Originally Posted by TwoCables

LinX is IBT, but with a better GUI and better features.

Prime95 is the best right now because it comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors for Windows. Plus it's available for 32-bit Linux, and 64-bit Linux. Not only that, but it's available for MAC OS, but I refuse to link it. hehe

Anyway the prime tests in Prime95 are the exact same "OCCT: CPU" stress tests. "Small Data Set" is the same prime test as Prime95's "Small FFTs" test. "Medium Data Set" is the same as "Blend", and "Large Data Set" is the same as "Large, in-place FFTs".

So, there's no need for IBT or OCCT when these better options are available. Plus, Prime95 takes about .001 seconds to open as compared to OCCT's 5-15 seconds (depending on the platform and system).

And finally, I can't forget Memtest.

But you can't rely just on LinX or Prime95. They're different from one another; one is not better than the other.

Originally Posted by ned99

If my OC passed 12 hours of Prime95 Blend, 2 hours of OCCT Large, and 25 runs of IBT, and multiple hours of GTA IV and COD: WaW. Should I consider it stable, or should I download LinX and test with that too?

Originally Posted by OmegaNemesis28

My school is making me go to this Catholic retreat thing for 'self reflection', and I wanted to mentally prepare myself before I went by pumping some lead into some god damn zombie clowns