Overclocking & Blue Screen(Windows 10) & Heating issue

chg911225

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Hello, community. I need to some advice regarding the title of the thread.

First, here is my full spec of my desktop system

CPU : Intel Core i5-4690K Processor 4.5 GHz(Overclocked)
SYSTEM : Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU FAN : Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
MB : ASUS Z97-A ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-A
RAM : Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM
GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ Cooling Graphics Card
PSU : Corsair CX Series, CX600M, 600 Watt (600W)
SSD : SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SATA III
HDD : WD Green 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache
CASE : Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 with 2 * 160mm fans in the front panel, 2 * 120mm on the top of the case, and 1 * 120mm fan on the back of the case.

So, the problem is...

After I overclocked(Even that 4.5Ghz is automatically overclocked, not manually overclocked) and playing some intensive games, I get blue screen with error codes of 'MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION' and 'WHEA_CORRECTABLE_ERROR'. When I googled those, I found out that both cases were caused by overclocking(and maybe heating issue.) When I play the game, I can feel some decently hot air is coming out from the case but I thought my case was well-equipped with maximum number of fans attached to it.

In this case, I could think of two options and here is when I need community's help.

1) If I change my CPU cooler from air to AIO liquid cooling, would those blue screen errors will be gone or still be there no matter CPU temperature will be significantly lower or
2) Turn off the overclock

What are your advices? I am willing to hear as many as possible

Thanks, everyone.

 
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First you should narrow the errors and bluescreen down so that you don't go down the wrong path.

Turn off the overclock. Test, test and test without the overclock. No errors/blue screen?...then it was the overclock. Still have similar bluescreens/errors?...then it was not solely due to the overclocking. Look somewhere else, with overclocking still off.

But if money is not a problem, by all means go for an AIO water-cooling system. It will definitely lower temps by a few degrees, but may not solve your bluescreen/errors if the cause was due to something else - software, driver, system file errors...???

ThomasLeong

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First you should narrow the errors and bluescreen down so that you don't go down the wrong path.

Turn off the overclock. Test, test and test without the overclock. No errors/blue screen?...then it was the overclock. Still have similar bluescreens/errors?...then it was not solely due to the overclocking. Look somewhere else, with overclocking still off.

But if money is not a problem, by all means go for an AIO water-cooling system. It will definitely lower temps by a few degrees, but may not solve your bluescreen/errors if the cause was due to something else - software, driver, system file errors...???
 
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