prime stability really necessary?

veryrandom101 · 9 May 2010 at 10:41

ok, unless you're going to be rendering, encoding, folding etc.. is it really necessary having your system prime95 etc. stable? well, before yesterday i was running my i7 windows/games stable, but then when i tried prime after 20 mins it crashed when it got to the small fft's, IBT was fine till max ram usage and 8t, while normal usage had a max temp of 71 - 72, and after running most games for a bit, with system on for couple of hours, temps would max at around 58 - 62.
Now, though i have my system running prime stable (mostly, as i did a 40 min run of small fft in prime) temps went up to 76, and ibt full stress 8 thread at 77, which i'll admit is pretty high. also after watching hd movies a few hours i reached a max of 67 in coretemp. i havent noticed one bit of difference at all having it this stable (i know you're going to say run 24hrs, but screw that).
so do you think unless im going to be doing those things mentioned above, is it really worth it getting those extra few degrees, or do you reckon i should just go back to my old settings and relieve the cpu a bit?

veryrandom101 · 9 May 2010 at 16:02

thx for the replies. i did notice a while back that my new spinpoint f3 500gb had been saying that it was starting to fail, even windows said it. i think i may have changed some settings in the bios between that time and now, and i havent had that problem lately, so maybe that could have been un-stability issues?
i will try running prime for a couple of hours then, but what worries me is how much higher do you think my temps would go, if they're 76 after 40 mins of small fft testing?
because at the moment im not too happy with 76-77 temps, but for 4.2 its just bordelining worth it.. and thats with load, so i'll have to really see what real world temps are (that 68 seemed a bit odd, i think one of those wierd temp spikes).
Btw i have an antec 1200 case, with the middle fans running on full, with a 3rd fan added to that mid airflow, all with a tuniq tower 120 extreme cooler, seated with arctic mx-3 tim, so my cooling is adequate i reckon

i have never had bsod or other issues before, only rounding errors, and sometimes freezes when doing those hard tests, hence the reason why i kept it like that and wasnt too bothered. i had also passed a quick ibt mode, so probably thought it was also alright from that. its just mainly prime where it all started going wrong

veryrandom101 · 9 May 2010 at 16:07

if my temps dont go into the 80's while testing prime (and thats if it is fully stable) i would be happy. but do you reckon the temps will go any higher?

veryrandom101 · 9 May 2010 at 16:16

cheers for the replies. i have spent so much on this pc, i really should take care of it.
ah well, time for a lot of tention

veryrandom101 · 9 May 2010 at 19:36

Im stable with IBT with maximum stress level and 8 threads, and i've just done an hour and a half of prime blend, 8 threads and its great. going to try and see if i can possible sleep with the computer on, if so, i'll run prime longer. temps seems capped at 76-71-71-68, most of the time all 4 are running 2-3 degrees cooler. so its a hell of a lot better then what i thought. still got to try occt, then it seems i'll be sorted. and you know what i've gained? just a good peace of mind haha