This my first tentative steps into overclocking and I've been reading loads of guides on the net (some of which I understand, some I don't!). Can anyone recommend a stability test for an AMD 4000+ dual core CPU. I'd like one that I don't have to enter much info into and can leave it to do it's thing, can anyone help?
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Ok, downloaded Orthos and prime95 but haven't got a clue where to start with either of em. What info do I need to put in........
Will 3dmark 06 do the job on its own? I've also got the nVidia stress test, will this do the job?
Will 3dmark 06 do the job on its own? I've also got the nVidia stress test, will this do the job?
Right, here are the reults of stock cpu
after 30min on orthos
temp: 40c so the core 0 is about 20c and core 1 was 20c (I've got a zalmans cnps 8700 led cooler)
no errors and no warnings
it reached test 5 on the 10k fft length before I stopped it.
after 30min on orthos
temp: 40c so the core 0 is about 20c and core 1 was 20c (I've got a zalmans cnps 8700 led cooler)
no errors and no warnings
it reached test 5 on the 10k fft length before I stopped it.
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Would be 40C per core not 20/20. Download coretemp for a more accurate readout of temperatures. Suggest 24hrs of Orthos, some say 8 but i prefer 24 as i've seen it fail before but not usually after.
8 hrs prime stable is stable enough though......your PC is not stressed that much in normal day-to-day usage
Justintime:
Just downloaded coretemp and it says exactly the same as cpuid, that's what I was using on the core temps. For over all temp I was using easytune5 pro, got this with my mobo
I have bumped it up to 2155.55MHz like it tells you to do on the beginners guide at the top of this forum and I'm gonna leave it stress testing for an hour.
Just downloaded coretemp and it says exactly the same as cpuid, that's what I was using on the core temps. For over all temp I was using easytune5 pro, got this with my mobo
I have bumped it up to 2155.55MHz like it tells you to do on the beginners guide at the top of this forum and I'm gonna leave it stress testing for an hour.
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Infintely running prime until some electronics die/blow is stable enough. Won't get into an argument but to me a stable PC is a PC that can run anything for any period of time as it could at stock and be rock solid, software errors should be the only problem a PC has, not hardware. I render/edit a lot of stuff here and at work, cpus get all cores cranked high quite a lot. If prime fails, then something on a hardware level is within its limits or overheated etc.. and it might come back to haunt you. Survivng 8hrs dosen't mean the PC is good for 8 hours, it can be pushed past crashing/error point by something else within minutes.
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But u need a limit to test it.......& 24hrs is just as aritrary as 8hrs
If you follow that logic to the extreme then none of us should overclock
I like to use prime 95 and OCCT (obviously not at the same time) and measure temps using good old coretemp
prime 95 and OCCT here as well, PCMark Vantage is also good for stability test