- Dec 5, 2011
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So.. my pc has recently started to freeze at random followed by a shutdown on the mainboard side. After digging around, I'm thinking that my cpu might be overheating because my water cooler isn't quite sufficient. Thing is I've had this rig since last July and it hasn't ever given me these kinds of problems. I read you could cool the processor down by underclocking it, so I went into my bios and found the multiplier. It's default is at x22 so I lowered it to x18. I rebooted and it froze just before booting windows. Other forums indicated this could be due to the ram speed. Does anyone have any ideas how I could tweak my settings to achieve the desired effect? And just to stop you, changing any component in my PC is out of the question.
I'm looking for an immediate hot fix, so to speak. I am looking into a new water cooler that can handle my processor, though.
Note: This is my second time trying to send this post. While writing it I froze and crashed again.
1 x Case NZXT Phantom 410 Gaming Case - White
1 x Processor AMD FX-9370 CPU (8x 4.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
1 x Motherboard ASRock 990FX Extreme9 -- AMD 990FX w/ 4x PCIe x16, 4x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0
1 x Memory 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand **FREE Upgrade to DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2**
1 x Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 - 4GB - Single Card
1 x Power Supply 750 Watt - Corsair RM750 - Free Upgrade to Corsair RM850 80 PLUS Gold, Full Modular
1 x Processor Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid CPU Cooling System (Copper plate for best cooling performance)*AMD - ARC Dual Silent High
Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)
1 x Primary Hard Drive 128 GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 490 MB/s Read & 350 MB/s - Single Drive
1 x Optical Drive LG 24x Dual Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black - FREE upgrade to LG Blu-ray Reader Combo Drive
1 x Sound Card 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
1 x Network Card Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
1 x Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit
1 x Advanced Build Options iBUYPOWER Specialized Advanced Packaging System - Protect your investment during transportation!
1 x Media Card Reader / Writer 12-In-1 Internal Media Card Reader/Writer - Black
I'm looking for an immediate hot fix, so to speak. I am looking into a new water cooler that can handle my processor, though.
Note: This is my second time trying to send this post. While writing it I froze and crashed again.
1 x Case NZXT Phantom 410 Gaming Case - White
1 x Processor AMD FX-9370 CPU (8x 4.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
1 x Motherboard ASRock 990FX Extreme9 -- AMD 990FX w/ 4x PCIe x16, 4x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0
1 x Memory 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand **FREE Upgrade to DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2**
1 x Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 - 4GB - Single Card
1 x Power Supply 750 Watt - Corsair RM750 - Free Upgrade to Corsair RM850 80 PLUS Gold, Full Modular
1 x Processor Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid CPU Cooling System (Copper plate for best cooling performance)*AMD - ARC Dual Silent High
Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)
1 x Primary Hard Drive 128 GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 490 MB/s Read & 350 MB/s - Single Drive
1 x Optical Drive LG 24x Dual Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black - FREE upgrade to LG Blu-ray Reader Combo Drive
1 x Sound Card 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
1 x Network Card Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
1 x Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit
1 x Advanced Build Options iBUYPOWER Specialized Advanced Packaging System - Protect your investment during transportation!
1 x Media Card Reader / Writer 12-In-1 Internal Media Card Reader/Writer - Black
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