Ongoing Computer Stability Testing (1 Viewer)

[FreQi]

This is a little off topic for the MediaPortal forum, but I am still in the process of setting up an HTPC that I seem to be having issues with the hardware. So I thought maybe there is a decent or popular way to test it.

The only software I have used before is Prime95, and that's not only old and a pretty basic test, but it's only using 9% of my Q6600's CPU under it's Stress Test.

So what are all you people using to test or "burn in" your machines?

 

[Spragleknas]

How about CPU Burn-in Homepage ?

 

[FreQi]

That raises an interesting question... how hot is too hot? Speedfan seems to indicate 50 is hot as it shows a flame icon when a sensor shows 50+, but is that really all that hot? My video card shows 57deg (celcius) when sitting idle (it's an ASUS EN8600GT which has no fan, only a big heatsink). When should I get nervous or take some action?

Also, I found and was able to run PCMark05 which looked like it had a nice range of tests, but the results at the end was just a number. No breakdown, nor was there a stress test like CPU Burn-in or Prime95 has.

 

[kingnubian]

Look for "Orthos". It's basically a multi core version of Prime95 which will stress modern processors more completely than Prime95 itself.

Orthos - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net