2600k locks up computer after 4 years of overclocking.

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shivanthing

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I have had my i7 2600k overclocked to 4.5 ghz, at 1.35 volts for quite some time now. Admittedly, it's never really been pushed that far at all. I play league of legends, and the occasional game, and the shut it off before I go to bed at night. (Even during those 4 years, it had a 6 month downtime to where i never used it.)

Now, no matter what i do, it locks up when i play a game. I've tried upping the voltage, trying different settings, nothing really works. Even at stock settings, it locks up eventually.

I would like to mention, that i've had the same power supply for that duration. Additionally, it might have blown a capacitor. Had a 'magic smoke' incident, but even after, it's been running strong. Could that be the culprit? As it's quite strange it would crash at stock settings, unless I am mistaken. Perhaps its degradation? I dont see how it can be, because it never really went up to 1.35 volts that often. I had a really low, and really stable offset voltage for some time. I did nothing intensive. I play non cpu intensive games.

My specs are below.

Windows 10
8GB 1600MHz DDR3
Radeon 6950 2GB
i7 2600k
asrock p67 extreme 4

Cant really remember the power supply. Was something like "Cooler Master 650w GREEN" I doubt its made anymore. All I know, it's old.

Hope people can help. Thanks in advance.
 
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Blown capacitor, magic smoke incident, and 4 years of overclocking even without pushing it. I think you have your answer.

I would replace that PSU immediately (and don't use the PC anymore because theres a chance it could be beating up your components). Try it out, if it still doesn't work you're on the hook for a motherboard and processor.

In the future if that ever happens again, replace the PSU immediately. They are very precise when it comes to PC stuff, and continuing to run it after something like that is asking for trouble.
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Blown capacitor, magic smoke incident, and 4 years of overclocking even without pushing it. I think you have your answer.

I would replace that PSU immediately (and don't use the PC anymore because theres a chance it could be beating up your components). Try it out, if it still doesn't work you're on the hook for a motherboard and processor.

In the future if that ever happens again, replace the PSU immediately. They are very precise when it comes to PC stuff, and continuing to run it after something like that is asking for trouble.
 
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I can make a replacement in a couple months. My voltage, even after this happened, never really went over the top. Can I just assume my beloved processor is unharmed and ready to go again? ehehe. I know I cant assume anything, but is it likely it is damaged if my voltage and temp readings were completely fine, even after the incident? (I am not going to continue using it, after this.)

Worst case scenario... I planned on doing a mass 'upgrade' pretty soon anyway. It's odd this should happen at a time like this, but what's a good AMD configuration for under or at 500? Dont need ram, because im sure those are reusable. Ran a memtest and those are groovy.

Just need an affordable CPU, a cheap ddr3 motherboard with overclocking ability, decent graphics card that can do 1080p @ 30fps, and of course a new power supply. Everything else... I already have! 8D

But that's only if something terrible happens and i discover i turned my i7 into a potato chip. (That would make me mental.) I am replacing the PSU, and GPU to see how that floats the boat.
 
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Hate to necro a thread, but I thought I'd post my results after my upgrades. :-]

Replaced my psu with a thermaltake 650w one. It's this... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153173

And I got an EVGA GTX 970 SSC graphics card. So far, everything's been groovy. What's more, is that my previous overclock appears stable as it has been in the past. Gotta run prime yet just to make sure, but if i dont crash within a week, I'll probably just blame the lock ups on my previous PSU not supplying enough power to so and so.

So if anyone finds this thread with a similar circumstance. Don't do what I did. I'm pretty lucky my cpu isnt in a bag of doritos now. :-]
 
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