is that supposed to be normal !?

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While Running Prime95

 

[Guest Kloaked]

What cooler? Those are good temps.

[PhantomChevron]

Don't use Prime 95 to test for haswell, they overvolt the cpu or something, use something else

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What cooler? Those are good temps.

 

Custom Cooler But with AC right in front of it 

[patrickjp93]

Don't use Prime 95 to test for haswell, they overvolt the cpu or something, use something else

Or just use manual voltage like a pro...

[harrynowl]

Or just use manual voltage like a pro...

Yea but then you don't get the powersaving stuff..

 

If you care about that of course (24/7 balls to the walls for me).

[helping]

Don't use Prime 95 to test for haswell, they overvolt the cpu or something, use something else

i swear we need a PSA for this

[patrickjp93]

Yea but then you don't get the powersaving stuff..

 

If you care about that of course (24/7 balls to the walls for me).

OMFG turn the adaptive on after doing stability tests really... >.>

[TheProfosist]

i swear we need a PSA for this

Its not prime's fault. Also it's fixed in the new one.

[helping]

Its not prime's fault. Also it'd fixed in the new one.

i'm not saying it is

and you'd still have to be positive people are using the up to date version, it's better to simply not risk it.

[TheProfosist]

i'm not saying it is

and you'd still have to be positive people are using the up to date version, it's better to simply not risk it.

I think its AVX 2.0 that fixed it but yea.

[Faceman]

Its simple.  Whenever you are stress testing, regardless of program, it is in your best interest to TURN ON MANUAL VOLTAGE.  When you are done stress testing, revert back to adaptive voltage.  Simple.

[TheProfosist]

Its simple.  Whenever you are stress testing, regardless of program, it is in your best interest to TURN ON MANUAL VOLTAGE.  When you are done stress testing, revert back to adaptive voltage.  Simple.

It may still affect haswell I forget but its because prime used AVX.

[Faceman]

It may still affect haswell I forget but its because prime used AVX.

Prime95 is perfectly fine to use with Haswell and Devil's Canyon.  It is all the people who don't set their voltage to manual before stress testing that give it a bad reputation.  P95 is one of the best stress tests because it will find instability very quickly.  There is a reason why almost every single credible reviewer uses P95 for their tests.

[runit3]

Prime95 is perfectly fine to use with Haswell and Devil's Canyon.  It is all the people who don't set their voltage to manual before stress testing that give it a bad reputation.  P95 is one of the best stress tests because it will find instability very quickly.  There is a reason why almost every single credible reviewer uses P95 for their tests.

I've still had a mountain of issues with up to date Prime95 and Haswell's (and yes, I only use manual voltage when OCing :mellow: ) The exception to this rule is if I'm using JDEC RAM. Any kind of XMP RAM has immediately freeze-locked my bench, however when I boot up AIDA64 I can run 12hr+ benches with absolutely no issues. No clue why this occurs for me but it has on 3 separate systems.

 

Aside from that, I still would like to use P95 because it loads/unloads on the CPU as compared to AIDA's full load full time, but I've had no stability issues with AIDA so I really can't find a reason to recommend a potential hassle (or fatal hassle if people refuse to use manual voltage). :huh:

[Faceman]

I've still had a mountain of issues with up to date Prime95 and Haswell's (and yes, I only use manual voltage when OCing :mellow: ) The exception to this rule is if I'm using JDEC RAM. Any kind of XMP RAM has immediately freeze-locked my bench, however when I boot up AIDA64 I can run 12hr+ benches with absolutely no issues. No clue why this occurs for me but it has on 3 separate systems.

 

Aside from that, I still would like to use P95 because it loads/unloads on the CPU as compared to AIDA's full load full time, but I've had no stability issues with AIDA so I really can't find a reason to recommend a potential hassle (or fatal hassle if people refuse to use manual voltage). :huh:

If you want to use AIDA, XTU, IBT, Whatever.. I am not against that.  Use whatever works for you.  I am tired of people shit talking Prime 95 when the user doesn't know how to properly stress test.