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Originally Posted by js960

P95 dude say min. 6 hours I think but 12, 24 or more is also a challenge/task for some oc-people. Like benchmarking is for others, 3D, Superpi, anything that spit out numbers will do. Like finding "screenshot-stable" setups interesting. All part of the same tinikering really. I was a 24+ oc´er Actually more of a forever oc´er since I dont really understand the concept of fixed hours when thinking about it - but to maintain sanity I settled for 24 hours. To begin with more like few hours if even that but eventually result of planned longer tests would be adjusted to. If crazy about benchmarking there is a tendency to slack if not skip testing, some dont care as long as games work. I never understood that, and perhaps also noticed a connection between those who researched and tested properly, and those who just pushed buttons/moved sliders I bet same goes today. So if stability is a big issue you risk getting even more determined on rigid testing than make sense. Due to the many horror stories and unbelievable user bugs available. A PC does not become ready for mission critical work just because P95 has run for a week. Still cheap components but understand hunt for P95 approval is about the same as 3Dmarks or similar.

30min and i'm happy with my OC. Like i said there is no way any other application will take the temperature to such a extreme as Prime95 does. 3Dmark is a synthetic benchmark. Prime95 is a torture test.