Stress tests and stability tests

[Kuunnn]

Hee LTT-forum,

 

I was watching some LTT videos about overclocking and was wondering what stability- and stress test software you are using. I might be an egg for not seeing it but maybe it is an idea to put links to the software in the description when you do an overclock guide on LTT.

 

Many thanks!

[TheGamingBarrel]

Most likely Aida64 For everything CPU and "Not GPU Related" 

[Aendy]

Aida64 for CPU and Heaven Benchmark for GPU

[Vode]

I use AIDA 64 for CPU 

LinX for Memory and CPU

Memtest for Memory

 

 

[Kuunnn]

Am i correct if I say that Aida costs money?

[Vode]

18 minutes ago, Kuunnn said:

Am i correct if I say that Aida costs money?

Yes it does. I'd just use LinX instead or use the Trial version of Aida, it's free for 30 days...

[SkepticKrab]

I use OCCT, I've found that I could stability test with AIDA for 24 hours and pass but my systems would still be unstable under certain loads. Whenever I use OCCT and stability test I don't have any trouble.

 

It could just be my use case, so use what best works for you.

[SkepticKrab]

21 minutes ago, Kuunnn said:

Am i correct if I say that Aida costs money?

You can use the trial version, it has all the tools you need to test your personal machine.

[Imakuni]

Prime95. Will help you stress CPU, RAM and even your cooling solution all in one little package.

[Ganz]

34 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Prime95. Will help you stress CPU, RAM and even your cooling solution all in one little package.

Isn't Prime95 a Haswell killer?

[Imakuni]

4 hours ago, Ganz said:

Isn't Prime95 a Haswell killer?

Not at all.

 

See, cars don't kill people. PEOPLE kill other people, using cars. Likewise, P95 doesn't kill Haswell. Users (the dumb ones that don't know what they're doing) kill Haswell, using P95.

 

The people that kill CPUs are the ones that deemed 4.8ghz 1.4v "stable" because they tested it on a game and it worked; then, they decide to P95 just for the giggles and end up burning stuff.