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June 12, 2013, 04:47:25 PM |
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Things to test with , push a system.
Msi has Kombustor , checks for artifacts also I think. Furmark Fluidmark Prime95 Tessmark
Any one of these can stress test parts of a system. But if you want to test the entire system at once for stability across the board try this. This is my gaming rig so it has 2 Nv 580's in SLI a 32" monitor and 1920 x 1080 RES.
Make sure you can monitor temps of Video and CPU (Fur & Fluidmark monitor the GPU's In the Program) but not the CPU.
Start Furmark in a window (600x800) , next start Fluid mark (Multi GPU) also in a window, Once both are running and the cards are warmed up , now start Prime95 on as many cores as you have. I also had Winamp going playing an internet station, (extra audio clue if something is going amiss).
See if that runs. I pull serious power doing that all at once. When i built this rig 2 years ago i tested this way to get my stable Overclock. 2 days ago I was playing a game and computer started making an nasty ticking noise. At first i thought Power supply so i dusted off all these tools and fired them up, with side off the case , no noise. Put side on and noise returned...lol it was the Fan on the side making the noise. But with these tools i could push the system to the Max, I was pulling over 1000 watts and no problems.
This can help rule out MB and PSU.
Hope some of this helps. Good luck.
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