Intel offers overclocking insurance

With the potential to kill your precious and expensive CPU by overclocking, Intel has decided to offer insurance to customers who operate its processors outside of their published specifications.

Intel’s ‘Performance Tuning Protection Plan’ kicks in 30 days after purchase and offers buyers a three year warranty and a replacement processor should they fry their chip.

This doesn’t affect the standard three warranty explains Intel:

“This is in addition to your standard 3 year warranty. In other words, if it fails under normal usage, we will replace it under the standard warranty; if it fails while running outside of Intel's specifications, we will replace it under the Performance Tuning Protection Plan.

So what we are saying is this: Go ahead and push it, we've got your back.”

Intel has detailed the following price schemes:

Customer Product Name	Plan Price
Intel Core i5-2500K	$20.00
Intel Core i7-2600K	$25.00
Intel Core i7-2700K	$25.00
Intel Core i7-3930K	$35.00
Intel Core i7-3960X	$35.00

You can find more about the terms and conditions and how to purchase the insurance on the 'Performance Turning Protection Plan' website.

[Update] Intel's Performance Tuning Protection Plan is now available for a wide range of processors from Scan.co.uk*:

*UK-based HEXUS community members are eligible for free delivery and priority customer service through the SCAN.care@HEXUS forum.

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Link is missing an “h” at the start

How would Intel know that it failed when run outside of regular parameters?

The firm must be able to discern if the chip was run at, say, 1.3V.

Nice innovation Intel to bring in some extra pennies. You've got to ask though, can they really distinguish a chip that's died from overclocking verses a chip that's dies through other means….

I there is no sort of logging on chip, then the only way to inspect the chip is to pin test for responses or stick it under an electron microscope - that would be completely impractical.

Is this going to be available in the UK?

Already available in the UK - here

This is why Intel added thermal throttling and made an overclockers version of the chip. I fail to see the use of insurance as you could argue their fail-safe feature didn't work.

And with scansure + intel insurance you add an extra 12.5% to the price….

Scan also seem to be charging a scansure fee on the intel insurance….insure your insurance?

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