How Important is Prime95 Stability....

[trinitron64]

Hello All

I recently ditched my S939 A8VMX board for an Asrock 939Dual-Vsta.

On my old board the highest I could get was 2.7, on this board I have hit 2.8 but it fails prime95... however I get great PCMark05 scores and Counter-Strike Source Video Stress test I hit 100.18 fps average with my x800xl 550/1200 overclock which makes me a very happy camper

The question is... if everything seems stable... games play fine... benchmarking apps kick ass... downloaded files are not corrupted... is a failed prime95 stress test a reason to ditch my currect OC?

When I get a chance... I will undergo the vcore mod which raises my max vcore from 1.45 to 1.55 which should solve my 2.8ghz stability problem... perhaps even a trip to 3ghz ville...

at any rate

If everything but prime95 passes... can I keep my overclock? or should I grow up and search for TRUE stability?

 

[apt403]

If it seems perfectly stable and prime95 is the only thing it didnt pass i would say go for it, but you might want to do another batch of torture tests before you start to use it regularly. You can never be too safe.

 

[espergre]

P95 only confirms that you are making no calculation errors, for games and entertainment this is no setback.
If you use the system for work or scientific calculations its a big problem since you might be resulting in incorrect solutions