Could B3 Phenom be the rebirth of AMD....+1000MHZ OC done!

[QuietIce]

Prime95 is a good stress test for temps and some stability but it's not the only thing you need to test with on these CPUs as some seem to run P95 fine and lock using IE. I'd say a couple of hours on P95, a couple of 4x SuperPi 32M runs, a couple of video benches, some mixed usage (surfing while running 1x P95 and 1x SuperPi) etc. And even then don't expect it to be 100% stable!

For a quick stability test while OC'ing I still like 4x Prime95 large FFT's as that's what seems to crash mine the fastest. Once each app gets to step 3 I move the clock up again. By then the cores have reached maximum temps ...

[Final8ty]

Prime95 is a good stress test for temps and some stability but it's not the only thing you need to test with on these CPUs as some seem to run P95 fine and lock using IE. I'd say a couple of hours on P95, a couple of 4x SuperPi 32M runs, a couple of video benches, some mixed usage (surfing while running 1x P95 and 1x SuperPi) etc. And even then don't expect it to be 100% stable!

For a quick stability test while OC'ing I still like 4x Prime95 large FFT's as that's what seems to crash mine the fastest. Once each app gets to step 3 I move the clock up again. By then the cores have reached maximum temps ...

S&M http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/gallery/sc...?g2_itemId=661
http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.htm
Is a good CPU checker & tells you what part of the cpu failed.
ignore the failed to load driver in Vista64 if you cant be bothered to do the F8 trick as it will still run anyway.

[JumpingJack]

Prime95 is a good stress test for temps and some stability but it's not the only thing you need to test with on these CPUs as some seem to run P95 fine and lock using IE. I'd say a couple of hours on P95, a couple of 4x SuperPi 32M runs, a couple of video benches, some mixed usage (surfing while running 1x P95 and 1x SuperPi) etc. And even then don't expect it to be 100% stable!

For a quick stability test while OC'ing I still like 4x Prime95 large FFT's as that's what seems to crash mine the fastest. Once each app gets to step 3 I move the clock up again. By then the cores have reached maximum temps ...

Prime95 is one of the best stability test, if you are looking for thermals, the OCCT tool is really good at stressing to the same power levels as prime95 and nicely logs core temps.

Note; Don't read to much on the absolute magnitude, bench system is using a 8800GTX -- king power sucker extraordinaire.