Is it okay to use your computer during a Prime95 Torture Test (full CPU)?

[cyberknight]

I don't really experience too much slowdown when I surf the net while Prime95 is doing a 100% CPU Torture test. Can me doing stuff cause it to make errors?

 

[Duvie]

If it does then the system isn't stable...prime is low priority type of app. Meaning it will use all available cycles given to it. If your surfing that probably takes only 10% or less cpu utiilization so prime will use the remaining 90%. sure it may not get all the tests done as fast, but the point is max continous load, max heat, thus max stress....

Heck I encourage other uses as prime95 is running.

 

[imported_whatever]

no it cannot. it may reduce the stress a tiny bit, but not by much, and it will not cause it to error when it would not otherwise.

 

[zakee00]

yeah, remember: you are TRYING to make the computer fail. lol run prime95, doomIII, hl2, firefox, and encode a DVD...at the same time

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: zakee00
yeah, remember: you are TRYING to make the computer fail. lol run prime95, doomIII, hl2, firefox, and encode a DVD...at the same time

That will cause issues with your DVD encoding, regardless of whether your system is stable or not.

Causes the audio be out of sync when I did anything intensive while encoding a DVD.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: zakee00
yeah, remember: you are TRYING to make the computer fail. lol run prime95, doomIII, hl2, firefox, and encode a DVD...at the same time

That will cause issues with your DVD encoding, regardless of whether your system is stable or not.

Causes the audio be out of sync when I did anything intensive while encoding a DVD.

LOL!!!

Yeah defintely dont risk a coaster. Use a RW disk so you can erase if anything goes wrong.....

 

[zakee00]

yeah i actually thought about that, but too lazy to change my post
rofl.."use a dvd-rw"