Should I start overclocking or wait?

[Penurious]

Hello my peeps,

So today...like 2 hours ago, I applied some Artic Silver 5 on my i7-5820k and I really want to start overclocking and benchmarking my system, but I understand that there a curing time of at least 200 Hours for it to settle and I don't want to ruin it and have to reapply it. What should I do? 

 

I'm using a H100i GTX to cool it.

 

Thanks,

CR3DITorD3BIT

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Hello my peeps,

So today...like 2 hours ago, I applied some Artic Silver 5 on my i7-5820k and I really want to start overclocking and benchmarking my system, but I understand that there a curing time of at least 200 Hours for it to settle and I don't want to ruin it and have to reapply it. What should I do? 

 

I'm using a H100i GTX to cool it.

 

Thanks,

CR3DITorD3BIT

I've never head of that and I'm damn sure most people don't follow that rule, because that means pro-overclockers would have to wait nearly a week after installing a chip. Go for it.

[suchamoneypit]

I'd just OC it, you should be fine, never heard of a cure time on that TM

 

Welcome to the 5820k family. It overclocks insanely well, report back with your speeds!

[incarnate]

Hello my peeps,

So today...like 2 hours ago, I applied some Artic Silver 5 on my i7-5820k and I really want to start overclocking and benchmarking my system, but I understand that there a curing time of at least 200 Hours for it to settle and I don't want to ruin it and have to reapply it. What should I do?

I'm using a H100i GTX to cool it.

Thanks,

CR3DITorD3BIT

It won't hurt to overclock. That curing time just means that the performance of the paste takes time to reach its full potential. So long as you keep the temps under 85 then you'll be ok.

Honestly it's not like it is a huge difference anyway. I can't see it being more than a couple degrees

[Penurious]

I'd just OC it, you should be fine, never heard of a cure time on that TM

 

Welcome to the 5820k family. It overclocks insanely well, report back with your speeds!

So, so far I'm @ 4.5ghz and 1.2V and I ran Aida64 for 10min...it did not fail nor surpass 77C*. I may increase it more, but I think that's good so far.

[Penurious]

I've never head of that and I'm damn sure most people don't follow that rule, because that means pro-overclockers would have to wait nearly a week after installing a chip. Go for it.

 

I'd just OC it, you should be fine, never heard of a cure time on that TM

 

Welcome to the 5820k family. It overclocks insanely well, report back with your speeds!

 

It won't hurt to overclock. That curing time just means that the performance of the paste takes time to reach its full potential. So long as you keep the temps under 85 then you'll be ok.

Honestly it's not like it is a huge difference anyway. I can't see it being more than a couple degrees

Something happened to my computer last night, I woke up this morning and it was showing the black screen where it says, "System overclocking has failed.....Resetting to default value.

Anyone had this happen before? 

[incarnate]

Something happened to my computer last night, I woke up this morning and it was showing the black screen where it says, "System overclocking has failed.....Resetting to default value.

Anyone had this happen before?

Sounds like the oc isn't stable. Add a little more voltage and stress test using Intel's xtu or occt for a few hours

10 mins with aida (especially aida) isn't going to produce any instability. I've run aida at 4.3 on stock voltage (1.06v or so) and didn't get a bsod for over 40 mins

[suchamoneypit]

Something happened to my computer last night, I woke up this morning and it was showing the black screen where it says, "System overclocking has failed.....Resetting to default value.

Anyone had this happen before? 

it just sounds like it was a unstable overclock, it simply turned itself off and reset everything to normal speeds. This isn't anything to worry about.