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Old 07-05-09   #11 (permalink)
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how long would you suggest running OCCT to be sure of stability
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OCCT 2-hour mix test followed by an 8+ hour run of Prime95 small FFTs is a good combo to test stability of an OC.
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I corrupted the windows 7 boot with an unstable overclock once. I just had to put the disc in and do a start-up repair.

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OCCT 2-hour mix test followed by an 8+ hour run of Prime95 small FFTs is a good combo to test stability of an OC.
for each 10MHz increase?
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I have herd that to be safe while OCing I should set up a stripped down version of my OS to prevent damage due to errors from overclocking. Is this really needed?

That can happen but is really really rare. The worst that you could get is a memory error or soemthing saying windows cannot boot because blah blah is missing. Well go and put your clock speed down a little and it fixes it. I have overclocked my PC to 3.8 and gettting there was a trip. I had at least a dozen BSOD and boot errors <.< AND STILL NOT CORRUPTED FILES!

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Yes it can absolutely corrupt an OS, it happened to when i was oc'ing my Q6600.

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I have herd that to be safe while OCing I should set up a stripped down version of my OS to prevent damage due to errors from overclocking. Is this really needed?
As long as you aren't increasing the PCI clocks, you're fine.
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Yes because if you have an unstable OC then you can corrupt files.
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