You can also use IXTU. although i just find it funny because everyone recommends a program that uses the same code as prime95, but im not one to judge >_> anywho, anything will work, i use cinebench for myself as a cpu test as it puts on a pretty big stress on the cpu.
(10-15-2014, 03:33 AM)Growlith1223 Wrote: [ -> ]You can also use IXTU. although i just find it funny because everyone recommends a program that uses the same code as prime95, but im not one to judge >_> anywho, anything will work, i use cinebench for myself as a cpu test as it puts on a pretty big stress on the cpu.
:p Such is life, eh?
(10-15-2014, 04:18 AM)WGI-M Wrote: [ -> ] (10-15-2014, 03:33 AM)Growlith1223 Wrote: [ -> ]You can also use IXTU. although i just find it funny because everyone recommends a program that uses the same code as prime95, but im not one to judge >_> anywho, anything will work, i use cinebench for myself as a cpu test as it puts on a pretty big stress on the cpu.
:p Such is life, eh?
indeed
(10-15-2014, 03:33 AM)Growlith1223 Wrote: [ -> ]You can also use IXTU. although i just find it funny because everyone recommends a program that uses the same code as prime95, but im not one to judge >_> anywho, anything will work, i use cinebench for myself as a cpu test as it puts on a pretty big stress on the cpu.
I recommended IntelBurnTest though. Do I get a cookie point.
Besides it's all good
Well the thing is, Prime95 does the exact same thing, only difference between prime95 and other programs is they have a "fancy" ui.
(10-15-2014, 06:39 PM)Growlith1223 Wrote: [ -> ]Well the thing is, Prime95 does the exact same thing, only difference between prime95 and other programs is they have a "fancy" ui.
They do something very similar I guess but they are really different though.
Another reason I recommend IntelBurnTest is because it's a very simple GUI so easy to use for everyone.
It's free.
It finds errors quicker and thusly when modern people are all rash and will quit after 10 minutes it's better for them to have failed within that time so they know they have an unstable system.
I really could go on.
But yeah there are a lot of programs out there that are simple UI changes to existing stability tests; in fact IntelBurnTest is a UI change of LINPACK.
I've been running a 4.4GHz OC for a while now but I haven't run a stability test, what happens if i don't run this test?
Nothing really, other than you won't know if it's stable enough for cpu heavy programs.
The best stability 'test' is to use your PC as you do normally. Browse the web, watch videos, play games, emulate stuff, etc. If you don't BSOD then you should be good. Running Prime in addition is a good way to know if your CPU is stable for the absolute 100% load. Keep in mind that your voltage will drop a bit due to the load so you might need to change offsets or work on your vcore a bit more. But honestly, if you don't BSOD with a 0x0124 error during regular usage then you should be good to go.
That's a terrible way to test. Everyone occasionally does things that are much more stressful than what they usually do. That's why you want to make sure the system is stable no matter what. Besides instability doesn't always produce a BSOD. If it's slightly unstable it might only cause programs to act wonky, crash, or corrupt files.