System Testing

[jake2008]

After I get my system built and OS installed. What are good tests to run to see if the system is stable?

 

[litlrabi]

Prime95, Memtest86 are two of the biggest stability / part tests. SuperPI is another common test used, also a performance indicator.

 

[nzxtlexa]

Prime95, Memtest86 are two of the biggest stability / part tests. SuperPI is another common test used, also a performance indicator.

Agreed these are both good for testing system stability. For your graphics card, you can do a graphics card stability test through the Nvidia contol panel or I believe through the ATI control panel as well, depending on what card you have.

Also it may be worth getting CPU-Z just to check all the components are running at the correct frequencies as listed by the manufacturers eg checking the timings of your RAM and the speed of your CPU.

 

[jake2008]

Thanks for the help. I am running Vista 64-bit. Video cards are 8800GTS in SLI config.

Are Prime95, Memtest86, SuperPI and CPU-Z all free and just have to download them from the web somewhere? Will they also run on Vista ok?

 

[litlrabi]

They are all free. Memtest86 is a utility that runs at boot (so you'll need to make a boot disk or burn it on a CD). I don't know about Vista capability for the others, but I believe they are fine.

 

[nzxtlexa]

not sure about the others but cpu-z and prime 95 definetely work with vista 64