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So I have had my system for 6 years and its running strong but some components are starting to show their age a bit. My cpu, an i7 920 D0 stepping chip used to be able to run at 4ghz 24/7 no sweat with relatively low voltages (around 1.28v). Suddenly I started having blue screens. A bump in voltage didn't help so I reduced the OC to 3.8ghz and reduced vcore a bit. That worked fine for a bit. Then it couldn't handle that so I bumped it down to 3.6ghz and reduced vcore. Now I am having issues again. I bumped the voltage to 1.27 to maintain this oc.
A few things: It's summer here in the US so ambient temps are already high. That coupled with the fact that its an old mobo and cpu. So I understand that it won't be able to OC as well as it used to. So my question is should I keep doing this step down OC business or just get a new comp before my cpu tanks (I'm worried it and the mobo are nearing their end). I really don't want to upgrade until my cpu starts bottlenecking me (it hasn't at all).
A few things: It's summer here in the US so ambient temps are already high. That coupled with the fact that its an old mobo and cpu. So I understand that it won't be able to OC as well as it used to. So my question is should I keep doing this step down OC business or just get a new comp before my cpu tanks (I'm worried it and the mobo are nearing their end). I really don't want to upgrade until my cpu starts bottlenecking me (it hasn't at all).