Which programs do I use to benchmark and test stability?!?! that sticky has too many for a noob like me

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HoMeZ

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Which sissandra do I d/l?!?! I'm so confused windows 32 bit 64 bit?!?!?!??! and I'm planning to use that and prime what else should I use? and what do they do exactly? I just want to make sure my new comp is stable after o/c.

My comp specs are Epox 8rda+ 1700+ tbred b Win xp sp1 samsung ram on 3rd party greenstuff(forgot the name of it right now) and g4 ti4200 ( i want to o/c that too is rivatuner or coolbits better to use?)
 
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prime 95 is probably the best program to test stability. really easy too use
 
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Originally posted by: HoMeZ
Which sissandra do I d/l?!?! I'm so confused windows 32 bit 64 bit?!?!?!??! and I'm planning to use that and prime what else should I use? and what do they do exactly? I just want to make sure my new comp is stable after o/c.

My comp specs are Epox 8rda+ 1700+ tbred b Win xp sp1 samsung ram on 3rd party greenstuff(forgot the name of it right now) and g4 ti4200 ( i want to o/c that too is rivatuner or coolbits better to use?)
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use coolbits...

prime95 is a good indication of if your initial overclock is good or bad...

if it's too high, then prime will error out pretty fast...

but most let it run for at least 6 hours or even 24 hours before they will consider it stable..

HOWEVER... when people run 3d games, they computer will crash so fast...

that's why you shouldn't trust prime or put all faith in prime....

encoding divX is also a good way of testing your cpu stability..

thugsrook can tell you more about it.. dunno where h'es been these days... (BLEEDINGEDGE BLEEDINGEDGE)
 
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HoMeZ

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Thanks and where do i get prime? the link in the sticky takes me to some gimp thing
 
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ChampionAtTufshop

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22 is fine
sandra 32bit
TONS OF GAMES (3dgames)
memtest86 (with c-1-2-2-3-0-spacebar "code" heh...i think i got it right...)
3dmark2001 loops and prime95 at the same time for final test...for like 10+hrs
 
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HoMeZ

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Hey!!! put this in ur guide!! hehe thanks and I'm guessing I'll understand the code for memtest when I try out the app?
 
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ChampionAtTufshop

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lol
its in there for the most part i believe
the 2nd part still isnt up....*sigh*...theres always something to do that takse away from review/article writing lol

when u startup memtest86, it'll just start testing right away...dont worry lol
just press the keys above and ur set
 
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HoMeZ

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What do you mean press the keys above if it just starts up when do i have time to press the keys?? and what is a good program to monitor temps and stuff?
 
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Originally posted by: HoMeZ
What do you mean press the keys above if it just starts up when do i have time to press the keys?? and what is a good program to monitor temps and stuff?
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when u stick in the floppy, boot from it, the program will load and start testing automatically. Theres no "would u like to contineu" type prompt. Just when you're in the program and its doing its thing, at any point press the c-1-2-2-3-0-spacebar (theres a menu that pops up when u press c) and then let it contine doing its thing. The only difference is that now CPU cache is turned on for all tests, instead of a select few.

Motherboard Monitor 5 would be the best imo for temp monitoring.
 
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HoMeZ

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oh i thought memtest was something ran in windows.. Is sandra and prime run in winodws?
 
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HoMeZ

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ah and ummm do you know what the reset button is on the 8rda+ when u can't get past post =]
 
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