The E0 Q9550 SLB9V thread (finally!)

[Grnfinger]

M8 I am not sure if it is to me or not but I will answer as I am bored ATM.

So it really does not matter if it is good for us or not, what matters is it good for you? And in fact what really matters is if it is good for your system.

And answer for last of my previous questions is - No M8, I am sorry but 10 passes of IBT says nothing without around 12h of p95 Blend. When you reach 12h of blend and 10 Passes of full stress IBT then you might be stable. If you care about being stable you should follow this road (but even after 12 prime and 10 IBT you can still be not stable).

Have fun

You shouldnt make sweeping statements like that.
What your idea of stable is dosent make it law...others will have different opinions myself included.
12 hours of prime is rediculous, its like the guy that was telling everyone to run IBT 50 to 100 loops
Kill your hardware thats up to you, but dont advise others to do so.

[nexxusty]

You shouldn't make sweeping statements like that.
What your idea of stable is doesn't make it law...others will have different opinions myself included.
12 hours of prime is ridiculous, its like the guy that was telling everyone to run IBT 50 to 100 loops
Kill your hardware that's up to you, but don't advise others to do so.

No.

There are "laws" to overclocking. If you do not follow them, you do not O/C properly. This is a fact, as are these.

24 hrs Minimum Prime 95 Small FFT, Then Blend. If you pass this you are more or less completely stable.

1 Week Prime 95 is required for an actual stability test. I could crash 95% of the overclocks you 8 hr Primers think is stable. I have had Prime 95 tests fail after 56hrs. Yeah that's right.

Point being, it wasn't just a stoke of luck that PC's were built. People built them with specific guidelines, as long as you follow them you will be fine. Adequate cooling. All that is necessary.

Saying that more than 8hrs of Prime "kills" your hardware is a level of n00batry that I am not even equipped to deal with. The very fact that I and I know many others have failed Prime 95 MANY hours past 8, would say your statement needs some serious re-thought.

I just finished failing a 18 hr run with my voltages lowered. LOL by your logic it's stable 2x over with 2 hrs to spare. But it's not. Don't be a typical retard and disregard what I am saying. Start entering facts into your sentences, instead of just thinking you know the answer.

Even cleaned up your spelling errors in your quote for you.



Hows this for temps? TR Ultra-120a Push/Pull. Funny thing is, I would guarantee my 120a against even a Venomous-x. Hands down no competition. Check those load temps. If anyone would like to see the inside of my case I will gladly oblige.

[Falkentyne]

There are no "laws" to overclocking. Otherwise there would be a sticky up there. Every system reacts differently. And it's a bit weird when someone with 6 posts comes and starts lecturing people on overclocking laws.

So, you run 12 hours of prime and it doesn't crash but 18 hours finally causes an error, so you aren't stable? Besides the fact that the LONGEST I've run Prime is 7 hours (Not interested in degrading my hardware, unless you pay for it, sorry!), what if you pass a 12 hour prime run, and NOTHING else you use on the system gets the cpu's nearly as hot as Prime? (Even a 4 core chess program is 6C lower?). Part of overclocking is knowing how hot the "instability" zone is and what, if any, programs can reach that threshold. Sorry but if you need to run prime for 1 *week*, then you simply aren't an experienced overclocker, unless you do 24/7 folding or something (which is the ONLY reason anyone would want to stress test for a week).

And, you absolutely do NOT need 50-100 passes of LinX. 5 passes is usually enough, ESPECIALLY on 64 bit windows at maximum stress (takes over 20 minutes), and 10 passes is the highest most reputable regulars here will do on 64 bit windows. Now on XP, you should do at least 10, as 5 passes with the 2 GB Ram cap goes too fast to fully heat things up.

Running LinX for 50 passes repeatedly CAN degrade stuff slightly. I've had it happen to me. So much for your "laws"....

[OC Nub]

No.


Hows this for temps? TR Ultra-120a Push/Pull. Funny thing is, I would guarantee my 120a against even a Venomous-x. Hands down no competition. Check those load temps. If anyone would like to see the inside of my case I will gladly oblige.

Nice temps but that is a very mild OC, and you have been running blend less than 1hr.

Edit: Looks like you are running custom blend large fft's ? 8k will heat the chip up much more. For 1.23v and 3800mhz temps aren't that great.

[clo007]

No.

There are "laws" to overclocking. If you do not follow them, you do not O/C properly. This is a fact, as are these.

24 hrs Minimum Prime 95 Small FFT, Then Blend. If you pass this you are more or less completely stable.

1 Week Prime 95 is required for an actual stability test. I could crash 95% of the overclocks you 8 hr Primers think is stable. I have had Prime 95 tests fail after 56hrs. Yeah that's right.

Point being, it wasn't just a stoke of luck that PC's were built. People built them with specific guidelines, as long as you follow them you will be fine. Adequate cooling. All that is necessary.

Saying that more than 8hrs of Prime "kills" your hardware is a level of n00batry that I am not even equipped to deal with. The very fact that I and I know many others have failed Prime 95 MANY hours past 8, would say your statement needs some serious re-thought.

I just finished failing a 18 hr run with my voltages lowered. LOL by your logic it's stable 2x over with 2 hrs to spare. But it's not. Don't be a typical retard and disregard what I am saying. Start entering facts into your sentences, instead of just thinking you know the answer.

Even cleaned up your spelling errors in your quote for you.


Hows this for temps? TR Ultra-120a Push/Pull. Funny thing is, I would guarantee my 120a against even a Venomous-x. Hands down no competition. Check those load temps. If anyone would like to see the inside of my case I will gladly oblige.

Don't be a douchebag man. Stay civil.