Hello folks,
hoping to get some expert opinions about my issue.
I recently took my big rig build and put it into a small Antec Minuet case.
Specs are as follows:It's basically an Asus CM5570, put into a new case, with a new mobo(replaced about 4 years ago, blown caps)
Additional changes: PSU swap, Heatsink swap
EDIT 1:
CPU:
Core 2 Quad Q8200 (95w version)
CPU:
Radeon HD 6570 1gig (slim-ready version, only has a small fan
picture for the gpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121591
Memory:
2x2(4g) double stick of ram (Nanya is the brand, DDR2 6200)
Mobo
Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L
PSU:
Athena power 300w (it's the highest output TFL psu available nearby)
http://www.microcenter.com/product/382283/300_Watt_mTFX_Power_Supply
Heatsink:
Dynatron K987 (only heatsink with copper that fits the case)
http://www.microcenter.com/product/336076/K987_Universal_CPU_Cooler_For_Intel_LGA_1156_-_1366_-_775
Recently, all of a sudden I have experienced freezing issues under load while playing games.
Specifically, CoD WaW and Ghost Recon Phantoms.
After about 1 minute of playing, the system would simply freeze and sound loop.
I checked the temps and replaced the cpu heatsink to get the temp under load down to 55 range (was 80 before)
GPU temp is fine
I replaced the PSU because it was a 220w unit, my system needs about 200w, 240w at full load.
new PSU is 300w, should be sufficient.
I ran the OCCT, cpu, gpu, and psu, all 3 tests ran fine.
Only culprit left now is the RAM and mobo.
Mobo has no signs of apparent damage, all the capacitors look normal, no bulges.
by swapping out the ram sticks, I found out one of them was faulty and causing the crashes immediately under load.
So I am now sticking to 2gb of ram.
Here is the issue though
CoD WaW: min. req. 512mb ram, runs fine.
Ghost Recon: min req. 3gb ram. Also runs fine, no slow downs. however after about 3 hours of playing, it froze.
I am trying to figure out why it froze after such a long time, it seems to be a different issue.
Can it be possible for system to simply freeze when there's insufficient ram? Or do I just have 2 separate problems, i.e. bad RAM stick + bad mobo?
Last freezing isn't something I can replicate which makes troubleshooting even more difficult.
If anybody has any experience similar to this, I would love a feedback.
Thank you
TL;DR
replaced Heatsink, temps fine
replaced PSU, enough wattage,
took out faulty RAM, runs okay
random freeze after 2-3 hours of running.
Is the issue the other stick of ram? (Same age as the other one, about 7 years old)
Or is it a mobo issue that was just exacerbated by a bad RAM before?
EDIT2: My system specs are now edited.
Also, I would like to run memtest, but because of the legacy usb issue, and not having a P/S 2 keyboard, I can't run it in the advanced mode, memtest passes fine for the default mode.
I used the psu calculator at http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
It shows 199w for regular use, 240w max for everything under 100% load.
I think my new 300w psu should be okay for that, also the OCCT passes for psu test as well.
hoping to get some expert opinions about my issue.
I recently took my big rig build and put it into a small Antec Minuet case.
Specs are as follows:It's basically an Asus CM5570, put into a new case, with a new mobo(replaced about 4 years ago, blown caps)
Additional changes: PSU swap, Heatsink swap
EDIT 1:
CPU:
Core 2 Quad Q8200 (95w version)
CPU:
Radeon HD 6570 1gig (slim-ready version, only has a small fan
picture for the gpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121591
Memory:
2x2(4g) double stick of ram (Nanya is the brand, DDR2 6200)
Mobo
Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L
PSU:
Athena power 300w (it's the highest output TFL psu available nearby)
http://www.microcenter.com/product/382283/300_Watt_mTFX_Power_Supply
Heatsink:
Dynatron K987 (only heatsink with copper that fits the case)
http://www.microcenter.com/product/336076/K987_Universal_CPU_Cooler_For_Intel_LGA_1156_-_1366_-_775
Recently, all of a sudden I have experienced freezing issues under load while playing games.
Specifically, CoD WaW and Ghost Recon Phantoms.
After about 1 minute of playing, the system would simply freeze and sound loop.
I checked the temps and replaced the cpu heatsink to get the temp under load down to 55 range (was 80 before)
GPU temp is fine
I replaced the PSU because it was a 220w unit, my system needs about 200w, 240w at full load.
new PSU is 300w, should be sufficient.
I ran the OCCT, cpu, gpu, and psu, all 3 tests ran fine.
Only culprit left now is the RAM and mobo.
Mobo has no signs of apparent damage, all the capacitors look normal, no bulges.
by swapping out the ram sticks, I found out one of them was faulty and causing the crashes immediately under load.
So I am now sticking to 2gb of ram.
Here is the issue though
CoD WaW: min. req. 512mb ram, runs fine.
Ghost Recon: min req. 3gb ram. Also runs fine, no slow downs. however after about 3 hours of playing, it froze.
I am trying to figure out why it froze after such a long time, it seems to be a different issue.
Can it be possible for system to simply freeze when there's insufficient ram? Or do I just have 2 separate problems, i.e. bad RAM stick + bad mobo?
Last freezing isn't something I can replicate which makes troubleshooting even more difficult.
If anybody has any experience similar to this, I would love a feedback.
Thank you
TL;DR
replaced Heatsink, temps fine
replaced PSU, enough wattage,
took out faulty RAM, runs okay
random freeze after 2-3 hours of running.
Is the issue the other stick of ram? (Same age as the other one, about 7 years old)
Or is it a mobo issue that was just exacerbated by a bad RAM before?
EDIT2: My system specs are now edited.
Also, I would like to run memtest, but because of the legacy usb issue, and not having a P/S 2 keyboard, I can't run it in the advanced mode, memtest passes fine for the default mode.
I used the psu calculator at http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
It shows 199w for regular use, 240w max for everything under 100% load.
I think my new 300w psu should be okay for that, also the OCCT passes for psu test as well.
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