Quote Originally Posted by FlawleZ View Post
I agree, but you have to keep in mind that the hardware is rated from the manufacturer in longevity under certain thermal exposures. The higher the duration of high thermal exposure, the shorter the life expectancy for any piece of silicon will be.
Yes, that is what I said, and I think that the point that most people and you miss ...is that if you dont over volt or over heat the chip it will go on for as long as you need it to. Most people will want to upgrade a very long time before they have used a few % of a CPU's life time. Processors dont wear out with a few years use.

I have an old 300B Celeron that has been running for the last 7~8 years with a 100% overclock (no core voltage change) it runs 24/7 and because of the very strong crypto I run on my network (its used as a print server/router/firewall) it runs above 85~90% CPU all of the time, I expect that it will be doing so for another 10 years without putting a dent in its longevity and that is with the standard HS/f, as long as you use good cooling and keep things clean and dust free there will be no problems.

I expect to get an easy 10 year life out of my 4200 and I very much doubt that running it at or just below a 1.4 core voltage will do anything to stop that.