Prime95

[TheNemesis]

I've heard people talking about using it for burning in CPUs, But I can't seem to find it. What's a good program like it, or where can I find it?

 

[Cerb]

search for it
Yahoo finds it just fine. You can also try cracking RC5 and there is SETI@Home.

 

[discombobulated]

they have it at hardocp.com.

 

[ragiepew]

the problem w/ prime95 is that it only stresses your cpu (kinda like rc5)... For example, I can run prime95 for hours on end (ive done it for almost 2 days straight) @ 1.1ghz but when I try to play some games... bam, crash. That is because prime doesnt stress the rest of the system. You could run 3dmark2k for a few hours, then run UT flyby for a few more, then run prime95 for a few... if you can do that, well then I'd say your cpu is not only burned in but also pretty stable...

 

[JimMc]

If you want to stress your CPU, try RC5 TA RC5 Info. We could use the WU's!

 

[SDTom]

For stability testing, running some 3D benchmarks like 3D Mark, Final Reality, etc in a loop, with Prime 95 or RC5 running in the background at the same timeis a good stress test.

Tom

 

[ragiepew]

good idea SDtom... never thought of combining them that ought to kill my cpu... ehh.