[SOLVED] How to test a new prebuilt system?

[Minaz]

If you just received a new system (brand new, prebuilt), how should you test it to ensure that everything is working as it should and that you received the correct part for the specification? What would you do as a checklist to make sure everything is good to go?

 

[MeanMachine41]

Stability is paramount for any system so stress test the system using Aida64.
Aida64 is free and will test your systems thermals, The product also has tests for CPU,FPU and Cache. GPU, RAM and Disk.

 

[CountMike]

If you just received a new system (brand new, prebuilt), how should you test it to ensure that everything is working as it should and that you received the correct part for the specification? What would you do as a checklist to make sure everything is good to go?

OCBASE/OCCT : Free, all-in-one stability, stress test, benchmark and monitoring tool for your PC

Ocbase is the home of OCCT, the most popular all-in-one stability / stress testing / benchmarking / monitoring tool available for PC

www.ocbase.com

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

that you received the correct part for the specification?

check your invoice and/or product description,
compare listed devices to the physical models actually installed in the system,
see if your components match.

many times they will have skimped on power supply, drives, and motherboard so be sure if you selected a certain product that it is actually included.

for testing stability & performance run some benchmarks;
Cinebench, Prime95, 3DMark, etc.

 

[Minaz]

OCBASE/OCCT : Free, all-in-one stability, stress test, benchmark and monitoring tool for your PC

Ocbase is the home of OCCT, the most popular all-in-one stability / stress testing / benchmarking / monitoring tool available for PC

www.ocbase.com

Thanks Mike. I am running OCCT now, but what should I look out for? I ran an all-test, does it warn you automatically if something is amiss, or do you have to interpret the results yourself?

 

[Bob.B]

If you just received a new system (brand new, prebuilt), how should you test it to ensure that everything is working as it should and that you received the correct part for the specification? What would you do as a checklist to make sure everything is good to go?

Run a pass of this.
PC Benchmark

It's a quick and basic benchmark that will show the parts you have and some other info.
It will not show what psu you have.....that needs the eyeball test.

 

[CountMike]

Thanks Mike. I am running OCCT now, but what should I look out for? I ran an all-test, does it warn you automatically if something is amiss, or do you have to interpret the results yourself?

It will warn you if any test failed. What I like is that you can follow everything tested and measured via a graph too, single portable file, no need to install.