What is "stable"?

EvilOne · 11 Dec 2008 at 13:31

Prime wont ever show if a cpu is 100% stabe, as it doesnt use every part of the chips code. Its a good basic check, but thats all.

spitzoid · 11 Dec 2008 at 13:32

Now now gents.

Jeez!! I wish I had never asked.

(but thanks to those who did answer)

The Halk · 11 Dec 2008 at 13:38

spitzoid said:
Now now gents.

Jeez!! I wish I had never asked.

(but thanks to those who did)

Bah, it's only a forum, nobody gets hurt

The only way to learn things is to ask questions and state what you believe to be correct. You don't learn a lot by staying quiet

spitzoid · 11 Dec 2008 at 14:25

The Halk said:
You don't learn a lot by staying quiet

Maybe in drama class, but if you are trying to learn quantum physics then you are better off listening to the prof?

I take your point though.

oceaness · 11 Dec 2008 at 15:53

The Halk said:
Does that mean it failed at 8 hours 54 minutes, or does that mean you set it and went to bed and stopped it 8 hours 54 minutes later?

One core failed after 8 hours 54 minutes

I stopped the other three after 20 hours but I didn't bother setting each threads affinity so once one died the other cores we're no longer at 100% so wasn't a brilliant test after the 8 hours 54 minutes.

Sayso · 11 Dec 2008 at 17:21

oceaness said:
One core failed after 8 hours 54 minutes

I stopped the other three after 20 hours but I didn't bother setting each threads affinity so once one died the other cores we're no longer at 100% so wasn't a brilliant test after the 8 hours 54 minutes.

then by most peoples reckoning on this forum you have a unstable OC, you should be able to leave prime running indefinitely and never get a fail.
i just usually run an hour of intelburntest, and however long i can do while in the house prime blend (my current OC 6hrs ish before i had to go out) i dont like to leave it in case something goes badly wrong. i usually use OCCT for 20min blasts to do some quick checks before i run the prime test.

edit. i would like to see someone get 10 of a major PC manufactures (beginning with D) PCs off the shelf and prime test them for 8hrs and see how many would pass!! in fact let me search fu to see if someones done this....if not i might give it a go at work when im in n my own