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Even though the program made it very affordable to overcook an Intel CPU for little more than the price of a pizza, the one-time replacement restriction seemingly did its job, as stories of people trying to abuse the program have been few and far between. When Intel kicked off the program, it was initially started as a six-month trial, where saw enough success to become a long-term offering for Intel, covering all overclockable Intel consumer chips including their massive HEDT parts.

Should a retail boxed processor fail due to overclocking, intel would replace a PPTP warrantied chip once and only once, free of charge. At the time, for anywhere between $20 and $35, Intel would offer a one-time warranty that specifically covered damages incurred by overclocking – something that Intel’s standard warranty explicitly does not cover. Intel originally launched the Performance Tuning Protection Plan back in January of 2012, right in the middle of the heyday of Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU overclocking ( ed: has it really been that long?). Intel’s warranty service was quite unique throughout the industry given the potentially destructive nature of overclocking, it’s almost unheard of to be covered, even by optional warranties. As of today, Intel is no longer selling new PTP plans, and the program will be shifting to servicing existing warranties while those are still active. Application and Profile Pairing – Have you optimized the overclock for a specific application? Use the app profile pairing feature to apply different overclocking settings to separate applications.After a 9-year run, Intel today has begun to wrap up its Performance Tuning Protection Plan service, the company’s optional extended warranty for CPU overclocking.Benchmarking – Would you like to see how your setup compares? With Intel® XTU, you can benchmark your system and compare your scores online with.