1) Download this: http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/super_pi_mod-1.5.zip
2) Unzip and run super_pi_mod.exe
3) Select Calculate(C) and then select 1M digits.
(note: close all applications before you start to calculate)
4) Wait. Don't do anything until it tells you the result.
5) Open up your browser and post result here.
 
I got 14.797 seconds with a Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz.
 
 
WTF is Super PI?
Super PI calculates the value of π (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi)
Selecting 1M calculates Pi to the millionth decimal.

Calculating Pi to the millionth decimal... haha, this'll be great

I reckon it'll take my laptop a few minutes though, if not longer...

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I'll have to try this when I'm on my PC.
 
Is there a mac version? I'd love to compare...

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44.444s Boy I love mah 4s!

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Doesn't work, gives an error.

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Intel Core 2 duo T5800
4 gbs of ram
29.484

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Any specific error?
 

http://ocing3.free.fr/FTP/overcloc [...] c_Mac_OSX/
 
Note that the results cannot be directly compared, as the SuperPI app for Windows and Mac are different.

The error generated says "Not Exact in Round". I guess that means it isn't rounding off the number right?

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Okay, so my PC got 37.463 seconds, with several things running in the background (e-mail, Chrome, BumpTop, LogMeIn, iReboot, Orb, Ad-Aware, etc).
 
I'll try it again with nothing running to see what I get then.

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Quote from somewhere: Also, some people have claimed that deleting all files in the SPifolder with the exception of the *.exe & *.txt's has reduced thelikeliness of the error.
 
If that doesn't help, it's probably an issue with your RAM.
Try memtest. Get http://www.memtest.org/download/2. [...] 11.iso.zip
then burn it to a disk (bootable ISO, guide here: http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Levykuva [...] 1f37ba55c6 [it's in Finnish, but you'll understand]) and boot into it. If the test fails, you got crappy RAM

I probably do have crappy RAM. I've run the RAM memory tests before, there's always a few bad sectors or whatever when I run the tests thoroughly for two-three hours.

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1 min 3 sec running on my dads PC Tho, i should of closed everything  but i forgot

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I got 47.806 sec. LOL I want to try this on a roadrunner.

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Dunno if I remember correct, but SuperPI does not no how to utilize multiple processors

That would explain my results I guess.

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Cool!!!

I overclocked my E8500 to 3.58 GHz (yes, a very small overclock) and achieved 13.2 secs.

So what's the max you can overclock it to?

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I could easily go to 4+ GHz, but things might get a little unstable then..

Heck I would be happy at 3 ghz stock.

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What do you have now?

Meh...2.0 ghz
EDIT After using CPU-z It read that my porccecor runs at 1995 mhz... not the full 2 ghz that was on the box... And its really T7250 Re-labeled to T5800. The T5800 isn't even on the intel site.

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That should be enough. The slowest part of your PC is probably your harddrive. Get a good SSD ($$$) and things will be much snappier

I was thinking of upgrading to a SSD and DDR3 but since my Graphics card can not be upgraded there is really no point. Now Im going to hopefully buy this.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/ [...] o_desktops
It a beast    I know I can build my own PC cheaper but I am not that good with computers.

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DDR3 won't give a huge improvement over DDR2. Although DDR3 does give more bandwidth, this will only be of use in very I/O intensive tasks, like video editing. The main advantage of DDR3 for the normal user is the lower voltage, which means less power consumption..
 
And get a custom built PC. If you don't know how, order the parts from a store that also assembles the PC together. You'll get a much better spec PC for cheaper
If you need help with the parts, then just give me a budget (excluding the assembling cost) and I'll give you a list of components.