Intel plans to offer some insurance on its overclockable CPUs, on, overclocking, for a small fee:
    Intel Core i7 3960X: $35
    Intel Core i7 3930K: $35
    Intel Core i7 2700K: $25
    Intel Core i7 2600K: $25
    Intel Core i5 2500K: $20

Quote:Intel is pleased to announce the introduction of a new pilot plan targeted at the enthusiast community. The enthusiast community is a critical market segment for Intel and wee are looking at more opportunities to serve that community. In this spirit, Intel is announcing a new pilot service plan for “K”, “X”, and LGA2011-socketed boxed processors called the Performance Tuning Protection Plan. This Plan will provide certain out-of-warranty service offerings in the event of damage caused by over-clocking or over-voltaging by the user. By purchasing this Plan and meeting the Plan’s criteria, the user can receive a one-time replacement processor if the user’s over-voltaging or over-clocking causes the original processor to fail. This pilot Plan in no way expands, changes or extends the original three year standard warranty and is simply a Plan the user may want to purchase for over-clocking or over-voltaging.

This pilot Plan will be launched on January 18, 2012, at 12:01AM PST and last for six months. The first phase of the Plan will include 4 resellers: CyberPower*, Canada Computers and Electronics*, Scan Computers*, and Altech Computers*. On February 13, 2012, Intel plans to add additional resellers to the Plan. Intel will also be providing the Plan directly to customers at the following website: http://www.intel.com/go/tuningplan for the duration of the Plan. Intel will evaluate the Plan throughout the six months and decide whether or not to proceed past the pilot phase. For more information please visit http://www.intel.com/go/tuningplan.

Related article: http://hothardware.com/News/Intels-Perfo...rclockers/

They're giving protection for overvolting?
Also am interested in how long they decide to offer the plans for (just the warranty period?), since overclocking/overheating is also known to reduce the lifespan of chips.

(This post was last modified: 19/01/2012 10:10 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

Bargain for overclockers really. Nice assurance for experimenters too.