Has anyone had luck Overclocking a CPU

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I`m asking how many people had luck overclocking CPU`s without harming thier computer.

I've heard that it isn't a good idea!

Chips tend to be pretty robust these days and IME can take a range of over/under-volting/clocking.

Some chips and motherboards are designed for overclocking these days. Keeping at or below the regular speed lowers heat production and power consumption.

I do it all the time.

Mine's been overclocked since I built it in 2006. It's a Intel C2D E6400, which is known for its overclockability.

You can get some good advice on this in the Number Crunching forum at Seti@home. (And some of the other fora, too).

If you get a Asus Ai/Republic of Gamers, most Abit boards, or a high-end MSI or Gigabyte with the right processor, you can OC to your heart's content. Just use a good cooling setup.

If you want to overclock and be safe then a good choice is to stay away from any voltage settings. the worst the can happen is your computer wont boot and you will have to reset the cmos or your operating system will corrupt. I dont believe it is possable to fry a chip if the voltage is left alone but software corruption can happen especially when overclocking the memory and you might have to re install your OS. there a re a lot of guides on the internet to explain the details.

my system is overclocked and its been safe for six months.

I did it yet on a old K6-2 300. But I didnt got too much performance cause the motherboard was a PC-S**ts.

It's secure today. Most CPUs have automatic shutoff in case of overheating, but your overall results will depend much on your mobo.

I have an overclocked E8200 on my desktop and its overclocks very well. At the moment I have it running 200 mhz above stock and temps are still extremely low.

I have a home made Mac G3 350 MHZ running at 420 MHZ. Its getting old now, but has never shown any problems with overclocking.
I was under the impression that CPU's have a range of operation, and they are usually set to run in the middle of the range. Supposedly you can safely re-jumper (hardware over-clock) them to the high end of their range without much risk and no software issues. I think.

I overclocked my old pentium 4 2.8Ghz to 3.21Ghz and the cpu failed about a week later =(.

I bought a new computer a year later and not overclocking again.

I successfully overclocked a Athlon XP 1.7Ghz to 2.0Ghz without severe problems but that because i had a nice ASUS MOBO.