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CPU lifetime documentation

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Does anyone have any reliable documentation of CPU lifetime at full load? I haven't found anything reliable yet...mostly speculation.
 
you wont find anything, its like predicting how long humans live, some have a heart attack at 30 others live to be 100 i think intel says like 10 or w/e years, the cpus gonna be crazy slow by the time they die...
 
Well there are statistics on life expectancy for humans. I plan to run a system (without an overclock) under full load for some time...
 
As far as I understand there's no reason that a non-oc'ed CPU should deteriorate under full load, unless you damage it mechanically or have received a sample with incubating flaws.

We have a couple of 386SX PCs for process control in our labs that have been running 24/7 for nearly 15 years (with tailored applications developed for Win 3.11). Been exposed to lightning strikes, corrosive atmospheres and high ambient temps on a regular basis, but never let us down. I'm curious to see how long they'll last... :)
 
jon67 said:
As far as I understand there's no reason that a non-oc'ed CPU should deteriorate under full load, unless you damage it mechanically or have received a sample with incubating flaws.

We have a couple of 386SX PCs for process control in our labs that have been running 24/7 for nearly 15 years (with tailored applications developed for Win 3.11). Been exposed to lightning strikes, corrosive atmospheres and high ambient temps on a regular basis, but never let us down. I'm curious to see how long they'll last... :)
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There is not near as much current running through that old silicon either, keep that in mind.
 
Menelmarar said:
There is not near as much current running through that old silicon either, keep that in mind.
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Sure, but as long as the current density is not above critical, thus not degrading the substrate/silicon interfaces, even new processors should have a lifetime long beyond their expected service lives.
 
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