Hey there,
I've finally gotten around to building my first gaming PC (hurray!), and am excitedly awaiting the parts due to arrive tomorrow. I've done a ton of research over these past 6 weeks or so, and built a nice, frugal gaming PC for The Old Republic (Phenom X4 970 3.5 ghz stock, radeon 6770, 8gb ram, 500w PSU, etc).
However, I have read conflicting reports about stress testing, i.e. which programs to use, how long they should run, before or after the OS is installed, etc. I recently came across a thread stating that a gaming rig running stock speeds doesn't necessitate any stress testing whatsoever.
Can any veteran enlighten me as to whether I need to stress test my build with everything running at stock speeds, including the use of the stock CPU heatsink? If so, what programs would you recommend, and for how long should they run? Thanks.
I've finally gotten around to building my first gaming PC (hurray!), and am excitedly awaiting the parts due to arrive tomorrow. I've done a ton of research over these past 6 weeks or so, and built a nice, frugal gaming PC for The Old Republic (Phenom X4 970 3.5 ghz stock, radeon 6770, 8gb ram, 500w PSU, etc).
However, I have read conflicting reports about stress testing, i.e. which programs to use, how long they should run, before or after the OS is installed, etc. I recently came across a thread stating that a gaming rig running stock speeds doesn't necessitate any stress testing whatsoever.
Can any veteran enlighten me as to whether I need to stress test my build with everything running at stock speeds, including the use of the stock CPU heatsink? If so, what programs would you recommend, and for how long should they run? Thanks.