F@H

[northun_munky]

When I run F@H it shows that all 4 cores are at 100%

If my overclocked PC runs it happily without any problems for 8 or so hours whilst I'm at work is that an indication of a stable overclock? Or should I be looking to use some other software?

Cheers

 

[JoeDredd]

Nope, use coretemp to monitor load temps, whilst running prime95 for stability using small ffts for more than 2hrs

 

[Cob]

F@H is a better stability test than Prime95. And that's a fact. Especially when you're running it 24 hours a day.

My Q9450 is 8 hours Prime95 stable at 3.8ghz and 1.37v under load. I've had to drop it to 3.78ghz for Folding.

 

[WJA96]

If it does what you want in a stable manner then it's stable. Prime/OCCT/Orthos/3D Mark06 are all just arbitrary ways to show that a component can be stressed. One of the stress tests in Orthos is Gromacs, so in fact, F@H and Orthos are the same, you just score more points with F@H.

 

[northun_munky]

If it does what you want in a stable manner then it's stable. Prime/OCCT/Orthos/3D Mark06 are all just arbitrary ways to show that a component can be stressed. One of the stress tests in Orthos is Gromacs, so in fact, F@H and Orthos are the same, you just score more points with F@H.

Cool. Happy with that. Points while I play!!

 

[Pneumonic]

Prime95 / Orthos Stress different parts of the CPU to F@H hense why primestable does not = F@H stable, I need a lot more vcore to get F@H stable @ 4ghz than I need to be prime stable

 

[PhillyDee]

If your CPU isnt stable and the Overclock fails, then If F@H crashes, it can kill the WU causing you to start from the beginning.

 

[verbal]

Prime95 stability testing with small FFTs heats up my processor and motherboard components more than Folding so it's probably a more thorough test of stability. I think it's a quicker way to test stability too. Running prime95 for between and hour and 2 hours is all I do to test stability and then if it's stable I run F@H.