Quote Originally Posted by wez View Post
Actually surprised there haven't been a bigger change in OC on launch chips and newer ones. On air/water at least. Not sure if that holds any truth at subzero.
I find that strange too wez...
I picked up my 4th FX when MicroCenter dropped the 8120 to $139, thinking the process should've improved.

It's a decent chip (1210) and runs cooler, but my oldest 8120 (1135) is still the fastest chip I have (max clocks and pretty close stable) even though it is a heater!
Hopefully the new stepping (C0) 8350 will give us the same leap we got from PHI to PHII (I'm an optimist ).

Dnomi: I have 2 8120's and 2 8150's with pretty serious water cooling. None of them are daily stable at anything >4750...
Granted, stability depends on whether the apps YOU use run without crashing, but if you can't run Prime Custom(Max Mem) for at least 30 minutes sooner or later it's going to fail on you at the wrong time!

I'm not a big fan of running Prime for hours on end (it pushes all components close to the breaking point), but I'm not naive enough to say something's wrong with Prime as a stress test...

That being said, I wouldn't trust a rig that was Cinebench, IBT or OCCT stable if It wouldn't Prime for at least 30 minutes.

Looks like you have a nice chip, and if it serves your needs @5Ghz without crashing you've got yourself a golden sample!