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Dilyn · 04-17-2009, 01:47 PM

I stress tested with Orthos. Originally tried some other program (forget what it's called... Only heard praise for it though. Nothing bad) but it didn't work for me. So I just downloaded Orthos and ran it for a bit. Passed 9 tests on both cores, stressed at 100% load. Peaked at 55C with my aftermarket cooler. It's a Freezer 7 Pro by Arctic Cooling. I really suggest getting it. It's kept my CPU nice and chilly, even at high loads for hours on end (I do lots of gaming). Kind of tough to install at first, but that's because this is only the second cooler I've ever installed for a CPU. I blame my novice-ness. Also, some thermal paste is always good :)

I really like W7. It's a definite improvement over Vista. Only complaint I've got is that it has seriously effed up my computer (I think). I've had to reinstall the OS (forgot to make a system restore point, apparently it doesn't do that automatically unless you tell it to, like Vista did). And now I just can't boot into any OS. ANY OS. But I don't blame 7 for that.

I definitely recommend it. But not as the main OS of your computer. I recommend Linux for that :)

04-17-2009, 01:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dilyn Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 114 OS: Windows 7 RC 7100, Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: First time overclocking... Went great! I stress tested with Orthos. Originally tried some other program (forget what it's called... Only heard praise for it though. Nothing bad) but it didn't work for me. So I just downloaded Orthos and ran it for a bit. Passed 9 tests on both cores, stressed at 100% load. Peaked at 55C with my aftermarket cooler. It's a Freezer 7 Pro by Arctic Cooling. I really suggest getting it. It's kept my CPU nice and chilly, even at high loads for hours on end (I do lots of gaming). Kind of tough to install at first, but that's because this is only the second cooler I've ever installed for a CPU. I blame my novice-ness. Also, some thermal paste is always good :) I really like W7. It's a definite improvement over Vista. Only complaint I've got is that it has seriously effed up my computer (I think). I've had to reinstall the OS (forgot to make a system restore point, apparently it doesn't do that automatically unless you tell it to, like Vista did). And now I just can't boot into any OS. ANY OS. But I don't blame 7 for that. I definitely recommend it. But not as the main OS of your computer. I recommend Linux for that :)