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Originally Posted by Tatsuo

BOTH OCCT and PRIme totally suck.
I got my PC stable for 4 hours on OCCT, 8 hours on prime, but AS SOON as i start intelburntest, it's a matter of 0.5 seconds to get an error.
OCCT and Prime are for pansies scared of high temps it seems
Intelburnintest is the only way to go for a relatively short and sure answer on your stability questions.
OCCT and Prime/Ortho = CRAP
Intel burn test is the real thing.
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Just so everyone doesnt think Orthos, Prime or OCCT are worthless here are a couple thoughts.
There are many components that have to be stable in order for your system to work properly. Most people stress the CPU, but forget about the RAM/NB. If you only run Small FFT, even for 8+ hours, then you may or may not be stable. The reason being is it only stresses the CPU and no other component on the motherboard.
I have had personal experience with a Orthos "stable" system crash after 15 minutes of online gaming. The problem being that now there is a greater draw on the PSU, motherboard, RAM, and CPU and now its not stable. After a small bump in vCore everything was fine.
IBT works a little differently. When you choose the Maximum Stress level the program will stress the CPU and RAM better than any other program. This will more often find problems with your RAM or NB's stability than your CPU. I have done tests that show Orthos finding errors faster than IBT in certain circumstances.
To sum it up. There is no one perfect program. My personal method is to run 3Dmark, do some online gaming, and run Orthos or Prime or whatever program you choose.