I'm posting here as I think usually overclockers will try to stress their computer to the limit to make it is 100% rock stable..

Ok, my question is, how do u actually stress it? I mean :-

1) Do you run extremely 'memory-hungry' applications?
2) Do you run extremely 'processing-hungry' applications?
3) Run above two types of apps 24/7 non-stop until it hangs?

Or...you have any other ideas ? Thankss...

Prime95 is the common apps for dat..
running them in the right way about 6hours for the stability guarantee..

Prime 95 - cpu, ram, cpu+ram
Memtest - ram
CPU Burn-in - cpu

i define my pc stable if it can go thru 2hrs video h264 encoding

n 6hrs of prime95/sp2004 if no media to encode

sp2004, 3dmark 2006 (keep looping it), pcmark, super pi

hmmm ok, plz correct me if i'm wrong here, if we wanna stress cpu, we'll need some apps with heavy calculations like prime95? if we wanna stress gfx, we will need 3dmark for 3d gfx calculations?? Thanksssss

yeap....you got that right...

or if ur graphic card below than 7800GTX , u can try "LUNA DEMO" from nvidia website . i test with my 6600 it really stress my GC . hehe ..

hmm...thought luna demo needs at least a 6800GT to run it smoothly?

that website said recomended for 7800gtx

link : http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_nvidia.html

This post has been edited by xeratos_85: May 29 2006, 10:39 PM

i use a program called TOAST , PRIME 95, MEMTEST and i forgot another one, but it sure helps stress out the pc

for CPU test, running 2 or more Prime95 at same time......

for Memory, MEMtest for sure

never forgot
sandra burn-in
3dmark
OCCT
that is some basic testing tools

how come some other ppls like to run the 3dmark01 to test stability ?

SP2004 / Prime95 / Super PI = i use it to stress my cpu / ram
rthdribl / 3DMark = i use it to stress my GC

OCCT
Prime 95
SuperPi

That's what I use anyway.

Try running the memory test of PCMark05.... I never get through the Test 4. always lockup

well, even u can past 100hours of prime95, its doesnt mean u pc is stable enuff. i remember 1 forumer here able to past 18hrs of prime, but then fail to complete the 32mb pi calculation. i think, if pc(after OC'ed) can past pi calculation 32mb, try run the 3dmark(any version) & pcmark. if all test complete successfully, i believe the rig is stable enuff

ps : this is my way to test my own rig

This post has been edited by gengstapo: Jun 1 2006, 08:23 AM

SP2004 Run at Priority 10. Not '1'.

What you guys think about S&M? I dunno abt the calculation, but proc temperature sure shows something. It's 3-5c hotter than any other program i used.