Is there any risks ?These are
the risk that there are if you decide to overclock your computer. There is probably some
other things that has happend but these are the most common ones.
- Your CPU could be damaged by 'electromigration'.
Electromigration takes place on the actual silicon chip of your CPU in areas which operate
at a very high temperature, and can cause permanent damage to the chip. CPUs are designed
to run at temperatures between -25 and 80 degrees Celsius. Electromigration does not
immediately damage your chip. It is a slow process, which more or less shortens the life
span of a CPU running at a very high temperature. A normal CPU is meant to live for about
10 years. If you want to be kept free from this electromigration scare, you have to do as
much as possible to cool the CPU. These terms don't necessarily apply for Cyrix, IBM, and
AMD CPUs. Because of the already high rate of heat production at their original clock
rate, you must work extra hard to keep them cool in overclocked conditions. There`s also
the risk that your motherboard will stop working. I have never heard about a cpu from
intel that want to the garbage bin after overclocking but I have heard of several cpu`s
from AMD and Cyrix that went that way. Even a few motherboards has gone that way.
How do I overclock my computer?
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