Can I run Orthos w/ other processes during a stress test

[BassBomb]

My PC was able to boot at 3.4ghz and I stress tested it with orthos blend for about 6 hours and it passed.

I was thinking of doing it longer, and at the same time firing up Vuze to download during this time (and I'll just play PS3 or watch TV).

Is it a bad idea to have both of these running at the same time? Will it overload the cpu and force errors that may not be present inherently.

I did notice one crash during Assassin's Creed which I attributed to CPU overclock so it is currently dialed down to stock.

 

[Foxery]

This won't cause any additional problems, but it will make your stress test rather pointless if the stressful part can't dominate the system. If the system crashes, you'll also wind up with corrupt files / lost work, so why risk it?

 

[imported_Woody]

Six hours is a pretty solid test. Try playing some good games on it for six hours...you'd have more fun and if it goes the distance without crashing you're probably in good shape.

Keep in mind that in the future you may introduce factors that cause it to become unstable like adding more components (hard drives, graphics cards) that tip the balance in some way so you should test it again if you do make any changes.

Also run Memtest 86+ for a while. It won't be as stressful on your entire system but it may uncover memory instabilities that Prime95 won't.

The other thing you can do is find the point where it is in fact unstable. For instance if your system starts to crash with Orthos at around 3.7GHz but runs smooth at 3.6GHz you can safely assume that you don't need more than a six hour test at 3.4GHz.