Prime95 vs. Linx - Page 2

Don't think of it as Prime95 vs. LinX. Think of it as I can use LinX to do quick testing to find out how far I can push my overclock and then I use prime to find any instabilities that LinX missed. An instability in prime is a real instability and an instability in LinX is a real instability; each program stresses the CPU in a different way so they find different kinds of instabilites.

Using multiple stress tests will help make sure you have a rock solid overclock. The method to my madness for overclocking is to raise up my FSB by 5 so starting with (266x9 for my CPU) I then have 271x9, which is raising my overall CPU speed by 45mhz and running LinX for 10 runs. If it passes then I raise up my FSB another 5 for 276x9 and run LinX. If that doesn't pass, then I increase the vcore by one bump (.00625v on my mobo) and try running LinX again. If it passes then I increase the FSB by another 5. If it fails again I increase the vcore by another bump and try LinX again. When you start getting to your max overclock you may bump the vcore 5-8 times just to get stability.

Believe it or not, doing this will give you the absolute max overclock in a day or two. Once I have the maximum overclock (limited by either temperatures of voltage), then I run prime95 Small FTTs for 12hrs. If it passes great, if not bump by one more vcore and try Prime95 again. ---This is ussually where people are satisfied that their overclock is stable and it really is a good sign that it is.

Since I'm a little paranoid, I then run 12hrs of Prime95 on Blend and OCCT with Small Data Set for 2hrs.---At this point even I call it stable.

good stuff man. im gonna have to try this

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