CPU Deterioration: Do Computer Parts Decrease in Performance?

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Computer components such as CPUs and GPUs do experience performance degradation over time due to wear and tear. The extent of this degradation varies depending on the specific component and its usage. While users may not notice immediate slowdowns, as degradation progresses, it can lead to random failures, including crashes caused by errors, and ultimately result in the component ceasing to function. Overclocking can accelerate this degradation process, although wear occurs even without overclocking.
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Do computer parts like the CPU and GPU sort of decrease in performance over time? If so, by how much?
 
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Yep. Here's an article about how overclocking speeds up degradation(the fact that it speeds it up implies that it still happens without it): http://www.anandtech.com/show/2468/6
 
ForMyThunder said:
Do computer parts like the CPU and GPU sort of decrease in performance over time? If so, by how much?

Yes, every component experiences wear.

It depends on the specific component. How much use it gets etc.
 
ForMyThunder said:
Do computer parts like the CPU and GPU sort of decrease in performance over time? If so, by how much?

Just to clarify: there is degradation, but you won't really see a decrease in performance in the form of slowdowns, if that's what you meant. But as degradation gets worse, you will start to see random failures (crashes caused by errors within the part) and eventually the part will just stop functioning.
 
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