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					Originally Posted by xxxslayeriiixxx  So for overclockers in here, what do you guys use to stress the CPU if its stable or not?i just type this "yes > /dev/null" in terminal. like 15 terminal windows. i dont know if its an accurate way of stabilizing the overclock, but ive had no problems so far. i top out at 63C full load 4.0 GHz. i mainly use the hackintosh for video editing (8TB of HDD) which only tops around 50C when rendering videos. idling at 28C btw. varies from 26-30C depending on ambient temp.
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I personally use mprime95 I think MSInfo does also 
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/ 
Your Temps look at par with ours  
A smart friend of mine once told me the i7 has an internal thermal max/throttle down point of 102 degrees.
 
thanks
				 Last edited by airwalk776; 09-20-2010 at 09:55 PM.
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