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Is my overclock stable?

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I ran AIDA 64 and the last I checked it, it was an hour and a half through and it hadn't crashed yet. I was away for 2 and a half hours after that and it must have crashed while I was away. (so it could have very well have been running for up to 4 hours). Is it still stable?

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Run the most demanding application that you will use as well this sometimes will reveal instabilities that standard stress testing tools cant.

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Run the most demanding application that you will use as well this sometimes will reveal instabilities that standard stress testing tools cant.

Arma 3 is the most demanding I can think of. Runs fine.

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Personally, though I am sure it is overkill, I run Aida64 for six-ten hours after a fifteen minute run with OCCT.

 

I don't think it is stable if it crashed around four hours though. I have found that BF3 reveals instability real quick. If you have that, try it out.

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Arma 3 is the most demanding I can think of. Runs fine.

then your probably good. just save work often for a few weeks just in case.

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Personally, though I am sure it is overkill, I run Aida64 for six-ten hours after a fifteen minute run with OCCT.

 

I don't think it is stable if it crashed around four hours though. I have found that BF3 reveals instability real quick. If you have that, try it out.

Alright, I'll try bf3 and see how that works out.

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Personally, though I am sure it is overkill, I run Aida64 for six-ten hours after a fifteen minute run with OCCT.

 

I don't think it is stable if it crashed around four hours though. I have found that BF3 reveals instability real quick. If you have that, try it out.

bf3 ran fine on a 64 man server metro.

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bf3 ran fine on a 64 man server metro.

 

How long did you play? If it was only for a while, I don't think you will see any results.

 

If it crashed after four hours of Aida64 I would suggest adjusting your OC a bit though.

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If it crashed under load it is not entirely stable.  However as others have noted, it might not crash under whatver less stressful applications you ordinarily use.

 

But don't bet on that.

 

So the only real question is:  If the system crashed while you were using it could you live with the consequences?  Those consequences being any lost data, work, progress since your last save.

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