Quote Originally Posted by WigSgiW View Post
nice clocks Repoman

Getting my LCB9E very soon - its in the mail

Out of interest, what sort of burning in / running does everyone run before starting bumping those clocks? And is it with burning in that get people up to the 3GHz range @ stock volts, or is it just the gradual increase? (individual stepping variances notwithstanding)

I'm just not too sure about the burning in theory (or myth ), and I was really wondering whether it is common practice to let a chip run in for a while (i.e. 6-12 hours Orthos or similar) at stock before starting to bump things up.

My current Opty 165 CCBWE 0551 UPMW is a... well... CCBWE really (2.5G @ 1.4v; 2.6G @ 1.5) and I want to give this next one the best chance possible.

cheers, looking forward to this

Wigs
Thanks

Before taking the IHS off I booted up and set 2.9 @ 1.35, it failed Prime after seeing temps of 65 and 75C on each core. After that I took the IHS off and ran Prime95 at an immediate 2.95GHz @ 1.35. Passed for 10 minutes so set 3.05, failed quickly so down to 3.03, failed again after 10 minutes so down to 3.0

OCing has become a very quick thing for me, instead of ramping up to the max clocks I go over max stable speeds and move down. It's easier to tell that way what the max will be because you can look at Prime failure times and make an educated guess