Oh yeah that's good. One question. Do most of these overclocking enthusiasts actually test the stability of their machines after getting these high clock frequencies? I mean what is the point if your computer is going to crash every time you do something CPU intensive?
I've gone green. I've turned off all overclocking and turned on all power saving features. Now my CPU idles at room temperature.
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For that validation the system crashed before I got chance to restart it without even doing anything. Benchmarks are run, but almost always at a slightly lower speed than the validation.
Yes I have tried under volting but my system is running fine now. Whilst overclocked my computer would not fully come out of standby after being in standby for a few minutes. Now standby works all the time.
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Very nice, and stable enough to load windows to the desktop.
Is it just my computer or does windows blast the absolute shit out of the CPU when windows starts to load after POST? Because in times when the CPU is going full throttle with my apps, the power to the computer increases by about 100W and the same thing happens when windows starts loading after POST and then the power drops to normal. Does windows do a quick stability test before it starts to load the rest of the OS? I'm thinking so.
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No, not stable enough to load windows. I used setfsb to increase the fsb speed in windows. I could only boot at 6.1GHz, no higher.
I've never measured power consumption so I don't know. I doubt very much that windows runs a "stability test" on boot. I think it's just the action of loading windows that puts a reasonable load on the system.
I doubt very much that windows runs a "stability test" on boot. I think it's just the action of loading windows that puts a reasonable load on the system.
Yeah maybe. Perhaps "the action of loading windows" serves a dual purpose where the stability test is an added benefit of that process. The best time for an overclock to fail is whilst windows is loading. Even though sometimes windows may load to the desktop after overclocking, it still isn't a thorough stability test I have noticed.
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Yes, I wouldn't say it was any kind of stability test. I mean obviously if you get into windows then you are more stable then if you don't. But I'd say that's all you can tell.
Generally I use prime95 or OCCT to check stability properly.
Some benchmarking results
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