Stability Test For CPU?

[arc@css]

Hey,

As above. I've recently moved from a stock cooler to a much better one (cpu + cooler in sig), but aside from just upping the frequency to see what clocks I can boot into the desktop with, I haven't actually done any stability tests. So, what's the recommended testing benchmark / program these days?

Ta.

 

[arc@css]

Sure, you can try Prime95, Aida64, IBT, I. E. The usual suspects. But you're better off using your pc normally and seeing if it's stable. Play some games, encode a video, fold, whatever. If it crashes then you know you've done something wrong.

It's interesting that you mention encoding. Before I changed the cooler, I was encoding at 4.1ghz where as trying it at 4.3ghz with the new cooler resulted in a crash, even though the temps are now much, much lower (I'm not so sure that I've seen much difference in encoding times anyway when comparing stock vs 4.1ghz). In terms of booting into Windows and playing games (only tried one title so far) / watching YouTube / browsing the web - seems to be fine at 4.6ghz. As I say, all I've changed is the frequency in the bios.