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2500k overclock degradation?

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cambrian

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My 3-week old 2500K is already degrading. I could run it at 4.5ghz at 1.272 Vcore, PLL enabled, LLC enabled.

One day, the system BSOD on windows boot. Troubleshoot everything else and narrowed it down to the CPU vs my P8P67-M Pro. Now I have to increase the voltage by 0.02 V and it wouldn't even do pass 30 cycles of Linx last night. The same system used to be Linx stable past 100 cycles at lower voltage.

So what gives? Is LLC destroying my chip or my motherboard? The weird thing is I have an extra P8P67-M Pro lying around and it could do the exact settings that my old motherboard used to do. I didn't know motherboards are also susceptible to voltage degradation. Regardless, can it happen that fast? In a system that's well cooled?
 
No one knows how sensitive the K CPU's are to increased wattage. Personally I would wait a while before overclocking these, Intel may be gtting the last laugh. I mean doesn't a $200 unlocked cpu raise anyone's eyebrows?
 
Won't people just RMA them and get a new one to try again? I don't think Intel will be laughing very much. Unless they can prove you overclocked it out of the warranty.
 
was the temperature in your room any different? I know here in Ohio we had an 80 degree day today and it snowed last week.
 
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