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I apologize, i actually did the Memory testing with Memtest86+ - i wasn't aware that there were different ones.
The Power supply calculator says i need a minimum of 338 Watts and recommends a 388 Watt PSU. I am currently using a 750W bequite PSU (because it was on sale and cost just as much as a 500W PSU, so i bought it. Heard good things about bequite and i am using it for a couple of years now, not sure how long exactly.
I ran Furmark for 15 Minutes and it pushed the GPU quite a bit harder than the Valley Benchmark. Temperature rose up to 68°C after a couple of minutes and stayed there for the duration of the test (again, i googled and people said that 15 min are fine for a stability test) If you think a longer test could yield better results, let me know and i will torture the GPU a little more.
When i took the Screenshot (i ran it in FullScreen), Closed Furmark and pasted the Screen into Paint, it actually showed Chrome beneath the actual Test. Not sure what that is about.
I am running Prime95 right now (can you hear the CPU screaming in the background?) and the Temperature just passed 40°C and is climbing rather slow from there on. I will let it run for the 2 hours stated in the Tutorial and then I'll try FurMark again. Maybe in windowed mode, so i can get the Screenshot.
Edit: Here is the Speccy Snapshot ( http://speccy.piriform.com/results/d...ON7enZUsKuRAnR )
Keep in Mind that the Snapshot was taken while Prime95 was running, the idle Temperature of the CPU is pretty much at room temperature. Never really paid attention to it when it wasn't being stressed, but i think it usually hovers around 15-20°C.
Edit2: I just ran Prime 95 for about 2 hours and it failed to produce the requested log file because i'm an Idiot and ran it straight out of the archive without extracting it first.
It's past midnight and i am tired, i will run it again tomorrow. In those 2 Hours, the CPU performed perfectly and the Temp never rose above 43°C.
Could it be that it is somehow the Game itself that causes the Error? (EU4 causes the Crash way more often than other games, i just assumed it's because it's a lot heavier on the CPU than other games.)
Last edited by Slyve; 30 Mar 2015 at 17:11.