What Monitoring/Burn-In Software Do I need?

[savagexp]

I haven't done a major OC on a system since a Celeron 366>550. I've noticed that some things have changed since then.

The components I just ordered from NewEgg are as follows: Retail Athlon64 3000+ (s939), Soltek SL-K8TPro-939, and 2x512MB PQI PC3200.

I am, of course, hoping to get this thing to about 2.4GHz. I can figure out BIOS settings, but what software should I be using for good stress tests and monitoring? Any suggestions you folks could give me would be great.

Also, any idea if my Volcano7+ from my AthlonXP 2400 will work with a 939?

Finally, if you wouldn't mind posting the wattage on your PSU, that'd be great, too. Thanks!

 

[arnosmith]

Well, for starters, any program that really stresses the CPU is a good stress-tester, popular programs are Prime95, SuperPi (with 16m/32M calculations), 3DMark in a large number of loops +++

For monitoring of fan speeds and temperatures, i fanzy SpeedFan, but other popular programs are Motherboard Monitor, Everest +++

I don't think the old cooler will fit your new CPU very well, not only being too small, but also having a different lock-type.

I have no idea what kind of Graphics card you got, but a 400W PSU would probably be more than enough for your "light" system...

 

[Jeff7181]

I like to run Prime95 while looping 3DMark2001... 3DMark2003 might be better though now since it stresses the video card a bit more, and Prime 95 will keep the CPU and memory stressed. Can you loop 2k3? Hmmm... maybe not...

 

[arnosmith]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Can you loop 2k3? Hmmm... maybe not...

Sure you can! In exactly the same way as 3DMark01... You can't loop the CPU tests though, just the Game Tests.

 

[savagexp]

My "light" system will also include two optical drives, four 7200RPM IDE drives, a 1394 PCI card and a (hangs head in shame) GeForce 5700. I thought that a 400W - 450W would do it, but in an article on PC3200 RAM and the Athlon64, the author mentions that a 520W PSU is recommended. So I thought I'd see what you all are running.

Thanks for the quick responses. I'll set out to download these pieces of software.