***You leave your system overclocked?***

[Elvis2]

I have a 2.8C on an Asus P4C800E-Deluxe running at 3.45ghz (14 x 245fsb) on stock voltage. It idles at 32C and goes as high as 39C under load. I've run Prime95 for 24hrs, Memtest for 24hrs, PCMark, 3DMark and it goes on and on without so much as a hiccup . I'm just wondering if it's safe to leave it o/c'd 24/7.

What do you think?

 

[cubanx]

Your PC will be obsolete before overclocking kills it.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Elvis2
I have a 2.8C on an Asus P4C800E-Deluxe running at 3.45ghz (14 x 245fsb) on stock voltage. It idles at 32C and goes as high as 39C under load. I've run Prime95 for 24hrs, Memtest for 24hrs, PCMark, 3DMark and it goes on and on without so much as a hiccup . I'm just wondering if it's safe to leave it o/c'd 24/7.

What do you think?

Yes, it's safe for the components, especially at stock voltage, but it's much better to not have it overclocked when it comes to something like installing an OS. I un-overclock mine when I install any software, and when I defrag. Why not? It costs nothing, and takes only a few seconds to do, if you use a Windows overclocker, like ClockGen.

 

[Rythan]

I think the last CPU I had that I didn't OC was a 386/33, and I have yet to have a system fail on me for any reason other than a power supply or hard drive. Obviously not statistically significant, but a data point nonetheless

 

[Crucial]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Elvis2
I have a 2.8C on an Asus P4C800E-Deluxe running at 3.45ghz (14 x 245fsb) on stock voltage. It idles at 32C and goes as high as 39C under load. I've run Prime95 for 24hrs, Memtest for 24hrs, PCMark, 3DMark and it goes on and on without so much as a hiccup . I'm just wondering if it's safe to leave it o/c'd 24/7.

What do you think?

Yes, it's safe for the components, especially at stock voltage, but it's much better to not have it overclocked when it comes to something like installing an OS. I un-overclock mine when I install any software, and when I defrag. Why not? It costs nothing, and takes only a few seconds to do, if you use a Windows overclocker, like ClockGen.

In my experience this is totally and completely unecessary. All my machines have been overclocked and run 24/7 100% load. Not a one has had a problem and I never have corruption installing an OS or otherwise. The fact that you have it running at stock voltage makes it even less likely to have any problems in the long run.

This is all IMHO of course. Happy overclocking!

 

[rogue1979]

In my experience this is totally and completely unecessary. All my machines have been overclocked and run 24/7 100% load. Not a one has had a problem and I never have corruption installing an OS or otherwise. The fact that you have it running at stock voltage makes it even less likely to have any problems in the long run.

This is all IMHO of course. Happy overclocking!


100% correct. It shouldn't be necessary to drop the overclock to install the OS. If you are doing this to be "safe", then you aren't 100% confident that your overclock is truly stable.

 

[jkj]

Go for it!

 

[Megatomic]

My 2500+ is a 2500+ in name only. In practice it is a 3200+ and I do ALL of my computing with it at 3200+. If your OC is stable, leave it on. Like cubanx said, your PC will be obsolete before it dies, especially with your voltage at stock value.

 

[orion7144]

My max stable OC is 300 FSB on my 2.4C but that is at 1.65 volts. I ran it like that for a few days running Folding but I felt safer running at default voltage and 275 FSB.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i leave both my oced systems on 24/7

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Elvis2
I have a 2.8C on an Asus P4C800E-Deluxe running at 3.45ghz (14 x 245fsb) on stock voltage. It idles at 32C and goes as high as 39C under load. I've run Prime95 for 24hrs, Memtest for 24hrs, PCMark, 3DMark and it goes on and on without so much as a hiccup . I'm just wondering if it's safe to leave it o/c'd 24/7.

What do you think?

Yes, it's safe for the components, especially at stock voltage, but it's much better to not have it overclocked when it comes to something like installing an OS. I un-overclock mine when I install any software, and when I defrag. Why not? It costs nothing, and takes only a few seconds to do, if you use a Windows overclocker, like ClockGen.

I only initially do that before I have found my true cpu limit and limit of memory and bios tweaks....Once I have a 100% stable system through my rigorous testing then I don't see why I would need to downclock it to install software and defrag the HDD...That is plain silly!!! Sounds like a lack of confidence in ones overclock in the first place....What is so stressful about an install??? If you create errors in the install enough to corrupt then chances are if you really use the machine and not just surfing these errors would be seen in prime95, memtest or eventually in applications.

I run FH for 24/7 now, closing in on 3 weeks solid, and thanks to HT I still encode my movies with little slowdown in FH and the encoding.....I haven't seen an error, restart, etc since the first week when I was still tweaking this thing.....

If you have a stable no vcore adjusted oc as you mentioned I don't see it effecting the useful life of the cpu for you and the next person who owns it. As for Myocardia's regiment I wouldn't prescribe it for your system either.

 

[lookin4dlz]

I run mine 24/7, but if I'm not having it run a program during the day while I'm at work I usually put it into standby mode...

 

[ntrights]

Originally posted by: lookin4dlz
I run mine 24/7, but if I'm not having it run a program during the day while I'm at work I usually put it into standby mode...

same here..

 

[sonoran]

Originally posted by: Elvis2
I have a 2.8C on an Asus P4C800E-Deluxe running at 3.45ghz (14 x 245fsb) on stock voltage. It idles at 32C and goes as high as 39C under load. I've run Prime95 for 24hrs, Memtest for 24hrs, PCMark, 3DMark and it goes on and on without so much as a hiccup . I'm just wondering if it's safe to leave it o/c'd 24/7.

What do you think?

I don't think anyone's ever come to a definitive determination, but it's probably better to leave it on 24/7 (overclocked or not) than to frequently turn it on and off. Frequent heating and cooling causes thermal stresses between components that don't occur when the temp is reasonably constant. The overclocking is only adding a few degrees, and really shouldn't be any big deal. The temps were a bit lower in those days, but I ran my PII 333a @ 415MHz for 4+ years with no issues whatsoever.

 

[adams828]

do it do it!!

heh yea.. i leave mine OCed too
i think everyone around here does, unless just OCing to see how far they can push their system

 

[Ackmed]

Yes I do, and leave it on usually thru the night. 1gig overclock, 99.5% stable.

 

[high]

have never run my 2500+ and 1700+'s at stock since I got em....1700 is at 2.3 24/7 and 2500+ is at 2.3 24/7 no problems.

 

[Big Lar]

Your only real worries onf 24/7 is a fan or water pump going out.

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: Big Lar[/i]
Your only real worries onf 24/7 is a fan or water pump going out.

The motherboard has a setting to monitor the failure of the fans, so i dont think its such a big issue, since it will simply shut down, besides if you are running a p4 it will simply decrease its speed when it gets too hot. I say unless you are bumping the voltage to 1.7 on a p4, even if your overlock is 3.5 on a 2.4 chip your chip should last at least 10 years.
Mine ran 24/7 for 8 months now, not a long time to say the least but I dont see how overclocking would decrease my chip's expectancy life from Infinity (say 100 years at least at default) to 3 years??? Yes it might die in 10-20 years but not tomorrow or surely not in the next 5 years unless the voltage is extremely high.

 

[MegaWorks]

I overclocked my 1700+ @ 2.3Ghz with 1.775 volts and it's been running for a year now. Look if you have good cooling and you're using stock voltage you won't have any problems.

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2x Western Digital WD400BB 40GB serials
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[BD231]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Elvis2
I have a 2.8C on an Asus P4C800E-Deluxe running at 3.45ghz (14 x 245fsb) on stock voltage. It idles at 32C and goes as high as 39C under load. I've run Prime95 for 24hrs, Memtest for 24hrs, PCMark, 3DMark and it goes on and on without so much as a hiccup . I'm just wondering if it's safe to leave it o/c'd 24/7.

What do you think?

Yes, it's safe for the components, especially at stock voltage, but it's much better to not have it overclocked when it comes to something like installing an OS. I un-overclock mine when I install any software, and when I defrag. Why not? It costs nothing, and takes only a few seconds to do, if you use a Windows overclocker, like ClockGen.

Complete waste of time dude.

The only point your going to have OS install troubles is if the IDE channels can't handle the overclock or your system just shuts off. I could imagine getting script errors, but if your ram is causing such a problem the computer usually just freezes or restarts.