recommended free/shareware system diagnostics ??

expatCanuck · Post by **expatCanuck** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:32 am

Greetings.

Just assembled a new system:

Antec NSK4480
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256EZ GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR3
Intel Pentium E2180 Allendale 2.0GHz Dual-Core
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) (PC2 6400) DDR2 800 SDRAM

Passed POST. Win2K installed. So far, so good.

What are some recommended utilities/diagnostics (ideally free or inexpensive shareware) that I might run to ensure that the RAM is up to par?

Anything I can/should use to check the CPU? Motherboard? Graphics Card?

Many thanks.

- Richard
http://www.oldWithoutMoney.com

AuraAllan · Post by **AuraAllan** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:37 am

Hi Richard.

Memtest86+ will test your RAM.

Speedfan should do the rest.

scdr · Post by **scdr** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:55 pm

Prime95?
http://www.mersenne.org/

(Stresses CPU and memory, if memory serves.)

Das_Saunamies · Post by **Das_Saunamies** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:53 pm

ATITool - good for graphics and more.

I've found it to stress CPU and GPU more than trying to run separate stress tests for both.

Lou_H · Post by **Lou_H** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:30 pm

Here is a good guide to help explain how to use the utilities so that you are looking at the correct readings for CPU temps.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/22174 ... ture-guide

Also it tells you how to run Prime95 for Dual core.

recommended free/shareware system diagnostics ??

recommended free/shareware system diagnostics ??

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