Tool to test AMD CPUs?

[ComputerDave]

Intel has its own tool. OCCT is all over the place and has proven to be unreliable. What are you guys using to test AMD CPUs?

 

[frase]

Put it in the oven at 200 Degrees Celsius for 5 minutes.

Have you tried Prime95, works for me on Intel & AMD.

Here is a guide I found may be helpfull, not on Prime95 though in general.

 

[timeshifter]

Sorry I don’t have any advice, but I have a question: why are you testing CPUs? I don’t do much hardware troubleshooting these days so maybe that’s why I don’t do it. Are you building machines? Or is the test part of broader troubleshooting?

 

[ComputerDave]

Sorry I don’t have any advice, but I have a question: why are you testing CPUs? I don’t do much hardware troubleshooting these days so maybe that’s why I don’t do it. Are you building machines? Or is the test part of broader troubleshooting?

We have a gaming rig that I highly suspect has a faulty AMD CPU. I would just like to have a smoking gun instead of guessing.

 

[ComputerDave]

Put it in the oven at 200 Degrees Celsius for 5 minutes.

Have you tried Prime95, works for me on Intel & AMD.

Here is a guide I found may be helpfull, not on Prime95 though in general.

Thank you for that. I will check out the Prime95 and see what happens.

 

[phaZed]

I've gotten to a point where I keep a few spare CPU's in the shop (or I'll order one of whichever generation/Brand needed). If I think a CPU is the problem - I plop a new one in, assuming I've exhausted everything else.

 

[ComputerDave]

I've gotten to a point where I keep a few spare CPU's in the shop (or I'll order one of whichever generation/Brand needed). If I think a CPU is the problem - I plop a new one in, assuming I've exhausted everything else.

Yes, this is a very valid point. That probably would be best. The only drawback is I might get stuck with some CPU's that, by the time the opportunity arrives for me to move those, I might have to take a loss.

 

[phaZed]

I Just keep one of each of these CPU's which covers most modern equipment (not the top-enders):

AMD AM4 - (Most boards support 3000, 4000, 5000 series) - Ryzen 5600G - ~$130
AMD AM5 - (Most board support 7000, 8000, 9000 series) - Ryzen 8500G - ~$148
Intel LGA 1700 - (Most board support 12th, 13th, 14th gen) - i5-13400F ~$145

I like to get the G-Chips, "With Radeon Graphics" for the AMD's so I can test without dedicated graphics.
In the end if I feel it's getting "too old", I'll build a system with the parts and sell it, usually (at a reasonable discounted price of course) and recoup the raw costs. Honestly, though, with the time and effort saved by having these here for testing, it pays back in spades!

 

[Sky-Knight]

The Intel tool works on anything.

 

[ComputerDave]

The Intel tool works on anything.

Have you received the results you felt were accurate using the Intel tool, even with AMD?

 

[Sky-Knight]

Have you received the results you felt were accurate using the Intel tool, even with AMD?

A CPU is a CPU... it either runs the operations and returns the expected result or it doesn't.

Math doesn't stop being math because the calculator's brand changes!

There are a few misalignments in the instruction set tests, but otherwise... yeah... let it rip!