Prime95 need help

[cobrastrike]

I have prime95 going and if I put a custom setting on to test the ram at 7600gb because windows uses 400gb it locks up on me.I have 8 gigs of ram I can use 7200gb and windows is at 400gb used ram already so it shows 7600gb so I can test on all 8 stick and it is stable.I don't know if it is prime95 doing this or my oc is not stable and why would it lock up. Would a unstable oc lock up a computer if it goes past 8gb of ram on the prime 95 test because it can use 7600 gbs of ram so that is working with all 8 sticks.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Firstly, you probably want MB (or MiB) instead of gb.

Using 100% of your RAM is a bad idea, and can cause it to crash. Leave a few hundred megs free.

 

[cobrastrike]

Firstly, you probably want MB (or MiB) instead of gb.

Using 100% of your RAM is a bad idea, and can cause it to crash. Leave a few hundred megs free.

So do you think it is just prime95 crashing it because I put the ram test up too much.I would hate if I had a program on and it was at a the max of 8gb ram and crashed like this prime95 does and locks up on me.I would have thought you could set the prime95 test at even a higher setting for ram and it would only use the ram that you have and not lock up if maybe lag a bit because it would be over stressing it.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

No, the point of P95 is that it uses exactly as much RAM as you tell it to. If that means forcing Windows onto the pagefile, it will.

 

[cobrastrike]

No, the point of P95 is that it uses exactly as much RAM as you tell it to. If that means forcing Windows onto the pagefile, it will.

Ok cool and after I get done this last test of prime95 I will run arma 3 that hits all 8gbs of ram. I hope it will not crash on me that would suck this oc looks stable and thanks for the help.