[chatch15117]

No, I don't think that Linx hurts your CPU unless you let temps get above what they should be.

But, my friend is scared to run Linx for stability testing when overclocking his i7 920 to 3.2GHz @ 1.25 vcore. He says that it hurts your cpu and you will never push your cpu that hard, so stability testing should just be a few runs of 3dmark.

Comments? I didn't bother trying to explain electromigration or anything like that to him(seemed like a waste of time). I'll show him this thread later if there is some good feedback.

 

[cordawg92]

I don't think it "hurts" it... I did 20 runs of it yesterday

 

[Juggalo23451]

If linx supposedly hurts your cpu then why do people use it then.

 

[cordawg92]

I didnt say that it hurts it lol. I was just scared of running it because my temps shot up to 83 the first time i turned it on (now I don't get temps that high.. don't know why). Don't listen to chris

 

[PanicProne]

CPU are made with the prospect of working @ full load at any given time.

It won't hurt them.

 

[Nawtheph]

I personally have never used Linx. I do Prime95. That's the point of stress testing though, to see if your oc can handle everything you can throw at it and remain stable. At least that's why I stress test.

 

[chatch15117]

Thanks people! Rep+

 

[AyeYo]

Well, I'm posting on the rig that this screen shot is from so... I'd say it's still alive...

 

[manolith]

i guess that he has never heard of something called folding at home.. alot of videocards and cpus are running high risk of damage here in this forum if what he is saying is true..

 

[fruitflavor]

hmm i probably did about 200 + runs of linx past 24 hrs to see if my cpu's stable. also use prime and fold almost 24/7

 

[Chr0n1c]

3DMark is fine and dandy, but not much of a stability test.

That's all I got to say. I personally don't use Linx because of the shoddy-ness of it and my AV says "Hell no."

 

[SimpleTech]

Doesn't Intel use Linpack for testing their CPUs?

 

[AyeYo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chr0n1c 3DMark is fine and dandy, but not much of a stability test. That's all I got to say. I personally don't use Linx because of the shoddy-ness of it and my AV says "Hell no."

Can you elaborate?

 

[Mootsfox]

That's like saying it hurts a car to drive it...

Overvolting is going to decrease the life of the CPU no matter what.

 

[Nawtheph]

Exactly, if I kill my proc...eh, just gives me a reason to get another one. Hrm, maybe I should kill my 920....it is a c0 afterall.

 

[xLuckyNumber7x]

Tell him it hurts that 920 more to be stuck at 3.2ghz ...... That's like putting a govener on a Ferrari

 

[Angmaar]

LinX just makes your CPU stronger.

 

[vinton13]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PanicProne CPU are made with the prospect of working @ full load at any given time. It won't hurt them.

I second that.

 

[bk7794]

Quote:

Originally Posted by manolith i guess that he has never heard of something called folding at home.. alot of videocards and cpus are running high risk of damage here in this forum if what he is saying is true..

I second this post.

 

[letsgetiton]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mootsfox That's like saying it hurts a car to drive it... If you drive at 120mph the whole time. Overvolting is going to decrease the life of the CPU no matter what.

Your right about this one. Common sense.