How long to wait before overclocking?

[Zaphrod]

It used to be that people recommended you run a new CPU at stock for a bit before overclocking. Is this still the case with Sandy Bridge CPU's and if so how long?

 

[stulid]

Jump straight in, the chip loves it

Start at 4GHz by just chaging the CPU ratio (disabling Turbo for a full time 4GHz) or setting the four Turbo ratios to 40X so you keep the power saving feature.

Stress test it with Prime95 for a few hours or running Intel burntest for say 20+ runs.

Then reach for 45X and maybe a touch more Vcore to make it stable if it crashes.

 

[Zaphrod]

Great, I didn't want to have to wait, thanks.