Warranty When Overclocking!

[handside]

Consider: I buy a pre-built overclocked PC from PCS with an "Overclocked Intel Six Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz @ max 4.6GHz)" Processor.
Is the warranty void from day one, if running overclocked at 4.6GHz ?
Ray

[Rakk]

Consider: I buy a pre-built overclocked PC from PCS with an "Overclocked Intel Six Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz @ max 4.6GHz)" Processor.
Is the warranty void from day one, if running overclocked at 4.6GHz ?
Ray

No, as stated at the beginning of this thread, overclocking your CPU (especially if done by PCS) does not void your warranty at all.

However, if whilst doing your own overclocking and it is the action of doing said overclocking that actually breaks the CPU then it wouldn't be covered, i.e. if you choose to overclock yourself be careful when you're doing it, and make sure you know what you're doing.

[tom_gr7]

No, as stated at the beginning of this thread, overclocking your CPU (especially if done by PCS) does not void your warranty at all.

However, if whilst doing your own overclocking and it is the action of doing said overclocking that actually breaks the CPU then it wouldn't be covered, i.e. if you choose to overclock yourself be careful when you're doing it, and make sure you know what you're doing.

+1

Also, make sure you actually need a oc'd cpu. CPU's are incredibly powerful nowdays, so its very possible that you will not even need an OC.

[handside]

Ah I see: any failure of the CPU whilst running overclocked by PCS, is coverd by the CPU warranty but any failure of the CPU whilst running overclocked by the PC user is not covered - correct?

[handside]

For MS FSX it seems overclocking even powerful CPU's is desirable.

[Rakk]

Ah I see: any failure of the CPU whilst running overclocked by PCS, is coverd by the CPU warranty but any failure of the CPU whilst running overclocked by the PC user is not covered - correct?

No, if you overclock it and it is the overclocking that causes the failure then the warranty is void, however, if it is stable whilst overclocking and it fails due to something not related to your OC you will be fine, if that makes sense, I think.

[keynes]

For MS FSX it seems overclocking even powerful CPU's is desirable.

If it for flight simulator then yes, I'd expect an OC cpu to improve performance

[keynes]

but any failure of the CPU whilst running overclocked by the PC user is not covered - correct?

if you overclock it incorrectly and that's what causes the failure then the warranty is void

I am confused , aren't those 2 statements similar?

[Rakk]

I am confused , aren't those 2 statements similar?

Not quite, very slight difference, you could 'correctly' overclock and something else could go wrong that wasn't caused by the OC'ing (however this is probably quite unlikely)

Though, admittedly I may have got the wrong end of the stick whilst reading what PCS said on the first page.

Obviously OC'ing the CPU and something else failing would generally be covered.

[handside]

It's clear now thanks. But how can you tell, if the CPU fails, who has done the overclocking (PCS or PC user)when running overclocked,