want to stress test...

[Stonecloak]

whats the safest way. Is there a reliable program?

[tielknight]

Your probably going to get more help if you say what you want to stress test

[Stonecloak]

oh cpu, and gpu. I downloaded prime95 going to see if i can do it.

[tielknight]

Ehh.... i seem to recall prime95 having some...bad side effects if it crashes.

edit:
Try looking in the CPU overclock thread and the GPU overclock thread to programs to use.

[Stonecloak]

Ehh.... i seem to recall prime95 having some...bad side effects if it crashes.

like what?

[tielknight]

like what?

Don't quite remember what thread I saw it in, but I think it was something about how Prime95 uses the CPU and if it crashes it can cause problems because it leaves the CPU the way it was when it crashed instead of restoring it to default. Not sure, but thats what I can recall. All i remember is that it wasn't good and they went and removed it from the CPU overclock thread requirement not too long after.

[Stonecloak]

Don't quite remember what thread I saw it in, but I think it was something about how Prime95 uses the CPU and if it crashes it can cause problems because it leaves the CPU the way it was when it crashed instead of restoring it to default. Not sure, but thats what I can recall. All i remember is that it wasn't good and they went and removed it from the CPU overclock thread requirement not too long after.

Ah, well I haven't used it yet. I didn't realize it was linked with OC'ing. I just wanted to break in my cpu and gpu.

[tielknight]

You don't "break" in a CPU or a GPU unless you are OCing to get a stable voltage and clock speeds.

Speaking of breaking, thanks MMOC :\

Remembered that you can run Furmark to see how your GPU will do under full load. Nice test of it's cooling and whatnot.
Think some people like to run tests like that after they put new thermal paste on to "break" it in, but the CPU and GPU themselves should work fine right from the start(assuming it's not defective).

[Stonecloak]

You don't "break" in a CPU or a GPU unless you are OCing to get a stable voltage and clock speeds.

Speaking of breaking, thanks MMOC :\

Remembered that you can run Furmark to see how your GPU will do under full load. Nice test of it's cooling and whatnot.
Think some people like to run tests like that after they put new thermal paste on to "break" it in, but the CPU and GPU themselves should work fine right from the start(assuming it's not defective).

Yea I'm learning as I go. Still kind of a newbie at all the lingo.

[chazus]

I believe Aida64 is now the commonly used stress test for stability benchmarking.