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I was testing my over clock the other day, passed ten runs on IBT, 3-4 hours prime blend, load up BF3 and 5 minutes in and pc has hard locked up on me, loaded up again and BF3 crash's my PC again.
A full stability test on Prime95 takes 17 hours (i.e. one cycle). Custom blend with 90% RAM usage.
Sometimes prime doesn't crash or BSOD until 11+ hours in, when you're nearing a stable OC.
IBT is only really useful for testing max temps at certain voltages. Not really good for stability test in my opinion.
It is done and it lives.

It is done and it lives.

It is done and it lives.
It was very easy to pop off, no different to how it was done with Athlon 64 chips, but without the worry of damaging the pins.

You running it bareback or just changed the TIM and replaced the IHS? We need more info and results!!

 
	I'll give it a quick whirl later this evening.Is there any chance of you trying it with the ihs reapplied and decent compound?
 
	