Is this considered to be Stable?

Rainagul · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:46

Hi,
Thought i'd finally take the time to boost my 2600k overclock from 4.0Ghz to 4.8Ghz.
I'm still not 100% sure about what makes a stable overclock, from this picture is there anything that I should be worried about?

Also should I be worried about those temperatures? Currently have a H70 cooling my system.

Cheers

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:47

All I see is a CPUZ and temperatures.

What stress testing did you do?

Rainagul · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:52

Prime 95, had it minimized

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:54

Rainagul said:
Prime 95, had it minimized

How long for?

Rik1254 · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:54

How long have you had it running for?

Might be worth getting Intel Burn test. Its not as thorough as Prime, but to know if your Prime stable, you need to run it for hours, where IBT takes about 3 minutes.

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:55

Rik1254 said:
How long have you had it running for?

Might be worth getting Intel Burn test. Its not as thorough as Prime, but to know if your Prime stable, you need to run it for hours, where IBT takes about 3 minutes.

Then you're doing it wrong

Rainagul · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:55

Oh not long, maybe a few minutes.

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:56

Rainagul said:
Oh not long, maybe a few minutes.

Then no, it's not considered stable.

mmj_uk · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:56

Rainagul said:
I'm still not 100% sure about what makes a stable overclock

IMO any crash/error/glitch that occurs and which doesn't happen when the CPU is reverted to stock = unstable.

Rainagul · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:58

How long should I aim to keep prime on for then

Rik1254 · 3 Sep 2011 at 13:59

Martini1991 said:
Then you're doing it wrong

How so?

Rik1254 · 3 Sep 2011 at 14:00

Rainagul said:
How long should I aim to keep prime on for then

A few hours.
The fail points are something like 12 minutes, half hour, 1 hour, 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours.
Not entirely sure on those times, but its something around there.

Rainagul · 3 Sep 2011 at 19:50

Update: Had Prime95 running for 4hours, temps were sitting at around 85-90, no errors or anything. Also gave IBT a go on maximum settings and had similar results with no errors.
So I'm guessing everything is good to go for now

I don't see what running Prime for any longer is gonna show

Sgt Tackleberry · 3 Sep 2011 at 20:06

80-90'c wooooow that's hots!!! 80'c for me would be pushing.
You have your vcore at 1.4v + 90'c = dead CPU.

Do you really need 4.8ghz? Why not try 4.5ghz.

Okatsu · 3 Sep 2011 at 20:11

Way too hot @ 80-90 imo... I'd scale it back a bit if i were you.