>>> 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

I guess you only heard from the ones who failed :-)

Anyway the things you mentioned were just general hardware installation 
issues, nothing really due specifically to overclocking (eg I set the CPU 
voltage/frequency too high and now it's dead).  Did the CPU really die in 
all those cases you mentioned?

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