Live Memory Test: Overclock 'Em Till They Crash

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Test Procedure: Recording Bandwidth, Temperature And Voltages

While the machines were running, we determined the actual bandwidth of both memory modules using Wstream; this was evaluated live using special tools programmed by our team.

Determining the memory bandwidth using Wstream in MB/s: data is copied, moved, scaled and entered.

We also measured the temperatures of both systems using extremely sensitive equipment. We used a professional temperature measurement device from Omega: the OMB-DAQ-55.

Professional temperature measurement from Omega.

One of 10 temperature sensors.

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