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Best CPU stresser for gaming? (FX-8350)

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May 16, 2014 8:27:45 AM

Hello there. There's lot's of cpu stressing software out there for differnet purposes.
So I'd like a recommendation for the most realistic stress test for a FX-8350.

I'll be overclocking and will need it to be stable for:

- Upcoming games take (hopefully) takes advantage of multiple cores.
- Maybe other tasks such as video compression and so on.
- Video editing.

So which software should I use? I've heard that Prime95 isn't realistic for general use as it puts lots of load on the ram and doesn't play nice with AMD cpu's.

So far I've used Intel Burn Test and it seems to have worked fine. But if there's anything else I'd be happy to try it.

Thanks in advance. :) 

Specs:

FX-8350 + H80i
GA-990-FXA-UD3
Corsair vengeance 8gb 2 x 4 (9-9-9-24)

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May 16, 2014 8:34:14 AM

I use p95, if it can't pass 6+ hours of p95 blend test it's not stable IMO.
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May 16, 2014 8:39:16 AM

prime 95 is perfect for AMD 8 core CPUs. it's not great for haswell i7's unless you get the specific version for use with them.

as noted, use the blend test.
if you can pass a few hours of blend without dropping a core or overheating, then you're fine.

make sure you set your fan profiles in bios or in your mobo software to something more active than 'standard' put them on turbo or custom settings.

be sure to watch prime for the first 15 minuts or so, in case you hit dangerous temps you can manually stop it. after taht it's all about if your cores can survive without dropping.

"dropping" just meanning failed to complete, they dont get physically damaged
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May 16, 2014 8:44:34 AM

The highest temp you will see in p95 blend test is on the second set of tests in my experience. Running p95 always set your fans high because it gets the cpu and vrm's hot.
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May 16, 2014 8:45:27 AM

Also, you should put a 70mm/80mm fan on the vrm heatsink and one on the back of the socket to keep your cpu temps down.

edit: also just an fyi, if you do top quality 1080p video transcoding in something like handbrake it will get the cpu core about 8-9c lower than the p95 max temps.
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May 16, 2014 8:46:07 AM

lowriderflow said:
prime 95 is perfect for AMD 8 core CPUs. it's not great for haswell i7's unless you get the specific version for use with them.

as noted, use the blend test.
if you can pass a few hours of blend without dropping a core or overheating, then you're fine.

make sure you set your fan profiles in bios or in your mobo software to something more active than 'standard' put them on turbo or custom settings.

be sure to watch prime for the first 15 minuts or so, in case you hit dangerous temps you can manually stop it. after taht it's all about if your cores can survive without dropping.

"dropping" just meanning failed to complete, they dont get physically damaged


Well, blend tests have failed pretty easily when I've overclocked the cpu. However the other prime95 tests works just fine. Maybe I need to increase my ram timings.
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May 16, 2014 8:47:51 AM

what are your ram's specs and what do you have them set to in the bios?

edit: just re-read OP, make sure the ram voltage is set to spec and the ram is running at 1600mhz. You could also try bumping the cpu/nb vcore up to 1.2-1.2375 that may help your memory issues.
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