Re: The Great Capacitor Showdown - Rubycon vs Panasonic vs Samxon

gonzo
I think you may be missing my point. I am offering to do the overclock tests so there is no additional burden on TopCat. Boards like the 8RDA+ have sturdy regulators so overclocking tests will more quickly highlight the vulnerable capacitors. Most of the members here probably overclock their boards in some way and I suspect they would rather not wait years for a conclusion so my proposal is to add a little more "stress" to the test

Re: The Great Capacitor Showdown - Rubycon vs Panasonic vs Samxon

Yes, you guys get what I'm saying. Running this test at stock speeds with good caps will bring about a very long MTBF so my idea is to run two tests of two mainboards (the AU11 and 8RDA+) concurrently with TopCat. One test designed to stress the CPU multiplier overclock using both memory channels and one designed to test the bridges. I suspect my proposed tests will tell us a little about which caps are stressed by the type of overclock you use. My experience gives me a good idea about the expected results but it...

Re: The Great Capacitor Showdown - Rubycon vs Panasonic vs Samxon

I'm following this thread with great interest. I own a few Epox 8RDA which swelled the little caps by the memory and southbridge controllers. This is an issue for FSB overclockers but probably won't come into play with a box running stock speeds. Once this test is over (or possibly concurrently) I will offer to put up two overclocked 8RDA+ and two FIC AU11 with Athlon XP Mobile chips. In this way, we can test a great overclockers board and see which caps are vulnerable by the type of overclock. I have a plan if anyone...