Cpu stabilty program other then prime 95

[Deleted member 362816]

I have never overclock cpus untill now well soon to be

I have a 2500k and a sabertooth p67

I read a review on bit-tech that explanes how to get to 4.5Ghz stable i would still like to check this.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/5

Looks like a good setup there. Is there any other program to check for stabilty other then prime 95

my computer specs are in my sig.

Thanks.

 

[davcon]

You could try Intel Burn Test 2.5

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/IntelBurnTest.shtml

 

[oc_mania]

I use IntelBurnTest for my i5-760 and you should try it - im recommending it because it stresses the CPU a lot more than prime95.

 

[randomizer]

You should test with different applications to properly ascertain how stable the CPU is, particularly as you approach what you think will be your final clock speed. LINPACK-based applications like IBT/LinX are useful but not necessarily the ultimate determinant of stability, especially since they don't produce a constant load on the CPU (which is also why they are useless for temperature testing).

 

[cjl]

You should test with different applications to properly ascertain how stable the CPU is, particularly as you approach what you think will be your final clock speed. LINPACK-based applications like IBT/LinX are useful but not necessarily the ultimate determinant of stability, especially since they don't produce a constant load on the CPU (which is also why they are useless for temperature testing).

They don't produce a completely consistent load, but the load they do produce is consistently higher than the load of something like Prime95, which is why they are a more difficult stability test to pass than Prime. In general, if a computer is Linpack stable, it's stable under pretty much everything, though there are a few odd cases every now and then. They also give the highest temps of anything I've tried on my i7.