The days of overclocking Intel's K or KF series chips without fear are over. This is because Intel suddenly stopped the overclocking guarantee program, which was provided as an option.
Intel's Performance Tuning Protection Plan originally has a 3-year warranty, so existing customers are covered for the remaining period, but they cannot purchase this option.
There is also good news. If you were looking for a $3,074 Xeon W-3175X processor, Intel offers a free overclocking guarantee plan for this CPU.
The overclocking guarantee program usually ranged between $20 and $35 since the Sandy Bridge days in 2012. The basic idea is to provide a replacement CPU if the average consumer burns the CPU out of the wrong overclocking.
However, it is rare for real overclocking enthusiasts to use this plan. That's because there's always a lot of gray areas in Intel's terms. After all, if you have purchased the high-end K-series, it is unlocked to allow overclocking, and you can use its features if you want.
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Intel has never said that it guarantees overclocking of such a CPU, but it even provides its own tools for overclocking. This awkward state continued for a long time under the policy of'Neither ask nor answer'. Users don't say why the CPU is dead, and Intel doesn't ask.
In fact, very few people can benefit from the guaranteed overclocking plan, because practical overclocking is actually fairly easy and less risky. And that much less can be gained by overclocking. Overclocking the Intel Celeron 300A by 50% is just a memory of the far-off 1990s. Most of the users who always overclock are satisfied with the stable performance improvement of 10-15%.
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