How do I setup prime 95 to test max stability? And is there any other programs..

[AntMan]

What do my settings need to be on prime 95 so it works my computer real hard to test stabilty. And is there any other great Stability testers other than RC5 Team Anandtech stuff?


Thx
-AntMan

 

[sharkeeper]

Use Prime95 Torture test. Run until it produces an error (leave running for at least 24 hours). If you system is stable it will NOT produce any errors!

RC5 will heat the processor up hotter than Prime95, but I don't know if it checks the computations for errors like Prime95 does.

Cheers!

 

[xtreme2k]

RC5 is the worst you want to use to test stability.

I have had RC5 and Prime running next to each other. RC5 running perfect, while Prime saying my CPU gives error. And I knew Prime is correct since my CPU was at 1.4GHz without enough voltage.

Prime is a LOT MORE sensitive to overclocking as it checks for errors. RC5 doesnt checks for error as far as I know.

 

[AntMan]

Thanks ALot Guys

 

[Gatsby]

Prime95 stresses the entire chip will RC5 only stresses the integer parts of the chip.

so the Lucas Lehmer Stress Test is superior in its stress ability.

Gatsby

 

[xtreme2k]

Prime not only stress the entire chip
it also stress the L1, L2 and System RAM.

It uses at least 5-10MByte of memory when doing the LL test.