New computer - how to test it?

[ChrisSwede]

Hi,
My new computer parts are en route to my house and I was wondering:
After it is all set up and has Win XP Pro running on it. What diagnostic/stress testing programs would you use to put the computer to work?
What do you guys usually do?

Thanks for your help,
Chris

 

[parsley007]

prime95 and memtest86

 

[Technonut]

Pick your poisons Here...

 

[madthumbs]

SISoft's Sandra can stress the cpu, but to test the power supply you should run something like 3dmark or some intense games. I had a computer that would run Quake 3 fine, but Soldier of Fortune (based on modified Quake 2 engine) would boot back to desktop. Power Supply was swapped and it worked fine.

 

[ChrisSwede]

Thank you for your help. It now seems like I have too many different test - if that is possible!