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WaTaGuMp

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It looks like I got a pretty good chip. Running at 4.8 right now Prime going and monitoring temps. I hope the temps are right, they seem pretty dam good. Last night temps hit a max of 76, running cooler now for some reason. I guess it could be my room temp, so how does it look? :D

 
Looks good, but 7 mins of prime doesn't really count for much in my book.
 
Your temps are fine. The "Distance to TJ Max" is always accurate, and that's all you need to care about. If you can have that be >5-10 or so at all times, then you are fine.
 
extide said:
Your temps are fine. The "Distance to TJ Max" is always accurate, and that's all you need to care about. If you can have that be >5-10 or so at all times, then you are fine.
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Yeah people have said Real Temp is accurate, so I am happy there. Not even close to the 105 max, so once again its good news. Keeping my fingers crossed, 12min or so no crash at 1.28 volts according to CPUZ.
 
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55 min in and still stable, I think this chip might have a 5.0 in it. I am not going to try it though. Very happy at 4.8, sick CPU's and a sick cooler.
 
Looking good. Your TIM might have been one of those that takes a bit of time to cure, so that would explain your temps lowering after a while.
 
Some have no curing time, others have a several hour curing time, and yet others can take weeks. It varies, and it also cures faster under higher temps.
 
Tsumi said:
Some have no curing time, others have a several hour curing time, and yet others can take weeks. It varies, and it also cures faster under higher temps.
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The stuff I have is really old, I wasn't even sure if it was still good. Its Antec Formula 5.
 
striker444 said:
I have a similar setup as you, I would suggest trying IntelBurn on Maximum settings http://www.majorgeeks.com/IntelBurnTest_d5987.html Prime95 had my temps in the low 70's at 4.7ghz but with intelburn it got it up to 86C. I was able to run prime95 all night without a crash, this made it crash in 10 min till I got my settings right.
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I am satisfied with the results I got from using Prime. All these stress tests are going to push the CPU past what I will be doing with my PC. If I start seeing any crashes playing some games etc, I will tweak some more. I did see a temp of 82 yesterday after running Prime for almost an hour and a half, still well below what would damage the CPU.
 
WaTaGuMp said:
I am satisfied with the results I got from using Prime. All these stress tests are going to push the CPU past what I will be doing with my PC. If I start seeing any crashes playing some games etc, I will tweak some more. I did see a temp of 82 yesterday after running Prime for almost an hour and a half, still well below what would damage the CPU.
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Very true, I was thinking of staying at 4.8 myself as it never crashed in anything I do but only tests. With the possibility of that rare crash I didn't want to risk it IE) gaming in starcraft, I can spend 30 min multiplayer, if you crash you can't get back in!

We picked one hell of a great setup, IMHO best bang for the buck with the HSF, Mobo, IPS monitor and CPU
 
striker444 said:
Very true, I was thinking of staying at 4.8 myself as it never crashed in anything I do but only tests. With the possibility of that rare crash I didn't want to risk it IE) gaming in starcraft, I can spend 30 min multiplayer, if you crash you can't get back in!

We picked one hell of a great setup, IMHO best bang for the buck with the HSF, Mobo, IPS monitor and CPU
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I am so happy with this setup its beyond reason. If you go read the Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 review thread, you will see why I am happy as a clam with this combo. Even my SSD read speeds were about 100 points higher on this board. That shouldn't be, they are both the same SATA 3 speeds. Even the layout of this board is better, I can even use all 3 front panel USB ports now on my case. The cables wouldn't all reach on the Asrock. This board with the $10 rebate was only $20 more than the Asrock, of course thats also with the MS bundle of $40 off.
 
Hi guys I've had this chip since Feb 1st I overclocked it straight to 4.4 immediately after I installed windows. It will run flawless at 4.4 with 1.3v. I'm happy with running it 4.0 with my memory overclocked @ 1800. Coming from a Q9550 that I clocked 3.8 this cpu is much
faster. The ASROCK Extreme 4 is an amazing board. So easy to hook up and configure. Best board I've ever owned by far.
 
cantoncobaltsssc said:
Hi guys I've had this chip since Feb 1st I overclocked it straight to 4.4 immediately after I installed windows. It will run flawless at 4.4 with 1.3v. I'm happy with running it 4.0 with my memory overclocked @ 1800. Coming from a Q9550 that I clocked 3.8 this cpu is much
faster. The ASROCK Extreme 4 is an amazing board. So easy to hook up and configure. Best board I've ever owned by far.
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Its funny you mention the Asrock, cause it was the first board I bought. Took 2 of them back for different reasons. You can read those reasons in the Asrock Extreme 4 review thread. I have also had video card issues, so this build did not go smoothly in that aspect. Now that everything seems to be finished, I have a nice fast overclocked system.
 
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