Some prime questions

Peter450 · 25 Oct 2008 at 13:59

Ok i overclocked my E8500 to 3.8, however i got an error in prime after 10 mins

Settings were 400FSB, 1.28 volts, showing as 1.24.8 in cpu Z

ram at 1066

I decided to lower the clock to 3.6 using a FSB of 380, keeping voltage etc the same

Mem is now at 1143

Timmings 5-5-5-15

How long should i run the prime 95 test to be sure of a good stable overclock?, there are 3 differant tests in prime should i run all 3 for the same amount of time or can some be done quicker?

Just one more question to those who are overclocking there E- series what voltages are you using and what overclocks have you got?

decrypt3r · 25 Oct 2008 at 14:05

run small ffts for 4hours

if that passes

your okay

blend u should run but small ffts tests the temps a lot more

blend tests memory

Peter450 · 25 Oct 2008 at 14:14

Ah ok so the blend test will tell me if my ram is stable at it's overclock, i was going to get a mem test program i was not sure if prime covered the ram too but i guess thats 1 download i won't need now

how long should i rund blend for?

decrypt3r · 25 Oct 2008 at 14:20

if it runs 2hours thats okay

but run for 8 hours to be sure

some people run longer but 8 is max enough imo