Quote Originally Posted by hstuehmeyer2000 View Post
This is exactly why I do not run prime any more for more than 10-15min. The hardware we use is not made to take this kind of beating and there is no reason for it anyway. If it is really unstable, you will know as soon as you do something demanding anyway.
ehhhh 10-15 min is not that long i run it a minimum of 30 min and that has caught every error i have ever had.
Quote Originally Posted by jonspd View Post
Never killed anything running prime, cpu-burn, toast, etc...

I guess if you aren't beyond your stable point of running a system and you run prime you might not have problems, but if your are like most of you and just have it overclocked without knowing its stable then yea I guess prime could kill a few things...

I use my pc's to run Folding@home 24\7 so having a system that isn't stable is out of the question but I guess if all you do is web-surf it would be ok to have a unstable overclock.


2 hrs prime wouldn't even qualify for being stable IMHO
prime can kill your hardware even if it is stable. the mosfets can blow and even if the system is stable it won't take 100% load at all times so the mosfets won't take a beating. prime is a nice program but after awhile it just goes too far. lol i wish particle would work on his benching program some more. i bet that thing stresses your system more than prime can. hell once you start it the system locks up until it is done its that powerful.