Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question
Solved

Computer Randomly Crashing!

Tags:
  • Computers
Last response: in CPUs
Share
July 23, 2014 1:35:37 PM

I was just playing SimCity and my computer crashed. This is the 3rd or 4th time in 3 days it has happened. I was wondering if there is a certain temp that windows 8.1 will shut down your computer to save the cpu? I have my i5 4690k overclocked to 4.6 ghz (From 3.5ghz) and am using a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo. Also, I can check the temp of the CPU with my mobo software, but does anyone know of some free software that will overlay all that in game? I don't know if this is caused by overheating or something else. If someone can tell me where windows puts there error logs, I can put them on here.

PS. This does not only happen with Simcity

PSS. The pc usually automatically restarts, and windows does give there "I'm Sorry" screen.

More about : computer randomly crashing

July 23, 2014 1:40:09 PM

Your overclock XO!!! Go get a water cooler like a Corsair H110i, since your CPu may get really hot.
m
0
l
July 23, 2014 1:48:15 PM

It's almost certain that it's your overclock causing it. Most likely overheating as you've pointed out.

MSI Afterburner allows you to monitor your voltages and temp in game.
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

I personally wouldn't like it to run over 80C, but I've heard they can go upwards of 100C without throttling. Not to say that that doesn't cause processor degradation, though.
m
1
l
Related resources
July 23, 2014 1:48:24 PM

okcnaline said:
Your overclock XO!!! Go get a water cooler like a Corsair H110i, since your CPu may get really hot.


So I take it that that overclock is alittle too much? Hehe, I didn't know it was that good. I just set it back to efault cpu settings, I think I will leave it at that for a while and see if that is what was messing me up. I am guessing from that answer, that it was probably the heat that made windows shutdown, and apparently that is what the error said, something about hardware stuff, and I read some solutions saying to take off the overclock.
m
0
l
July 23, 2014 1:49:16 PM

JOOK-D said:
It's almost certain that it's your overclock causing it. Most likely overheating as you've pointed out.

MSI Afterburner allows you to monitor your voltages and temp in game.
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm


What would a safe overclock be using the coolermaster hyper 212 evo? Also what temp do you want to stay under?
m
0
l
July 23, 2014 1:50:37 PM

nicedude80 said:
JOOK-D said:
It's almost certain that it's your overclock causing it. Most likely overheating as you've pointed out.

MSI Afterburner allows you to monitor your voltages and temp in game.
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm


What would a safe overclock be using the coolermaster hyper 212 evo? Also what temp do you want to stay under?


Just edited my previous post as you said that, ha.

I wouldn't like to run past 80C, but they can hit 100C without throttling. To be safe I'd stay under 80C, that's already quite toasty.
m
1
l
July 23, 2014 1:55:01 PM

JOOK-D said:
nicedude80 said:
JOOK-D said:
It's almost certain that it's your overclock causing it. Most likely overheating as you've pointed out.

MSI Afterburner allows you to monitor your voltages and temp in game.
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm


What would a safe overclock be using the coolermaster hyper 212 evo? Also what temp do you want to stay under?


Just edited my previous post as you said that, ha.

I wouldn't like to run past 80C, but they can hit 100C without throttling. To be safe I'd stay under 80C, that's already quite toasty.


will 80c make your cpu degrade?
m
0
l

Best solution

July 23, 2014 2:00:24 PM

nicedude80 said:
JOOK-D said:
nicedude80 said:
JOOK-D said:
It's almost certain that it's your overclock causing it. Most likely overheating as you've pointed out.

MSI Afterburner allows you to monitor your voltages and temp in game.
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm


What would a safe overclock be using the coolermaster hyper 212 evo? Also what temp do you want to stay under?


Just edited my previous post as you said that, ha.

I wouldn't like to run past 80C, but they can hit 100C without throttling. To be safe I'd stay under 80C, that's already quite toasty.


will 80c make your cpu degrade?


Just about any heat will (very little!), but 80C would be fine. I ran my old Athlon ii x3 at much hotter than 80C for years without it dying. The stock fan however was not best pleased (nor were my ears, very loud).

Intel say the max temp is around 72C, so 80C is a conservative safe estimate over that boundary. It's up to you.

It shouldn't be running that hot most of the time anyway, only when you're doing strenuous tasks.
Share
!