On AVERAGE, how much longer would a cpu last with an aftermarket cooler?

[milesdkenyon]

Let's say a CPU like i5 4460 obviously no overclock running battlefield, GTA V etc with gtx 970.

How long on average does an aftermarket cooler increase CPU lifespan?

What difference would the hyper 212 evo do over the intel stock cooler? I know it will provide better temps, I just want to know the extra life span thanks.

 

[Wolfshadw]

None.

The stock cooler that comes with the processor is sufficient to keep the processor cool and operating for the useful lifespan of the processor.

-Wolf sends

 

[barto]

Too long to care about. A CPU lifespan is somewhere in the area of 30 years. That number doesn't really increase but decrease from overclocking. Apart from frying the CPU because it's over 90 or in the 100s, you would buy multiple newer CPUs before the 4460 died.

 

[daniel_blacke]

Miles, I think that the amount of variables involved here and the fact that few people actually use a CPU for its entire life make this question nearly unanswerable, at least in any way that would be meaningful to your situation. Each CPU is an individual. Anyone can arbitrarily assign numbers like: a stock cpu's lifespan should be about 15 years and adding an aftermarket cooler should give you lower temps there for maybe another 5 years. But, that's all theory and only marginally relative to your actual equipment, maintenance, usage, etc...

 

[Grimwinder]

As long as you keep the chip operating below Intel's stated max temp, you should, on average, expect an average life for the chip, regardless of how much further below those temps you run the chip with a fancy cooler. As the others state, running it cooler than that is not going to change that number enough for you to notice. But, again, the expected lifetime is an average, your chip might fail tomorrow, or it might last 50 years, but 99% of the time it's going to live and die around the expected span, so long as you keep the temps below max and make sure you're feeding it clean power from a good power supply.

 

[Arronleeds]

only way of knowing is if someone's had two cpus running at the same speed in identical systems but one with stock cooler and the other with an aftermarket running the same heavy demanding tasks for a long period of time (and by long i mean years), its no good people saying "it doesnt make a difference" because it does even if its its a small amount.

 

[milesdkenyon]

Thanks a lot guys, yeah by life span I mean for a good usage of like 4-5 years I wasn't sure if that would decrease to 3 years by not having a decent cooler. Even though the stock on is ok. I guess I just worry about temps too much! Also I would be using a micro atc case so that just made me worry too. Thinking that it would be bad for the temps. I will just buy a few extra fans.

 

[Arronleeds]

it wouldnt decrease it by that much mate were probably not even talking months more like weeks or days but like i say you dont know unless you test it or know someone whos tested it.

there are cheap aftermarket coolers out there that are good like the hyper 212 evo but having a micro atx case would not fit it.

 

[4Ryan6]

By all logic keeping a CPU cooler especially not overclocked will extend it's life, however there to my knowledge have not been any actual longevity studies regarding CPU time before failure regarding aftermarket vs stock CPU coolers done on this subject that anyone can honestly answer and be 100% correct.

Simply because this type of study takes years to complete and most computer users upgrade way before any possible CPU failure as technology improves, so that type of study would be irrelevant by the time the results were in.

Most mistakes made from removing the stock cooler is not taking into consideration that the stock downdraft cooler was also cooling the motherboards VRs around the CPU socket, and many vertical coolers do not actually cool that area which can cause early motherboard failure.

If you were to actually get an aftermarket cooler with no overclocking intentions I suggest one that is an improved performance heat pipe downdraft cooler like Noctua's offerings.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608025

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608019

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608020

This style heat pipe downdraft cooler will not only cool your CPU much better than the stock cooler, but also keep all the surrounding socket components cool that the stock cooler was already cooling, and that will definitely extend the life of the motherboard along with the CPU.

But how long as I've already said, no one knows exactly.

 

[Grimwinder]

only way of knowing is if someone's had two cpus running at the same speed in identical systems but one with stock cooler and the other with an aftermarket running the same heavy demanding tasks for a long period of time (and by long i mean years), its no good people saying "it doesnt make a difference" because it does even if its its a small amount.

it wouldnt decrease it by that much mate were probably not even talking months more like weeks or days but like i say you dont know unless you test it or know someone whos tested it.

there are cheap aftermarket coolers out there that are good like the hyper 212 evo but having a micro atx case would not fit it.

Which still wouldn't tell you anything, 2 is not exactly a good sample, chipmakers test thousands to get their estimates, not 2 in a room somewhere with Joe and Bob running their boxes.

 

[Arronleeds]

only way of knowing is if someone's had two cpus running at the same speed in identical systems but one with stock cooler and the other with an aftermarket running the same heavy demanding tasks for a long period of time (and by long i mean years), its no good people saying "it doesnt make a difference" because it does even if its its a small amount.

it wouldnt decrease it by that much mate were probably not even talking months more like weeks or days but like i say you dont know unless you test it or know someone whos tested it.

there are cheap aftermarket coolers out there that are good like the hyper 212 evo but having a micro atx case would not fit it.

Which still wouldn't tell you anything, 2 is not exactly a good sample, chipmakers test thousands to get their estimates, not 2 in a room somewhere with Joe and Bob running their boxes.

yes it would tell you something, pretty obvious if you test 2 cpus with the exact same method and one with a aftermarket cooler that theres gonna be some differences in life span.

i bet you 1000 pounds that if you put both systems on prime95 for as long as you possibly could (lets say a year solid) that the aftermarket cooler pc lifespan would be better by atleast a little due to how much heat the stock cooler would get, especially with prime95.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Opinions differ. You two need to simply agree to disagree and not derail the topic any further. If you wish to continue this discussion, take it to private messages.

Wolfshadw
Moderator

 

[jsmithepa]

This is a non-issue, the CPU will go obsolete and you chuck it into the garbage, before it would fail.

But feel free to buy after market coolers, no justification required, just don't TELL HER! 😀