ITT: yfw overclocking

>overclocking

>>57337052
>tfw my overclocking days were over after the nforce 2 chipset came out
>tfw soldered potentiometers onto my abit mobo to get moar vram
nowadays i just want a pc that runs smoothly

>he fell for the overclocking meme

>>57337062
>>57337098
but its free performance!!1

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>>57337098
Overclocking used to be about extracting better performance from standard parts.

Except that now Intel have jewed it up and you need to buy both more expensive K CPUs and Z mobos to even start to OC.

You might as well just save your money and effort and put the savings towards other parts of your build.

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>>57337052
>5775C 4,5ghz

>>57337147
>dat filename
attentionwhore detected :^)

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How long do you guys stress test for? I just picked a number and stress tested it for 8 hours. I want to bump up the number, but it takes too long.

>>57337231
Depends, what kind of stressing are you doing

For me it's as follows
>thermal stress (i.e. testing my coller is working properly etc)
Prime95 small FFTs for 2 hours

>system stability (basic)
I also use about 8 hours of IBT, that's fine

>system stability (extended/less-artificial)
I generally run handbrake doing HEVC encodes for ~24 hours while also using the computer for light duties when I need it

>>57337256
*cooler, woops

>>57337231
just run IBT on highest preset once or twice

I don't have the patience for anything more, I also most likely put in way too much voltage but it's been stable for 2 years now so what do I care

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>>57337052

>>57337282
I'd be the same but what I usually do if it *seems* stable from some short runs of higher preset IBT like you've mentioned I can just leave longer benchmarks running while I'm at work and check for explosions when I get home

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>Overclock old computer
>It starts randomly shutting off
>mfw

>>57338007
Prob shit PSU.

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2fast2furious

>>57338984
lel rip your pc