New System is built... now what?

[BryceSD]

Ok, my new system is up and running and everything seems to be working properly. Here are my system spec's:

Lian-Li PC-60 case
ASUS A8N SLI deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Thermaltake Venus 12 CPU fan
Crucial PC-3200 DDR 512MB x2 (1GB total)
Segate 7200.8T 250MB SATA HD
EVGA 6800GT 265MB
NEC DVD+/-RW 16x
3.5" Sony Floppy drive
CoolMax 400W Silent Switching Pwr Supply
And last but not least.... my cool New Egg sticker!!!!

My question for you pro's.... what kind of burn-in procedures should I do for new systems? (CPU, RAM.... ) How long should I let the system burn in?

Thanks for any help!

BryceSD

 

[imverygifted]

well if you overclock you can always see what type of speeds/ temps you get. if not just play games and enjoy the better FPS and eye candy vs. and older system.

 

[Promethply]

In my experience, burn in doesn't work:

Either the combination of mobo, CPU, RAMs, etc can handle the overclock or not.

If they can't, no amount of burn in will change anything.

 

[Ike0069]

You can run Prime95 for 24 hrs or so. Personally I never bother. If it runs stable during heavy gaming, then I'm happy.