qualifier:
selling/supporting/warranting overclocked systems for 17 yrs
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when done right there is absolutely NO negative to it period end of story.
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not done right can be a major issue.
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when done right you get a huge performance gain from standard speed.
EG: 4930K stock is 3.4GHz turbo to 3.9GHz
the flagship processor $4960X is 3.6GHz turbo to 4GHz and its nearly double the price for so little more.
this pretty much shoots the “build what you need” in the foot unless you want to drop $2k for a 10-12core Xeon Single.
the 4930K will run perfectly @ 4.5GHz. we have hit over 5GHz but will NOT ship something like that…
the processor will not die an early death
the processor can not be “fried”