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I usually do about 20 loops of IBT/LinX, on about 20000 problem size.
Hi guys, been following this thread. Just finished building my new system and i think this thread probably persuaded me to go with the AMD so cheers.
How much load temp is too much?
running an Athlon II 640 at 3.6ghz and 1.5~ v core. using an Artic cooler 7 (not the best but... its cheap!)
Board is an ASUS m4a88t
Running around 90% load while rendering i was getting like 65 degrees. Think its too much perhaps.
Anyway, some pic
SNIP
This is the kind of weirdness I'm getting.
Hour of Prime Blend no fuss.
2 full loops of Memtest86+, no problem.
3mins of LinX/IBT... random time/gflops, but no error...
I'm at a loss...![]()
If it's any consolation, HeX, my unlocked Athlon X2 5200+ just made it through 24 hour Prime Blend with a 940 odd MHz overclock so I was confident that it was stable (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18225299&page=2).
IBT brought it down in minutes. It just tests different aspects of the CPU. In my case pushing up vCore a notch seems to have stabilised it. Just made it through 20x IBT on standard. Testing 20x on high now.
What are your temperatures like by the way?
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It's the most stubborn CPU i've ever had!![]()