Overclocking question...

[TheMajor]

Wich part(s) of my computer can be damaged by overclocking the CPU?
Only the CPU itself or the mainboard too?

Thanks

 

[Regulus]

Yeah, I think that by overclockin the CPU, you push it beyond it's safest and fastest speed, and therefore it may "die" earlier.

 

[jblaze725]

definitely the cpu and the ram and if youre ocing the graphics card then that also, but im not sure if the motherboard can be damaged also.

 

[Icedragon]

Mobo can indeed be damaged, my cousin fried his CPU and his mobo while OCing

 

[jblaze725]

oh theres also something called an src and i dont know what it is but on my bios it allows me to oc it but with a disclaimer sayin that doing it could result in damage to any sata devices connected

 

[TheMajor]

thank god my 8year old mobo doesn't support SATA

 

[Kangaroo]

Your ZIF (zero-insertion-force) socket can definitely be damaged by heat, I believe it takes a lot more heat than the average overclocker produces when tweaking their CPU speed.

If you fry your CPU then your ZIF socket has a chance of being damaged also.