Quote Originally Posted by dejanh View Post
Anyway, to stop the thread from derailing more, let's just get back on topic
Well I wouldn't call it thread derailing, OC'ing i7/x58 and testing stability to some degree go hand and hand.

I'm sure we can all agree we do what we do to our own standards for our own peace of mind to ensure stability of the core system as well as the integrity of the data that system will be processing since poor stability can easily corrupt data as well as crash the OS, sometimes slowly sometimes quickly.

I've had 24hr "prime stable" rigs start crashing slowly after 72hrs or more of normal operation. As in strange things happening with the OS whether it be apps hanging/pausing randomly, not being able to simply disconnect a usb drive via safely remove, to simply loosing tcpip until a reboot but again these issues don't always develop in 24, 48 or 72 hrs or under prime loads.

So for those that more frequently reboot or turn their rigs on and off they may never run into these issues but for those running say a month at a time longer stability testing in every regard becomes more of an issue.

The level of stability testing is really a matter of choice like insurance, you can decide how much coverage you want/need but just because that policy works for some it won't neccisarily apply to others.