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RedWulf
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So suppose someone had a few old potatoes laying around and wanted to test the cooling abilities of a few methods...what program(s) do you recommend for overheating cpus/gpus of old intel potatoes? 

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I'd use Aida64, but there are other choices

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Prime 95 for cpu and furmark for gpu. Two torture tests right there :)

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CPU: i5 4690k 24/7 @4.4ghz (1.165v) Max 4.7ghz (1.325v) COOLER: NZXT Kraken X61 MOBO: Asus Z97-A   RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical   GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC   PSU: EVGA GS 650W   CASE: NZXT Phantom 530 HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB + WD Black 2TB

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2 minutes ago, RedWulf said:

So suppose someone had a few old potatoes laying around and wanted to test the cooling abilities of a few methods...what program(s) do you recommend for overheating cpus/gpus of old intel potatoes?

i did this... i blocked off all the intake ports of a laptop and turned off the fan. i used aida 64, prime 95 and intelburn test. just to kill the laptop

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Just now, LiamApex said:

i did this... i blocked off all the intake ports of a laptop and turned off the fan. i used aida 64, prime 95 and intelburn test. just to kill the laptop

honestly I'll probably do that to my 2002 asus but the main purpose is to se how long my school club can keep 4 dell optiplexs cool with liquid nitrogen(there was a shipping confusion with the nitrogen and a surplus of unmovable pcs etc etc) 

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[Ryzen 5 1600 | 16gb DDR4 3200 | GTX1030 | 4x 8tb HDD] 

 

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5 minutes ago, LiamApex said:

i did this... i blocked off all the intake ports of a laptop and turned off the fan. i used aida 64, prime 95 and intelburn test. just to kill the laptop

Thanks for the idea! Gonna take the fan out of my Xbox 360 and cover the intake thingys and torture it now >:D , actually that fan could be good, ima use it :3

Edit: No really I'm not joking, my brother doesn’t want his xbox

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Just now, RedWulf said:

honestly I'll probably do that to my 2002 asus but the main purpose is to se how long my school club can keep 4 dell optiplexs cool with liquid nitrogen(there was a shipping confusion with the nitrogen and a surplus of unmovable pcs etc etc)

fair enough, it is fun destroying old pcs with things like this thow... i boiled water on a cpu ihs aswell.

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25 minutes ago, IsaacDaGrazin said:

Thanks for the idea! Gonna take the fan out of my Xbox 360 and cover the intake thingys and torture it now >:D , actually that fan could be good, ima use it :3

Edit: No really I'm not joking, my brother doesn’t want his xbox

i believe you i dont want to get you in trouble, so i take no responsibility XD.

 

the xbox will probably red ring

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