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I agree with this and what one considers stable for oneself is always different for another. Some of our members fold on their overclocked rigs 24/7 which usually requires more CPU V core in order for it to run stable then what I would use for the same clock speed. We recommend that one uses prime95 for 2 hours, as a general rule for stability. Is it 100% reliable no but it does give us a good indication of stability for most users. I have personally found that in order for me to make it through 2 hours of prime I will need more CPU v core and slight changes in other areas, then I do using Aida64 or I burnintest. Does this mean that my pc is any more stable then yours no, like you said if it's stable for what you do then it's stable. This is probably why there is a difference between your V core and the one Rgone is testing on, as well as the differences that come chip to chip.Lol no blue screens, system lock ups, bios corruptions, restarts, failed startups etc. Sure the benchmark stress tests are okay - I like burnintest and aida64 extreme edition but I think real world ops are much more reliable and realistic in terms of system use with all components held as a constant factor while being incorporated with the variable clock ranges at an incrementally measured pace. I have been maxing out Skyrim, Blacklight Retribution, and Planetside 2 with great results. I like what another member of a different site once said on this subject - achieving true 100 percent stability is practically impossible - something that works perfectly fine one week can suddenly change for no reason when you're dealing with overclocks
