Prime95

[RangerJoe34]

alright, well i just d/led prime95 and im just wondering because ive heard so many people talking about it pushing your cpu to the limit, what the hell is this program????will it kill my computer?

[hyperbob]

It does complex math calculations, thus burning in your CPU, and making it hot and testing it for stability. It works well if you are testing your CPU cooling, or stability if you're overclocked. If you've got proper cooling (as in you've got a decent heatsink and decent case vetnilation) you are fine and it won't break you CPU.

[lennytiger]

Where can I get Prime95???

[hyperbob]

do a search in google.

[Thelemac]

*Moved to "Software and Operating Systems"*

[Crash893]

dont do a search on google it ususally brings up some MSword app


anyway here is the location of it

ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v21.zip
or
ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v21.exe

if you have any questions about primes workings or other versions for diffent os' let give me a pm and ill try to answer them for ya.