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I started out with an AthlonII x4 620 at 2.6 stock and managed to push it up to 3.0. I did it in 100 megahertz increments and prime 95 tested for about six to eight hours each time to make sure it was stable. Was that long enough or should I have tested longer? I've heard you need 24 hrs to be sure, but I really only planned to do that when I reach the performance I wanted to make sure I'm rock solid. I'm running water, and I haven't touched voltage yet. Don't really plan to. All other settings are stock except FSB. Idle 25C full load 35.

 

[saint19]

Hi and welcome to Tom's forum.

The prime95 test looks solid, but if you want know if that's stable use y-cruncher in stress test mode.

Launch the program, press 2, enter, 0, enter, x GB (x being nearly how much RAM your system has free according to task manager), and press enter. The program will periodically indicate how much time has been consumed for the testing.

Run that test for 8 hours or more and then use the rig as you usually use it.