Originally Posted by
poke349
Then lemme rephrase:
Of the ones I've used: (namely: prime95, linpack, y-cruncher, and OCCT)
y-cruncher runs hottest on Core i7 when HT is on.
This does sound like a very interesting program. I'll try it later (when my i7 rig finishes its current task - which will take a few more days).
From my experience, pure CPU/execution unit programs don't produce the most heat. That's because the execution units are only a small portion of the processor.
To achieve maximum heat, you need the right balance of computation, memory access, and branching to be able to stress every single portion of the processor simultaneously. (execution units, branch prediction, instruction reorderer, cache, memory controller, etc...)
So far, I have yet to see a single program that can do this. I'll see if core damage can do it. :D