How to tell everything is ok

efit2005 · 27 Oct 2008 at 09:49

Hi,
Ok my question to the guru's on here is as follows. I have just built the following spec:
Intel E8500 with artic cooler pro 7, sapphire HD 4850, p5q pro asus, seagate 500gb 32mb cache, elixier 8500+ 2gb, antec 900, 780w modular power supply and a sumsung dvd.
Now it all runs fine but I have not really put it to the test on crysis etc, so I was wondering, how do you tell if all your ram timings and chip voltages have been set correctly by the motherboard due to it all being on auto? Can it set somethings wrong in the default that it thinks would be ok? What about on the GPU as well in the CCC panel?
Any help or advice is appreciated in advance.

MooMoo444 · 27 Oct 2008 at 09:50

I would say you shouldn't worry about anything like that if the system works for you.

If it's really killing you though, download CPU-Z and CoreTemp and have a look what it tells you.

gps · 27 Oct 2008 at 10:12

OK this could be relevant to me. Just bought a new custom built machine (not brave enough to build one yet but swear I will next time).
I would love to be able to benchmark the key performance metrics for the machine under stress but don't know where to start and what I should be looking at. I guess there is a certian amount you can do in Vista and then some freeware/paywre that you can download and use. Can anyone point me in the direction of a guide (if there is one) on this sort of stuff.

efit2005, don't want to hijack your thread, so feel free to tell me to butt out if that's the case and I'll start a new thread........

efit2005 · 27 Oct 2008 at 10:13

I have looked in the bios and the cpu is idling at around the 20 degree mark but I was just wondering if the settings could be out when selected by the motherboard, so that I could be missing out on performance? Thanks for the reply though moomoo.
And no your ok GPS, feel free mate. I know at lot of these guys use 3d mark but I have heard it is bias towards nvidia cards?

GSDog · 27 Oct 2008 at 11:37

efit2005 said:
I have looked in the bios and the cpu is idling at around the 20 degree mark but I was just wondering if the settings could be out when selected by the motherboard, so that I could be missing out on performance? Thanks for the reply though moomoo.
And no your ok GPS, feel free mate. I know at lot of these guys use 3d mark but I have heard it is bias towards nvidia cards?

Have you tried CPU-Z yet?

It will tell you memory timings, CPU speed, FSB, etc.

If you want to stress your PC and make sure it's performance is OK, run 3DMark and Prime95.

efit2005 · 30 Oct 2008 at 10:51

Hi, thanks for your reply. So what sort of figures on these two programmes will tell me everything is how it should be in the bios etc?

GSDog · 30 Oct 2008 at 12:43

CPU-Z will tell you what speed, FSB, timings, etc. your CPU and memory is running at. Check what your CPU and memory should be and make sure they are correct.