Prime95 question

nemoreborn

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When i am doing a Large FFT test , can i let the program run and go sleep !? ... it is safe !? prime95 can broke something if it get an error and im afk !? ..

thx you
 

Thanatos421

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Nothing will break. Also, why are you running large FFT?

If Prime 95 comes across an error, it stops the worker thread(s) for that core.

You ideally should be running Small FFT to test CPU stability. Make sure to enable Round off Checking under the Advanced menu. Worst case scenario, your computer blue screens and reboots. Most likely though, if you get an error, it will just stop the test on the unstable core.

When you see people say they run Prime 95 for 24 hours to check final overclocks, you think we stay up for 24 hours straight monitoring the test? :)
 

nemoreborn

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yes i was doing a large FFT cause it says it was testing max heat also .. and i wanted to test my heatsink ..

ok ima let that large finish then do a blend one ...

thx for your answer i can go sleep now then ! :p
 

Mathos

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Large FFT only really produces as much eat as possible, by hitting both the ram and CPU cache. Blend is a cross between the two, and it is what you use if you're not sure your ram is stable at your OC. small FFT is what you use to make sure your processor cores themselves are stable.