
Building a Super Computer (Based on Longevity) Need help!
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The one on the upper left side is the PI test which tells how fast it can figure PI out to a certain decimal......mainly tells how fast the CPU and memory is in the system. The one on the upper right is a program that tells current system voltages and temps (other things too).......this is important to see in regards to operation efficiency......in other words......cooler is better. The one on the lower left is CPU-Z.....a free program that gives current running stats such as CPU speed, voltages, mem settings and speed.....etc. The one next to it is basically the same except that it's for the graphics card settings and such.
All tools (free) that help the overclocking enthusiast test and dial in his system.
The other screen is a 3DMark test that stresses the system using a variety of graphic tests and gives you a score. Typically,this will also show if your system is stable. If your system fails to finish the complete test or your computer locks up (crashes) then your system is not stable and the overclock needs to be reconfigured until it is stable. Overclocking is very time consuming and can take sometimes days to get the highest overclock while remaining stable for any and all benchmarks. Even then, sometimes things happen overtime to make the system unstable like dust clogging the cooling fins of a heatsink or thermalpaste breakdown and such are just a few things that can happen. It's fun when you have nothing to do on a weekend just to see what your system will do when pushed. My system I brought back down to normal specs as it performs fast at stock speeds, when I first OC'd my system, it was running 24/7 for over 6 months without any heat issues. But, I took it back down when I started to see some higher temps. Since my cooling is heatsinks and air (No H20 yet) I'm going to dismantle my system and clean the heatsinks (most likely dust) and reapply some new thermalpaste. I just need a free weekend to do it.
Here's a pic of my system....



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