Threads to dispell ... 'burn-in' for PC's increases performance ...

[Noid]

I know I've seen a thread or two on this subject ...
... but ... cant seem to locate them here ...

Can anyone post some "real world testing" threads on this subject again ...?

Thx

PLEASE !!! ... I need 'old threads' !!!!

There were some real good threads on this subject here ... I just unable seem to locate them ...
(or articles)

 

[dman]

All else equal, just running the PC for x amount of time I don't believe it'd help.

However, with the arctic silver and other hs compounds, they don't reach maximum efficiency until x amount of hours of operation. At which point the CPU will run a bit cooler than before. Therefore you could possibly overclock higher.

Just theory here, can't back it up w/ links. Interested to be proven wrong though.

 

[gistech1978]

im pretty sure its regarded as a myth.
but people still do it.

 

[DurocShark]

I burn in to identify problems. I doubt there is enough difference between the performance of thermal compound to justify it for only that reason.

 

[Banana]

Burn-in of PCs or cars? :frown:

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: 1YellowPeril
Burn-in of PCs or cars? :frown:

Or headphones?

 

[Wingznut]

How about just consulting the AnandTech FAQ (that pm wrote) entitled Does "burn-in" really help overclocking?

 

[Noid]

ahhhh ... thanks ...

... I didnt think there would be a FAQ on this ... so I didnt look ...

my mistake ,,,

... and thanks for your memory of this FAQ ...

... any more INFO out there that anyone remembers ... ?

 

[Noid]

bump .,.. maybe I need to move this to overclocking ...

But ,,, I'm afraid that would start some flaming ...

 

[Kelvrick]

I always thought burn-in was to see if your nice little oem athlon was gonna blow up on you.

 

[Eli]

I've always said it was nonsense.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Eli
I've always said it was nonsense.

I'm sure you're right about the performance aspect, but the manufacturers do it to thin the herd so that there are fewer consumer failures.

 

[TofBnT]

I do it to blow it up early if it going to die. Easier to get a replacement at 1 wek than 6 months.

 

[silverpig]

The only real good a burn in test will do is test to see if your new system is stable with its current configuration. It doesn't make it go faster or anything though.