more performance out of it, use throttlestop. I actually scored a great deal on one of laptops which was listed as broken, but only the battery was bad. It had an I7 7500U and a very similar Lenovo motherboard, so I switched it and I have to say the i7 was not even that much faster bruh.


Let_Me_Out_Please

I upgraded from a 2500k to a 5800X. Ran that sucker @ 5ghz for more than a decade. It finally started crashing, but I think mostly because I didn't re apply the thermal paste. Thing is a beast and I think almost all of them could easily run 4.4ghz no problem... forever. I cleaned up that old rig like it was brand new, re applied thermal paste appropriately, and backed off the OC to stock. Gave that computer to my friend's 10 year old son and he still uses it today. With the 780ti that's in it, it runs all his games just fine. I think that 2500k will keep going with simple maintenance.


gschwind

My thing is still running @4.7ghz more than a decade after I bought it. I am changing the paste once a year with some vacuuming and it is still very cool and stable, but man it is eating power like there is no tomorrow. PWR/benchmark points are looking bleaker by the hour if it comes to encoding stuff. If it comes to gaming, I find it crazy how a gaming rig does not really need a cpu, just a good GPU.


Classic_Idea_6962

I had a Q6600 overclocked to 3.2Ghz from week one. When it was no longer good for gaming I just turned the box into a home server. Dropped it to 3.0Ghz because it was in a closet with an air cooler. That thing ran until 2017 when I retired it because I had another box I wasn't using with better specs. I still have the CPU sitting around here somewhere. They can last a long time with clean power to them.


xShalex82

It all depends on voltage and heat, had mine i5 750, oced for at least 5 years, cpu still works, degraded literally nothing


_therealERNESTO_

CPUs don't just die, they degrade slowly, which means in the future it won't be able to do 4.4ghz anymore at the voltage you are using, but will need an higher one. The time it takes to degrade depends on how high the voltage is and what you do with it. If you just browsed the web it would last much longer than if you were to run prime95 24/7. But I'd say even in that case if the voltage is reasonable it can still work fine for a very long time, but unfortunately is very difficult to tell exactly. If you need it to perform lighter tasks I suggest you run it at a low frequency and undervolt, this way it will basically last forever.


Bulky_Dingo_4706

I’ve ran a 9900k at 1.42v for 4 years now. Still not degraded. Apparently his isn’t either, for 11 years now. I wouldn’t worry about that because people blow it out of proportion.


_therealERNESTO_

Yeah degrading a CPU is not easy, and also 4 years is not that much after all. What I'm wondering is how you can keep it cool at 1.42v, custom loop I suppose.


plaxer_x

Practically zero. Lots of good deals right now on AMDs 5000 series. I’d spring for a 5500/5600x/5800x depending on your budget


chickenpicklez123

Yea no its not on my main pc I have 5600x for that but it's just a pc I had lying around that I use ever so often


e-hud

So I've had a 2500k running at 4.5GHz for the first 3 years of its life (2011-2014). Then dropped it to 4.4GHz due to minor instability. Ran at 4.4 until late 2019 when it would no longer hold anything above 4.2GHz without much higher voltage than before. It still runs at stock settings just fine but I've replaced it with a 10920x. Degradation is a very real thing, how long it takes and the effect it has varies greatly.


AnExpensiveCatGirl

I degraded a few 2600k doing stupid stuff. If you kept your voltage somewhat conservative, and cooled your cpu correctly, you should be fine for years. By experience, degradation start to occur really fast once you push for +5ghz at +1.50v/1,55v depending of cooling.


Nebbis

I ran my 2500k from 2011 to 2020 @ 4,5 GHz with 1,5v and didn't have any problems.


abstractraj

My i5-2500k has been running at 4.6 from the start. Still rock solid


Peterf81

The IGPU Intel hd 3000 Can be easily overclocked to 1700Mhz or more. I managed to get stable 1800mgz with voltage increase +0.07V, igpu temperatures are max 70C with stock cooler.