Hesitant about i5 Build

[jeffyjaixx]

Hi all,

After reading about the problem with Foxconn - based motherboards and i5, I am wondering if I should still do this build. It's for a family member.

I bought a Gigabyte P55M-UD2 mATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GLAN Motherboard and a Intel i5 750. The CPU will be running at stock speeds, no overclocking for any of the components. I was just wondering if it's safe and if the pins will still burn out without oc-ing?

Also, another question is if I lower the vcore, would it help in reducing the burn out probability?

Thanks.

[keenan]

The burned sockets are only do to heavy presure from ln and dice pots with using high Vcore, so if your just the normal everyday guy with using less then 1.4V or so I'd imagine you'd be fine :)

I have the exact same setup and I've been running 4.2Ghz at 1.35V and it's all been smooth sailing so far...

[ReverendMaynard]

The burned sockets are only do to heavy presure from ln and dice pots with using high Vcore, so if your just the normal everyday guy with using less then 1.4V or so I'd imagine you'd be fine :)

I have the exact same setup and I've been running 4.2Ghz at 1.35V and it's all been smooth sailing so far...

and that's been confirmed by?

[OC Nub]

They only had problems when doing extreme overclocking with very high voltage as keenan said. I would go ahead with your build and not worry about it.

This is quoted from the article:
"We have not had any problems with air or water cooling overclocking up to 4.3GHz, although we do have a i5/750 that has developed a few dark pads after a thousand hours or so of constant overclocking. However, none of the boards have developed pin problems so we feel very safe in saying that any problems will probably occur only in extreme overclocking scenarios"

[jeffyjaixx]

Well, the problem is that some pins aren't making contact with the CPU so I was just wondering if this would affect the processor's life in the long run. Short term, I'm pretty sure it'll be fine.

[DAK1640]

Just do it...There are no guarantees in life

[Hsusy]

Heh... 4.3 Ghz overclock no longer considered extreme... talk about progress...

From what I've read, it would appear "normal" OC would be okay with foxconn, but if you intend on keeping the rig OC for the foreseeable futire, I wouldn't try my luck. Normal usuage ought to be okay though...