[zpliptzy]

So, I can get prime95 to run with no problem when OCing my chip to 4.0Ghz. However, when I OC the chip and run prime95 to test stability, I like to run something with audio concurrently so I don't have to worry about if the screen just went to sleep, or if it actually crashed. Usually I just run itunes in the background, and have a repeating playlist, but I tried running media player concurrently, and it consistently crashes within about 5 minutes. I up the vcore, and it doesn't fix it at all. Movies run just fine all by themselves without prime95 running, and I can run itunes concurrently with prime95, but I can't run a movie on media player concurrently with prime95. Should I keep upping my vcore til it doesn't crash, or is there something else I should do? Or do I even need to worry about it? I'm kind of new to OCing, so maybe these are stupid questions...

 

[eugenepvd]

Why you wana run prime95 when watching a movie? Prime95 is stress out your CPU and ram too. And it takes 100% of use. I guess you need to drop you FSB a little to keep all stable.

 

[sn0man]

If it's truly stable, you should be able to run all kinds of other programs concurrently with your stress testing program.

Assuming it's not an issue specifically-related to WMP, I'd say it's just not 100% stable yet.

 

[MrBalll]

No, just let it run. Just move the mouse every now and then to make sure it didn't freeze. Or, open RealTemp and check to see if usage and temperatures change.

 

[zpliptzy]

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Originally Posted by sn0man Assuming it's not an issue specifically-related to WMP, I'd say it's just not 100% stable yet.

I was afraid of that...I just don't know how much more vcore I'd be willing to pump through it. Perhaps somebody could verify this for me?