**Testing CPU Stability with Prime95**

Before diving into the testing process, make sure you're not doing anything on your computer and that the room temperature is about the same as it's going to be normally.

To start testing your CPU stability, open up Prime95 and select the Blend test. Once it gets started, you should immediately see your CPU temperatures begin to climb. Now, where they end is going to be a little bit different depending on how you set up your build. If you have a standard bill with no overclocking, I would generally run Prime95 for 10 to 15 minutes and then take a look at the final temperature.

However, if you're overclocking, not only are you testing to see the temperature but you're also making sure that your overclock is stable. With an overclock, I generally run Prime95 for a minimum of six hours, in fact, if you want to run it for 24 hours, that's all good. While Prime95 is running, you should keep a couple things in mind:

* What is the temperature of your CPU? Generally, 80 degrees Celsius is the maximum that I'm comfortable with. You can run them hotter, for example, most Intel CPUs can go closer to 100 degrees Celsius before they start running into problems.

* Keep an eye out for any kind of crashes or blue screens. If you're overclocking, this isn't a big deal; you just need to tweak your settings some. However, if you aren't overclocking, you're just using a standard build, and you're getting consistent blue screens or crashes in Prime95, this could mean a couple things:

For starters, make sure that your temperatures are not really high. If they are going above 100 degrees Celsius or something like that, that can cause some issues. But if your temperatures are okay and you're still running into crashes, this could mean there's some kind of system failure, whether it be your CPU, RAM, or motherboard.

Once you're done testing your CPU, let's go ahead and take a look at your graphics card. For this, we're going to be using another program called FurMark. This is very similar to Prime95 and will allow us to max out the GPU to see if there are any issues.

Open up FurMark and begin a stress test. You should see the GPU utilization go up to around 100 percent, and you should also see the temperatures begin to climb. Unlike with Prime95, however, we're basically just testing the temperature on the GPU. So, keep an eye on the chart until it starts to level out.

Generally, it's going to be around 60 to 70 degrees Celsius and should only take about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with the GPU, you can run it a little bit hotter. 80 degrees Celsius to 85 degrees is usually my cutoff, although again, these limits can generally run up to close to 100 degrees Celsius Celsius.

You should also keep an eye out on the display for any kind of glitches or missing textures or anything that looks out of the ordinary. If you do see something like this, it's not something that would just immediately go throw your graphics card away from, but it is something to keep in mind.

Typically, you won't have any problems like this. So, if you're sure that your CPU and your graphics card are both running well, without any kind of crashes or issues, and the temperatures are well within reason, then you're gonna be good to go, and you'll have a fully working gaming computer.

If you're interested in more, feel free to check out some of my other videos, including the 600 Gaming PC build. If you enjoyed this video, be sure to leave it a thumbs up, and if you're interested in more videos like this, be sure to subscribe.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys this is austin and today i'm here with a tutorial showing you how to test your gaming computer so of course when you do a custom build there's a lot of advantages of course you're saving money you're building yourself all that kind of fun stuff but one thing a lot of people neglect to do is actually test to make sure that everything is working properly it's not enough to just install windows have it boot and make sure that it works and go hey you're all done there are actually a couple of tools that you can use to ensure that everything is going to be working correctly the first thing i always test is the cpu now this is basically the brain of your computer so if there are any problems here you're definitely going to find them sooner or later so basically the way to do this is to use the program prime95 and i will have a link to it as well as everything else in the description of this video now prime95 is a very simple program what it does is it will max each and every one of your cpu cores to 100 this does several things so for starters it makes sure that all the components are working correctly so this means the cpu is able to be clocked all the way to its maximum speed it means that the motherboard is delivering the power to the cpu correctly it also means that your power supply has enough juice to go ahead and run everything that it needs to since the cpu is running at 100 we're also going to be able to test the temperature so of course processors can get very hot and you're going to need to have some good cooling involved as far as the cpu cooler itself as well as proper airflow through your case so to test this we're going to install something else which is called core temp now this is as the name implies going to tell you the temperature of every single core in your cpu so to test open up core temp and take a look at the idle temperature reading on your cpu so make sure that you're not doing anything on your computer and that the room that you are testing in is about the same temperature that it is going to be normally now open prime95 and select the blend test once it gets started you should immediately see your cpu temperatures begin to climb now where they end is going to be a little bit different depending on how you set up your build so if you have a standard bill with no overclocking i would generally run prime95 for 10 to 15 minutes and then take a look at the final temperature however if you're overclocking not only you're testing to see the temperature but you're also making sure that your overclock is stable so with an overclock i generally run prime95 for a minimum of six hours in fact if you want to run it for 24 hours that's all good while prime95 is running you should keep a couple things in mind for starters what is the temperature of your cpu so generally 80 degrees celsius is the maximum that i'm comfortable with now you can run them hotter for example most intel cpus or closer to 100 degrees celsius before they start running into problems however 80 degrees celsius is very hot as is and really ideally you should find your cpu somewhere between 50 to 60 degrees celsius you should also keep an eye out for any kind of crashes or blue screens so if you're overclocking this isn't a big deal you just need to tweak your settings some however if you aren't overclocking you're just using a standard build and you're getting consistent blue screens or crashes in prime95 this could mean a couple things for starters make sure that your temperatures are not really high so for example if they are going above 100 degrees celsius or something like that that can cause some issues but if your temperatures are okay and you're still running into crashes this could mean there's some kind of system failure whether it be your cpu ram or motherboard once you're done testing your cpu now let's go ahead and take a look at your graphics card so for this we're going to be using another program called furmark now this is very similar to prime95 and that's going to allow us to max out the gpu to see if there are any issues this works basically the same way open up fermark and then begin a stress test you should see the gpu utilization go up to around 100 percent and you should also see the temperatures begin to climb unlike with prime95 however where we're testing both the stability as well as the temperatures we basically just want to test the temperature on the gpu so go ahead and keep an eye on the chart so it will actually tell you exactly what the temperature is so basically just keep an eye on this until it actually starts to begin to level out so generally it's going to be around 60 to 70 degrees and should only take about 10 to 15 minutes however again with the gpu you can run it a little bit hotter so 80 degrees to 85 degrees is usually my cutoff although again these jings can generally run up to close to 100 degrees celsius you should also keep an eye out on the display are there any kind of glitches or missing textures or anything that looks out of the ordinary if so this could be a problem with your gpu now typically you really aren't going to have any problems like this so if you do see something out of the ordinary it's something to keep in mind but if you do see there's like some glitches or some random textures it's not something that would just immediately go throw your graphics card away from but it is something to keep in mind so once you're sure that your cpu and your graphics card are both running well you're not having any kind of crashes or any issues like that and the temperatures are well within reason then you're gonna be good to go and you have a fully working gaming computer if you're interested in more feel free to check out some of my other videos including the 600 gaming pc build if you enjoyed be sure to leave this video a thumbs up and if you're interested in more videos like this be sure to subscribe anyway guys i will catch you next time youhey guys this is austin and today i'm here with a tutorial showing you how to test your gaming computer so of course when you do a custom build there's a lot of advantages of course you're saving money you're building yourself all that kind of fun stuff but one thing a lot of people neglect to do is actually test to make sure that everything is working properly it's not enough to just install windows have it boot and make sure that it works and go hey you're all done there are actually a couple of tools that you can use to ensure that everything is going to be working correctly the first thing i always test is the cpu now this is basically the brain of your computer so if there are any problems here you're definitely going to find them sooner or later so basically the way to do this is to use the program prime95 and i will have a link to it as well as everything else in the description of this video now prime95 is a very simple program what it does is it will max each and every one of your cpu cores to 100 this does several things so for starters it makes sure that all the components are working correctly so this means the cpu is able to be clocked all the way to its maximum speed it means that the motherboard is delivering the power to the cpu correctly it also means that your power supply has enough juice to go ahead and run everything that it needs to since the cpu is running at 100 we're also going to be able to test the temperature so of course processors can get very hot and you're going to need to have some good cooling involved as far as the cpu cooler itself as well as proper airflow through your case so to test this we're going to install something else which is called core temp now this is as the name implies going to tell you the temperature of every single core in your cpu so to test open up core temp and take a look at the idle temperature reading on your cpu so make sure that you're not doing anything on your computer and that the room that you are testing in is about the same temperature that it is going to be normally now open prime95 and select the blend test once it gets started you should immediately see your cpu temperatures begin to climb now where they end is going to be a little bit different depending on how you set up your build so if you have a standard bill with no overclocking i would generally run prime95 for 10 to 15 minutes and then take a look at the final temperature however if you're overclocking not only you're testing to see the temperature but you're also making sure that your overclock is stable so with an overclock i generally run prime95 for a minimum of six hours in fact if you want to run it for 24 hours that's all good while prime95 is running you should keep a couple things in mind for starters what is the temperature of your cpu so generally 80 degrees celsius is the maximum that i'm comfortable with now you can run them hotter for example most intel cpus or closer to 100 degrees celsius before they start running into problems however 80 degrees celsius is very hot as is and really ideally you should find your cpu somewhere between 50 to 60 degrees celsius you should also keep an eye out for any kind of crashes or blue screens so if you're overclocking this isn't a big deal you just need to tweak your settings some however if you aren't overclocking you're just using a standard build and you're getting consistent blue screens or crashes in prime95 this could mean a couple things for starters make sure that your temperatures are not really high so for example if they are going above 100 degrees celsius or something like that that can cause some issues but if your temperatures are okay and you're still running into crashes this could mean there's some kind of system failure whether it be your cpu ram or motherboard once you're done testing your cpu now let's go ahead and take a look at your graphics card so for this we're going to be using another program called furmark now this is very similar to prime95 and that's going to allow us to max out the gpu to see if there are any issues this works basically the same way open up fermark and then begin a stress test you should see the gpu utilization go up to around 100 percent and you should also see the temperatures begin to climb unlike with prime95 however where we're testing both the stability as well as the temperatures we basically just want to test the temperature on the gpu so go ahead and keep an eye on the chart so it will actually tell you exactly what the temperature is so basically just keep an eye on this until it actually starts to begin to level out so generally it's going to be around 60 to 70 degrees and should only take about 10 to 15 minutes however again with the gpu you can run it a little bit hotter so 80 degrees to 85 degrees is usually my cutoff although again these jings can generally run up to close to 100 degrees celsius you should also keep an eye out on the display are there any kind of glitches or missing textures or anything that looks out of the ordinary if so this could be a problem with your gpu now typically you really aren't going to have any problems like this so if you do see something out of the ordinary it's something to keep in mind but if you do see there's like some glitches or some random textures it's not something that would just immediately go throw your graphics card away from but it is something to keep in mind so once you're sure that your cpu and your graphics card are both running well you're not having any kind of crashes or any issues like that and the temperatures are well within reason then you're gonna be good to go and you have a fully working gaming computer if you're interested in more feel free to check out some of my other videos including the 600 gaming pc build if you enjoyed be sure to leave this video a thumbs up and if you're interested in more videos like this be sure to subscribe anyway guys i will catch you next time you