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I've been overclocking my FX-8320 CPU using a program that came with my gigabyte MOBO since my computer always crashes when I try from the BIOS. I had it overclocked to like 4.3 GHz and while I was playing Crysis 3 there was a message in the top left of my screen that said Undetected Hardware and my fps was going crazzyyyy!!! I was getting like 90 fps one second then 7 fps the next and the 100 the next and the screen was shaking and my guy was running at super speed lol. I assume it's some sort of protection the developers put into the game code to keep hackers from playing it but I'm no hacker!

I also tried Alan Wake's American Nightmare and some pretty crazzzyyy stuff started happening again. I got a message in the middle of the screen that said contrast ratio 1.00 and then the screen was flashing different colors and the controller had a mind of its own. Somebody please tell me what in the world is going on?
 
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Other than the fact that you think your CPU is bottlenecking your games, which it might.
Those temps with games are very high, I'm sure you're running into overheating problems when running something really CPU-intensive like prime95.
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I wish lol, if I could show you what it was doing I would. I've seen some pretty messed up glitches and errors before but this tops them all. Btw, that message in Crysis 3 was actually apart of the game. I set my CPU back to factory speed and played both games again fine. I'm going to try overclocking again and see what happens with the games.
 
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Actually I think you're right, I just played Alan Wake with it overclocked and it did the same thing again. Also, when I used to try and overclock my CPU from the BIOS my computer wouldn't boot afterwards and I'd have to reset the CMOS to get it to boot. Is there also a possibility it could my PSU's fault? I have a 600w TR2 Thermaltake and I'm running a GTX 770, FX-8320, 8 GB of RAM, 1 TB HDD, a 970FX MOBO, ROM-Drive, and four case fans. That might be pushing my PSU to the limit as is but with the 8320 overclocked it could be adding too much strain on it.
 
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As Someone Somewhere suggested, it sounds like an unstable OC. You should try starting from stock frequency and gradually increase it. As soon as you notice weird things, set the last stable one and keep it like that.

I doubt it's a PSU issue anyway. I'm not sure, but it could be your mobo's chipset isn't capable of keeping up with particularly high frequencies.
 
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an unstable overclocking indeed!more like a throttling issue. your mobo, most probably would be the culprit as it isnt suitable for overclocking! if at stock settings works fine then defenately is a mobo issue. tr2 isnt good also! i wouldnt o/c with that hardware!


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&chrome=false&gid=3
 
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I've been planning on upgrading my PSU and case anyways so this sounds like a good time to do so. What's strange is that I used to be able to overclock my CPU from the BIOS to 4.4 GHz and everything ran okay.
 
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Overclocking does tend to reduce the life expectancy of your parts.
 
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in that case make sure your temps are good! throttling may occur if temps climb above 60c on the cpu and above 70c on the socket which depending your mobo reversion, may or may not be heatsinked! however if temps are ok then it is the psu to blame afterall!

try cpuid hwmonitor (cpu temp reading is for socket and package for core temp)
 
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Thanks guys, just bought a new 144 Hz monitor and it's kind of annoying that my CPU is bottlenecking my system so I gotta figure out this overclock problem. Can anyone give me a link to download a program that monitors my CPU temps? I don't currently have one. Thanks!
 
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you will have to run the monitoring software on the background while gaming. when you finish playing you can see the max temps reached! both hw monitor and core temps state min and max temps.also you can switch windows while playing. you must be playing in windowed mode.
 
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Alt tab works as long as you keep them monitoring softwares running in the background. Some of these, however, like MSI Afterburner, can show an in-game overlay you can configure and show/hide by the press of a hotkey. Windowed mode is also ok, but since it probably means it won't be playing at the maximum resolution (unless it's a borderless window mode set for your native resolution), you'd end up getting cooler-than-usual temperatures.

The safest and usually non-troublemaking way remains alt-tabbing to me although. Trying to set an in-game overlay counts as code injection (a technique used by most cheating softwares), and some protected games can close themselves down thinking it's a malicious program.
 
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I did a quick stress test (30 min.) using prime 95 while monitoring my CPU's temps and here's the results of the stock speed:

Min: 20 Degrees Celsius
Max: 52.78 Degrees Celsius
Avg: 52.22 Degrees Celsius

With it overclocked to 4 GHz it froze immediately and I had to restart my computer lol. I know my FX-8320 is bottlenecking my system but when it's overclocked it's not too bad. I can't seem to be able to overclock it though and if I do then it doesn't run stably. I'll keep trying to overclock it but I don't think I'll have much luck.
 
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My opinion is that the motherboard isn't too much overclock-capable, and that's what's causing freezes and lockdowns. The frequency is too fast on the cpu, compared to what the motherboard's chipset is capable of, and thus it can't keep up.

To put it in another way, It's like you're tying to install a sports car's engine on a light/non-aerodynamic frame.
It'll run, and fast at that too, but at a certain speed it'll lose stability, it'll become hard to control and eventually it will crash...
 
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