So underclock your CPU.

How about you "overclock" (overvolt, unlock TDP etc.)?

This is about sane, stable defaults. If you want the extra performance far beyond the CPUs sweet-spot it should be made explicit you're forfeiting the stability headrooms.

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stavros 4 days ago | parent [-]

Good thing that's not the point I was making, then!

	▲	dahauns 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe not intentionally.

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topspin 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Because I'm not a CPU engineer, and neither are you. Neither of us can claim anything about fucking around with CPU clocks and voltages or anything else about any of this. If you want to screw around in BIOS settings and learn where all the sharp edges are and spend your time like this, enjoy. I've never done this nonsense and I never will.

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stavros 4 days ago | parent [-]

I know enough to tweak the "voltage" slider down a few numbers, and that's enough to get more stability. Otherwise, I vote with my wallet, and don't buy CPUs that break, which is why companies don't generally make CPUs that break.

	▲	dahauns 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		>which is why companies don't generally make CPUs that break. Well, that's the issue, isn't it? Both Intel and AMD (resp. their board partners) had issues in recent times stemming from the increasingly aggressive push to the limit for those last few %.