New to overclocking, which program to test stability?

dazsly

dazsly

dazsly

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Hi I have the below system,

Abit AW9D-MAX Intel 975X
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 + Arctic Freezer 7 Cooler Pro
Asus Nvidia 8800gts
Patriot DDR2-667 2x1024MB
Western digital Raptor 36 gig
160Gb Hitachi Deskstar T7K25010 7200 8mb SATA II
Be Quiet dark power 700w psu

Conroe @ 300fsb , 2.7ghz and ram at 750mhz
My cpu is idle on 27 and load 35-40c
System 33-40c

What is the best program to test all aspects of the system?

I tried running a mem test program but I got 2 errors so I switched off the autovolts in bios and raised the ram volts from 1.8 up to 1.88 is this o.k? I havent tested ram much but didnt get any errors in a short test.

Thanks
 
you can safely put your ram up to 2.1v without much cause for concern, and you will probably need to put it higher than 1.88v if you are wanting your ram to go much above stock speeds
as for testing either run:

2 versions of prime95 at the same time, download it from:
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
orthos which can test 2 cores at the same time, download it from:
http://sp2004.fre3.com/beta/beta2.htm

to be honest check out this thread;
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17646880
it has lots of useful apps and download locations for them all, all in one handy place :) infact i will bump it for usefullness now :p
 
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