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How Long to Let a New CPU/Fan Bed in Before OCing ?

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As per title, how long do folks let a new CPU and fan bed in before OCing it ? I'm thinking about to let the thermal paste 'settle' and work to max efficiency. Is Prime95 a good util to use for this ?

If it differs by CPU, I'm putting a classic P6TD/i7-920 D0 combo together.
 
Whilst it will get cooler over time slightly, it's not usually a massive difference so it's not worth waiting for X amount of time. Just get clocking then if in a week or two time you notice temps lower, then great.
 
Depends on the compound. Arctic silver has a burn-in of ~200 hours but it depends how hard you're pushing it. For AS you get afew degrees drop over the burn in, but it those few degree don't matter then go ahead.

Best just reading the instructions on the manufactures website tbh.
 
Is it possible to get some sort of self cooling paste? I know it sounds a bit stupid but i remember when i was a kid, i broke a maze thing that had some mercury inside it because it looked nice. I rememeber it being quite cold (before i got a telling off)
Maybe a core could have a sort of waterproof film over it, with mercury, then the cooler on top of that
 
Guest2 said:
Is it possible to get some sort of self cooling paste? I know it sounds a bit stupid but i remember when i was a kid, i broke a maze thing that had some mercury inside it because it looked nice. I rememeber it being quite cold (before i got a telling off)
Maybe a core could have a sort of waterproof film over it, with mercury, then the cooler on top of that
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Most (all?) metals feel cold, it's because your fingers are (usually) hotter than the metal and they are good heat conductors.
 
Im sure the mercury seemed a lot colder than normal metal. However i was only about 7 at the time so i dont even know how i remember this. Maybe i told my mum/dad
 
You can't remember stuff when you were 7? I remember people that died when I was 2!

If you're installing a better cooler - no time at all if Windows is already installed. Just keep an eye on temps very closely during the first CPU stress test.
 
Uriel said:
You can't remember stuff when you were 7? I remember people that died when I was 2!
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Well yes, but it was a bit of metal i touched, not someone that died! I cant remember some things from yesterday, but they not important. If it was, i would have remembered it!
 
Last night i reseated my Q6600 cpu and heatsink on my new p45 board. After it booted i restarted and set it to 3ghz. I then ran prime95 fft and core 0 failed after 1 minute.
I reset it to stock speeds and ran prime again, this time for 20 minutes. Temps got to about 52c max. I then reset and set to 3ghz again and ran prime blend for 10 minutes. Max temps 54c

I then retested what origionally crashed it after a minute, price95 fft at 3ghz. This time max temps were 61c after 30minutes.

This morning i started testing again (3ghz, fft) and after 20 minutes max temps were 59c but seemed to drop a degree after a few minutes(?) I have left it running all day to see what happens.

Im sure it takes a bit of time for the paste, in this case AS5, to properly get stuck to the core. I would say an hour to start with
 
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