Good stability test ? Which proggies? how many.

[rigor3]

Someone recommend a good stability routine thats pretty much die hard to test for 8-12 hours?

1. Prime95 ? By itself?
2. 3dmark 2000? by itself?

Gimme a good cocktail to burn up this cpu.

 

[BurntKooshie]

RC5. For however long you own your computer
Seti @ Home. For however long you own your computer
Gamma Flux. For however long you own your computer
OGR. For however long you own your computer

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Pick'n choose from one of the above, its only best to run one at a time, as they all fight for resources which becomes inefficient.

 

[xtreme2k]

stop recruting when someone is just asking for a stability test program damnit

Rc5 certainly doesnt test stability at all since the memory access are minimal

i recommend Prime95 by itself will load your CPU to 100% and memory being accessed

if you want it real hard

run Prime95 in the background when you infinitely loop Quake2 crusher

 

[frombauer]

Where can I find RC5? What exactly does it do?

See Ya

 

[Eug]

I agree. While I think OGR is a good cause, I don't think it stresses the computer enough. I can run it just about forever with my computer too overclocked, but combinations of programs that do more global "burning-in" will crash it at the same settings.

I would avoid Quake 3, because it seems to have a memory leak or something when the demo is looped.

I like running the CPUBurn programs in conjunction with the intro flyby of Unreal Tournament. I run it for about 6-10 hours or so. Good test of stability. If it runs that fine, then drop your CPU down just a notch for added cushion (eg. 2%) and your system will be rock solid.

 

[Linh]

rc5,seti, ogr etc....... don't really stress all of your computer. my old c550 would run rc5 for weeks on end with no problems, but would crash after 5 or more hours of UT. I usually do what xtreme recommends, that is run prime95 while looping q2 crusher at 1600x1200 in software mode.