Efficient way to test IB oc'ing

[wand3r3r]

What's the best way to quickly test a chips overclocking ability and temps? I don't know if I'll get around to it but I was thinking about testing some ivy bridge chips to see if there are any golden overclockers.

I guess one way is simply to overclock to like 4-4.5GHz and try Prime95 for e.g. 10 minutes and measure the temps? Then save the settings in the BIOS, drop in the next chip and repeat?

Being the thermal paste wouldn't have time to truly cure, would this test be to inaccurate, although I guess the tested chips would be subject to the same conditions provided the amount of thermal paste was sufficient.

I haven't even tried OCing ivy bridge yet as I previously decided to stick with my 980.

 

[boxleitnerb]

What if the chip would show errors at the 11th minute? Or in another program/game? Honestly, the only way to test OC is to test in everyday use cases and for several hours/days.

 

[Idontcare]

What's the best way to quickly test a chips overclocking ability and temps? I don't know if I'll get around to it but I was thinking about testing some ivy bridge chips to see if there are any golden overclockers.

I guess one way is simply to overclock to like 4-4.5GHz and try Prime95 for e.g. 10 minutes and measure the temps? Then save the settings in the BIOS, drop in the next chip and repeat?

Being the thermal paste wouldn't have time to truly cure, would this test be to inaccurate, although I guess the tested chips would be subject to the same conditions provided the amount of thermal paste was sufficient.

I haven't even tried OCing ivy bridge yet as I previously decided to stick with my 980.

If you are doing IB chips and you are looking for great OC'ers then you are going to want to delid at some point, whatever chip you eventually settle on as your golden sample, and when you delid it becomes a whole new ballgame.

Basically there is no way to filter out the duds if you plan to delid the non-duds, because you won't know the duds from the non-duds until you've delidded and tested them all.

Now if you have no plans on delidding, and are just looking for non-duds when it comes to OC'ing in stock IHS conditions then there is no question the easiest way is to load up LinX/IBT and boot the chip at 4.5GHz. Just keep dropping the voltage in 0.005V increments every 20-30s or so until it reboots the computer.

Its not perfect but it is a good enough proxy for what you are looking to accomplish.