I kept my motherboard at stock settings (I am not a personal fan of the hobby of overclocking), but I also kept a incredible cooling and never saw over 140 degree F on the cores while gaming.
The PC this came from never had any hiccups, which empowered me to use it for as long as I did. My big motivator to build a new PC was simply driven by having more free time than I knew what to do with it.
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