How soon can I start overclocking?

[beacon]

I just installed the E8400 today, fresh out of box. How soon can I start overclocking it?

 

[Nenu]

Now if you wish.

 

[beacon]

Thanks!

 

[Pnanasnoic]

lmao wth??!

 

[Riccochet]

lmao wth??!

Some people prefer to let the CPU "burn in" prior to overclocking. It's been said for years that allowing a CPU to burn in and slowly bring it up to speed will achieve a higher overclock instead of going straight for your target speed.

Personally I've never tested the theory.

 

[beacon]

Thanks Hydrbudz, I was concerned with AS cure time and CPU burn-in time.

 

[sdgserv]

NOW

 

[Mackowitz]

With my E7200, I set FSB to 333 and ran it at 3.1ghz (600mhz oc) for the "Burn in" period of a few days to let the arctic silver set up. Then started playing with getting to 4.0ghz once that was done. Of course, with my Q6600 I just set it to 3.6 immediately and played with voltage and OCCT to get it stable. Not the most scientific overclock I've ever done.

 

[Sojuuk]

my overclocking procedure is:

install
boot at default settings
stress test for 4 hours
overclock.

 

[Slaxerz]

I just overclock after few days of use.

 

[beacon]

Welp, thanks for the suggestions folks, running E8400 at 4050 now

 

[mobusta1]

in 2 hrs

 

[vortican]

I will always remember the day I received my E6300, I read a forum post asking the same question. One of the posters had put together a new build with the same chip and his response was:

"I was installing Windows at 1.4 volts!"

The greatest.

 

[sethk]

If you've applied some fresh thermal paste, it will cook over the next few days (it benefits from several start up / cool downs) and your temps will drop a few degrees. Other than that, you may prefer to run some benchmarks, memtest and stress tests to get a baseline read on your stability and temps.

Use that as a starting point for your overclocking adventures. GL!

 

[Yakyb]

yeah oc now to a reasonable level then retweak in a week or so once you thermal material has settled

you mentions AS there are a lot better products out than that out btw

 

[beacon]

yeah oc now to a reasonable level then retweak in a week or so once you thermal material has settled

you mentions AS there are a lot better products out than that out btw

Cool -- which products?

 

[Tetrahedron]

build puter
install OS
install updates, apps, etc..
make sure everything is working properly
start the OCing

that is like 3-4 hours worth of time from start of build