how long to wait to oc

[s1rwilliam]

I just got my e4300 @ 1.8 ghz, now its way faster than my previous p4 but i got it to overclock. Is there an amount of time you guys recommend before i jump right into overclocking? Should I wait a week to break it in or is there no issue with ocing right outta the box?

 

[Markfw]

Just do it.

 

[AnotherGuy]

id say maybe 2 days let the thermal grease burn in... n then no problem at all... just for heat issues nothin else

 

[MotF Bane]

Just do it, watch your temps as you do so. When you start hitting about 60 C, then you need to wait a couple of days. Use double Prime95 overnight; then you get to check stability and keeps the temps high to accelerate burn in.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I crank'em and spank'em from the first boot up🙂

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
I crank'em and spank'em from the first boot up

:thumbsup:

You should wait until you have the heatsink properly installed. 😉

 

[lopri]

Yeah really. In the past when I get an Opteron, my first boot up was always 9x300. No reason to waste time. 😀 For E4300, I'd say start with 8x400. What is your board?

 

[s1rwilliam]

ds3

 

[Lemon law]

I come from the be patient school. I would want to establish what I have is stable, not generating errors, and I would be running various benchmarks while paying close attention to temperatures.

Once you have that baseline---you can put numbers on things---and say this settings yields a X% gain at this amount of temperature increase---and when you are getting lots of increased temperatures and little performance gain--or start getting errors---its time to back things off.