A compilation of something big would stress it. Anything 3d rendering will
stress the gpu more though.
No idea of specific workload tools though
Anton
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On 14 Apr 2014 13:31, "Ally Biggs" <bluechrome@???> wrote:
> Yeah it's gotta be the thermal paste I have worked on alot of kit over the
> years where the original supplier has used cheap cement type paste with has
> a habit of drying up completely over the years leaving you with a toaster.
> Also is a common occurrence with laptops again lost count of the amount of
> machines I have repaired due to fans clogging up with crap and rubbish
> thermal paste.
>
> I usually get Arctic Silver and have used Arctic Cooling freezers for the
> all my builds. Got one rocking a Intel Ivybridge 3.5Ghz has no issues. Your
> should be able to pick up a older version for your socket type on ebay.
>
> I usually fire up a live cd (falcon4) afterwards and run Speedfan and
> torture test builds with prime95
>
> Are there any good Linux benchmark tools? Would be handy to add to my
> arsenal :)
>
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:31:36 +0100
> > From: i.d.c.park@???
> > To: hampshire@???
> > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Over heating CPU
> >
> > Hmm, I suspect I may be getting a similar problem with my box (2 x
> > Opteron 2GHz dual core processors); if I work it too hard (processor
> > loading up to 90ish% on all four cores) it just shuts down. I suspect it
> > will be an "interesting" task to take off the Zalman coolers, re-paste
> > and refit...
> >
> > Ian
> >
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> > On 13/04/14 23:49, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
> > > On Sunday 13 Apr 2014, you wrote:
> > >>> My gut feeling is that the CPU cooler paste is probably past it?
> > >> Yes.
> > >>
> > >> I seem to get about 3 years from modern stuff; at 7, your machine is
> long
> > >> overdue for a re-pasting.
> > >>
> > >> Make sure you clean off all the old crud with acetone or similar, then
> > >> replace with fresh stuff. I'm unconvinced that any one brand is better
> > >> than another - I use a large tube of Servisol.
> > > It seems everyone is of the same opinion. Something to do over
> Easter...
> > >
> > >
> >
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