Stress testing a Q9550?

Ashish Joseph

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Mar 17, 2014
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I will be getting a used core 2 quad Q9550 today. With advice from a thread i created earlier, i downloaded two stress testing programs, intel burn test and prime 95.
Which settings should i run the programs on. Please explain in detail?
I have
4 GB(2 x 2 GB) ddr3 ram.
windows 7 ultimate 32 bit(will upgrade to 64 bit)
radeon hd 6670(will upgrade to gtx 750 ti)

One more question
How should i apply thermal paste to the Q9550?
I will be getting the cpu in a couple of hours, please help?
 
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the default setting on P95 is fine, I leave it the way it is for the most part. If you want a shorter test just use 3 minutes instead of 15min. Prime95 has not really changed too much over the years so it is fine for a Core 2 Quad.

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the default setting on P95 is fine, I leave it the way it is for the most part. If you want a shorter test just use 3 minutes instead of 15min. Prime95 has not really changed too much over the years so it is fine for a Core 2 Quad.
 
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