Quote Originally Posted by BeastNotro View Post
Well not quite true there about not being P95 or Orthos prime stable as it must be stable for at least 12-24hrs.

I have builds run P95 for say 10 hours and fail... i say ok fuk it i will run it... and yeppers... bam games froze up, and even at times when surfing the net the damn thing would freeze up and running 3dmark 06 PASSED with flying colors.....and so did 3dmark 05... but 3dmark 03 Locked her up.

Well the thing was .... the CPU needed more voltage just a hair more and then i ran prime 95 for 18hrs before i decided she was good enough.... guess what i am still running strong on that build... the one i am using now...

I have had many ppl in the past about P95 not being stable, well guys all i can say is if it can't do at least 12-24hrs... basically 12-18hrs stable.. then it is no good in my book for 100% stability.

Now if your just a surfer on the net and play the odd game.... GAWD why bother overclocking at all.... ???
My 2-cents...I have had systems with high OCs that pass all of the available benchmarks including all 3D benchmarks and P95 for 24 hours. Load up UT2004 and play, system locks up within 10 minutes, or less. Bump vcore a smidge and all is well. I will no longer go for ridiculous P95 times. I will run all 3D benchmarks first to get a clue on what the OC will be then run prime on small ffts for about an hour. If it passes then it is off to the most stressful game I can get my hands on. I guess I should go out and get crysis or the new UT for testing.