Saying "whatever" to failed o/c stress tests

[Alcibiades]

Hello all,

I have been struggling to achieve a 'stable' 8x458fsb 3,665Mhz o/c
My rig is in my sig.
I can pass Prime95 at 3.2Ghz but not 3.6
Over the 10 months I've had this rig, I tried all available bios options to achieve a stable Prime95 run, even giving the cpu 1.5vcore in windows, relaxed all memory timings and tried all gtlref combos, to no avail.
One core would fail but the other 3 just keep on keeping on.
But you know what I say to that?

W H A T E V E R !!!

I've never crashed out of a game nor have I had a BSOD or system lock.

So why should I seek to attain a Prime95 successful completion when under normal conditions under load, I experience no problems?

I ran 3dmark06 cpu tests 1 and 2 for 20 loops no problem.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm done, system is stable for me, even if Prime95 tells me it's not.

Any thoughts, comments?

[Flip_Lx]

if your happy with it for your needs then go for it. im personally saying Whatever to the new intel burn test as everything else passes fine and dandy for me at 450fsb

[philbrown23]

guys I installed prime 95 once, the next day I uninstalled it, I have gotten well over 500fsb oc's that are stable for everything expecpt prime. are you really gonna put FULL load on your quad for 24 hrs in real life? nope

[SoulsCollective]

The point of a stability test is that it tells you whether your system is probably stable, with the percentage chance of instability decreasing the higher the load that the test places on it and the longer you run the test for without encountering error. There is no "fail" switch that is magically tripped after X hours of testing, and there is probably no completely 100% stable system using ordinary desktop components (ie. non-ECC, etc). That being said, unless the issue is heat-related, there is a chance that whatever error is shown up by the very stressful stability test will show up during "normal" operation at even very low loads. Sure, the chance is reduced, but it's not eliminated. Whether you're ok with that probability is up to you - and if you're not running critical systems then sure, take the risk.

But don't kid yourself that your system is "stable". You've just proven that it's not.

[Alcibiades]

guys I installed prime 95 once, the next day I uninstalled it, ... are you really gonna put FULL load on your quad for 24 hrs in real life? nope

E X A C T L Y

But don't kid yourself that your system is "stable". You've just proven that it's not.

Who's kidding themselves?
I just said my system is stable for over 10 months with no crashes friend.

It's just not Prime95 'stable'

see i'm stable, but not 'stable' ... you know what i mean?

EDIT: I guess my question is this,
If I can prime all night at 3.6Ghz, but with 3 cores is there really a problem here?

What program or game will load 4 cores to the max for a sustained period?
Not even Crysis with too high rez and high settings crashes this baby.
My system is unstoppable mwahaha, but it's 1 core short of a quad
It's not the full quid ah quad

[SoulsCollective]

Who's kidding themselves?
I just said my system is stable for over 10 months with no crashes friend.

It's just not Prime95 'stable'

see i'm stable, but not 'stable' ... you know what i mean?
*snip*

Read again -

That being said, unless the issue is heat-related, there is a chance that whatever error is shown up by the very stressful stability test will show up during "normal" operation at even very low loads. Sure, the chance is reduced, but it's not eliminated. Whether you're ok with that probability is up to you - and if you're not running critical systems then sure, take the risk.

Your system is unstable. It's just that the chances of an error showing up are small - you could get an error on that core even at low load levels. It's all a matter of probability and acceptable risk.

[jcool]

What program or game will load 4 cores to the max for a sustained period?

I got one for you... it's called World Community Grid, and to get you started just check here.

Loads all my rigs to 100% night and day, while doing something good for mankind.

About your prime issue, some prime versions suck, maybe you got a faulty one.
Avoid 64bit prime for example, jsut use the normal 25.5 or 25.6

[K404]

If it does what you need your computer to do, its stable.

Stability is relative, subjective and in the eye of the beholder