Comment on CPU reliability – Linus Torvalds (2007)parentComments−forrestthewoods12yI think you're only considering catastrophic unable to boot failure. A CPU could be going bad with the effects less obvious.Microsoft released research that shows enthusiast overclocking has a clear increase in hardware faults.[1] http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/131739-microsoft-analyzes-... [2] http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/144888/eurosys84-nighting...−alelefant12yWhile that research is certainly interesting, the poster above you acknowledged that overclocking could result in failures.
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I think you're only considering catastrophic unable to boot failure. A CPU could be going bad with the effects less obvious.
Microsoft released research that shows enthusiast overclocking has a clear increase in hardware faults.
[1] http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/131739-microsoft-analyzes-... [2] http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/144888/eurosys84-nighting...
While that research is certainly interesting, the poster above you acknowledged that overclocking could result in failures.