Is there any need for a "break-in" of electronics before they are really used?

[BrunoPuntzJones]

kinda going back to the overclocking thing, do you oc it right out of the box or run it stock for a few days. ya know with new cars they tell you not drive over 70, stay at the same rpm, etc. for the first 1000 miles or whatever. i know this is a dumb question, but never seen it addressed, but do electronics follow this rule? i would think they wouldnt, but it has got me to thinking...

like when i get a new hd in, i usually need to rebuild it asap, i throw in the new drive, boot up, and start copying gigs and gigs of data.

or you get your new cdrw in, can you start mass burning discs one after another?

get your new monitor, ok to run in 24/7 right outta the box?

stuff like vid cards and cpus i would think wouldnt matter if you pushed them to the max right outta the box, but what about stuff with moving parts? or are they ready for punishment as soon as you open it? dumb question i know

 

[CTho9305]

nope. if you OC, some people think "burning in" the chip (overvolting for a couple days) helps, but most likely this is more the pad/paste settling in more. Anyway... they do enough testing when making the hardware - it comes ready to abuse

 

[smp]

I wouldn't mind running my new system for a few days stock just to make sure that I'm stable, that way if I decide to OC and get instability then, you're perpetrators are limited (you already know this and that works)..

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

my general rule of thumb is to never OC a processor right out of the box. I use it for a couple days at stock speed, and then i crank up the juice.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

may be, the cooling fan, harddisk, cd-rom/dvd-rom/cd-rw drive have mechanic parts.