>> Overclocking often leads to buying a new cpu, sooner than later. ;-)
>
> "often"?  More like "pretty much never".  Unless you do something really 
> crazy/stupid (like setting the core voltage way too high with a specialist 
> BIOS) you're not going to fry a CPU.

Well - some people do and some people fry.

Since I once was working in support I know more than enough cases - it 
starts with harmless stuff like "I set BIOS-values to crap, computer does 
not work anymore but I am to stupid to know there is a CMOS-reset-jumper" to 
"I tried to attach a custom fan to the cpu but I thought it a good idea to 
coat >everything that got hot< with thermal paste first - why did it short 
out?". OK, then we have others who dispense with thermal paste at all >and< 
fail to properly affix the new fan to the cpu. Nothing cools better than a 
fan that sits tilted on a cpu...

I won't tell about resistors being ripped off, broken and scratched 
mainboards, and suchlike. And, of course, the customers >never< did anything 
wrong. All a case of warranty...

One cooling system I once saw should have been installed by a licensed 
plumber.

> In the majority of cases you can overclock without needing any new 
> hardware or having any stability issues.  CPUs are designed to work in 
> absolute worst

IF you know what you are doing and IF you are skilled enough. I gather that 
you are. Most are not.

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