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burn in period for components?

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frankierx

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I read some customer reviews at newegg, and some mention not oc'ing until burning in their new components. Is there any truth in this? Can i oc my new ram and mobo when I get them in? My cpu is my ol' barton 2500+ that i've been using for the past yr now, so its not new.
 
Dunno if burn-in is true or not but a year is long enough to wait. OC the crap outa it, it's like a 10 dollar CPU. Then when it fries, upgrade.
 
it is probably about as true as you can't change your oil to synthetic until 3,000 miles


I definately wouldn't worry about it in your case.
 
oh wait. if you use stuff like arctic silver that doesnt reach its best for like 200? hours, you maybe should wait till then before you oc, at least before you up the voltage. maybe thats what they meant.
 
Traditionally, "burn in" is when you simply run the components for a while, usually after assembling them, to see if they "catch on fire" (fail) or not. It really has nothing to do with wear, like the initial mileage of an engine. Computer components are not mechanical, and don't need to "seat the valves" or anything like that.

You want to make sure that stuff works first, before you OC and void the warranty, just in case something is DOA and needs to be replaced.
 
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