validation

Forum discussion tagged with validation.
  1. MCH170

    Question How do you validate a thermally limited OC?

    This is mostly a theoretical question: Lets say I have a CPU that I want to overclock. I mainly use Prime95 to test for stability because, in my experience, if an overclock will fail it will probably do so pretty quickly if not immediately. The problem is that p95 with small ffts pushes the CPU...
  2. N

    Format and clean install on laptop with pre-installed Windows 8.1

    Hi there, experts! I purchased a very basic laptop "Acer Aspire ES1-111" a year ago. Its specs are: Intel Celeron N2840 RAM: 2 GB SSD: 32 GB eMMC It includes Windows 8.1 pre-installed (I assume it's an OEM version), but the retailer didn't provide me the key nor a disk and I'd like to format...
  3. S

    AS ROCK N68C-S UCC + MSI R7 250 2gb Crash

    Hi All I've been having a recurring issue on my computer the last few months in that I replaced my graphics card with a newer model on 3 occasions now and I am consistently having games crash on me anywhere between 5-20mins into play. I bought a Radeon HD6670 which was when I first encountered...