Which Memtest to use with Haswell CPU?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by majinbuu, May 2, 2014.

  1. majinbuu

    majinbuu Specialist

    I have a Core i5 4670K Haswell processor running on a Z87X-UD3H motherboard and would like to enable XMP.

    I would like to know which memtest I should use to check for any errors once XMP is enabled. There are two options on this site and I don't really know the difference between them:

    Memtest86+ 5.01
    Memtest86 Free Edition 5.00

    I am leaning towards Memtest86+ but it says it only has preliminary support for Haswell. Would that be a problem?
     
  2. mdonah

    mdonah Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Everything I've read says that either of the two you mention are the best freeware memory testers. One site says that Memtest86+ is the best. There is, of course, Windows built-in memory test if you want a second opinion after running either Memtest. Also, you're testing the RAM and not the CPU so, Haswell shouldn't make a difference.
     
  3. Blujay

    Blujay Specialist

    I agree. Go with Memtest86+ and it should matter what processor you have installed.
     

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