Question about voltage and longevity

F5F Stay Refreshed Power Users Overclocking Question about voltage and longevity

Sertero28
Senior Member

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01-01-2016, 05:55 PM

I'm new to overclocking so I suppose this is kind of an abstract question but I want to overclock my i5 6500 using one of the custom bios and apparently one of the restrictions because it is a workaround is that you lose c-states so the cpu is always running at full speed, full voltage. Since I'm new to oc'ing, what are the implications of running at, say, 1.2v all the time? TIA

Sertero28

01-01-2016, 05:55 PM #1

lions8881
Junior Member

01-04-2016, 05:05 PM

Don't stress too much. You should be fine with the newer chip you've already got. Intel's official Skylake max voltage is 1.5V, which might not impact the chip's lifespan.

lions8881

01-04-2016, 05:05 PM #2

Don't stress too much. You should be fine with the newer chip you've already got. Intel's official Skylake max voltage is 1.5V, which might not impact the chip's lifespan.

Run1kYT
Junior Member

01-10-2016, 05:38 PM

Don't stress too much. You should be fine with the newer chip you've already got. Intel's official Skylake max voltage is 1.5V, which might not impact the chip's lifespan.

Run1kYT

01-10-2016, 05:38 PM #3

Don't stress too much. You should be fine with the newer chip you've already got. Intel's official Skylake max voltage is 1.5V, which might not impact the chip's lifespan.