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#1 scruffy121234

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Posted 05 November 2011 - 10:00 PM

Hello again! Got my new rig built, and ready to go, short of the RAM. I'm just wondering which programs are good to do burn tests/benchmarking with? I tried Novabench, but it does stuff for 10 sec, which I don't feel does things like my SSD, any justice. Any sustained testing programs that you know of? Thanks again for any input!

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Posted 05 November 2011 - 11:58 PM

hdtune for the ssd
pcmark and 3dmark should basically cover the rest.

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Posted 06 November 2011 - 06:22 AM

Hey scruffy, PCmark Vantage is good. Need to reinstall that myself.

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Posted 06 November 2011 - 03:22 PM

coastie65, on 06 November 2011 - 06:22 AM, said:

Hey scruffy, PCmark Vantage is good. Need to reinstall that myself.

Hey, I ran a benchmark on my SSD, and it said it's at a critical temp (128C), but it is definitely not, it doesn't even feel warm to the touch... any ideas? Also, how do I get things to start installing to my HDD instead of my SSD by default?

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Posted 06 November 2011 - 03:55 PM

If it as at 128C it would be definitely "WARM" to the touch to say the least. Might want to install HW Monitor.

http://www.cpuid.com.../1.18-64bit.zip

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#6 scruffy121234

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Posted 06 November 2011 - 04:12 PM

coastie65, on 06 November 2011 - 03:55 PM, said:

If it as at 128C it would be definitely "WARM" to the touch to say the least. Might want to install HW Monitor.

http://www.cpuid.com.../1.18-64bit.zip

HW monitor is reading 128C as well, for min, max, and current values. It really isn't warm at all. Hard/software malfunction?

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Posted 07 November 2011 - 03:42 PM

scruffy121234, on 06 November 2011 - 04:12 PM, said:

coastie65, on 06 November 2011 - 03:55 PM, said:

If it as at 128C it would be definitely "WARM" to the touch to say the least. Might want to install HW Monitor.

http://www.cpuid.com.../1.18-64bit.zip

HW monitor is reading 128C as well, for min, max, and current values. It really isn't warm at all. Hard/software malfunction?

Yeah probably. Just like how it thinks my +12V line is at 1.02V. Come on, the system wouldn't even boot if that were the case. And I believe Speedfan was detecting a temp that's -128C. Yes, negative 128. I didn't know my air cooling was that good. lol And on a Pentium 4 I have, there's a sensor that always reads 429 million degrees. Uhh, that seems a little hot. And SSDs don't generate much heat. What drive is the OS installed on? Programs usually default to C:, is that the SSD?

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