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I'm currently experimenting with RAM settings and cache overclocking for the enjoyment (already having a CPU overclock that has been stable for a long, long time).
And lately my PC has been quite unstable.
At first I only thought that it probably was bad RAM settings, given that I pushed it to 2400MHz 10-12-12-28 1T 1.43V (with needed System Agent, VCCIO, and VTTDDR voltages), which is a quite hard push with those decreased timings.
But now it crashed at 2400MHz 13-16-16-28-2T 1.42V, which doesn't feel very logical, so I'm getting skeptic to if it's the RAM or not, as I'm getting close to the XMP settings (which is 2400MHz 14-16-16-31 2T 1.2V), yet it's still failing even when I still have a significant voltage increase - sometimes not too long into a session of heavier usage.
So I'm starting to think that maybe it's the CPU cache? I've upped it a bunch to 4.2GHz while keeping it at stock voltage, as I in the past had a long term stable CPU core overclock at 4.2GHz with stock voltage, which made me believe that I should expect the same from the cache.
However at the most recent crash with 13-16-16-28 etc, I had already bumped it down to 4.1GHz.
Also, the error messages I get on the mobo generally point towards the RAM, but I don't know...
I know I probably could just set it back to default and re-do it either RAM or cache first, wait for it to be stable a week or so, and then move on to the other one (as I probably should have done from the start), but perhaps there is a way to determine what overclock on what hardware is failing?
I've heard people suggest you can see of it's the CPU or RAM failing if the BSOD occurs instantly on a crash, or if the computer freezes first?
TLDR: Can I see what hardware OC fail depending on how the crash behaves? (strongly suggest you read the post though)
EDIT - MY BUILD:
Asus X99-A w/ BIOS 2101 | Intel i7 5820k OC @4.4GHz 1.264V w/ Noctua NH-U14S |
2x Corsair Vengeance DDR4 8GB 2400MHz 10-12-12-28 1T 1.4V | Asus Geforce GTX970
STRIX OC | EVGA 750 G2 750W | Samsung 850 Evo 1 TB | Windows 10 64-bit |
Be-Quiet Silent Base 800 w/ Silent Wings | 2x Dell U2414H OC @72Hz w/ Display
Port
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I'm currently experimenting with RAM settings and cache overclocking for the enjoyment (already having a CPU overclock that has been stable for a long, long time).
And lately my PC has been quite unstable.
At first I only thought that it probably was bad RAM settings, given that I pushed it to 2400MHz 10-12-12-28 1T 1.43V (with needed System Agent, VCCIO, and VTTDDR voltages), which is a quite hard push with those decreased timings.
But now it crashed at 2400MHz 13-16-16-28-2T 1.42V, which doesn't feel very logical, so I'm getting skeptic to if it's the RAM or not, as I'm getting close to the XMP settings (which is 2400MHz 14-16-16-31 2T 1.2V), yet it's still failing even when I still have a significant voltage increase - sometimes not too long into a session of heavier usage.
So I'm starting to think that maybe it's the CPU cache? I've upped it a bunch to 4.2GHz while keeping it at stock voltage, as I in the past had a long term stable CPU core overclock at 4.2GHz with stock voltage, which made me believe that I should expect the same from the cache.
However at the most recent crash with 13-16-16-28 etc, I had already bumped it down to 4.1GHz.
Also, the error messages I get on the mobo generally point towards the RAM, but I don't know...
I know I probably could just set it back to default and re-do it either RAM or cache first, wait for it to be stable a week or so, and then move on to the other one (as I probably should have done from the start), but perhaps there is a way to determine what overclock on what hardware is failing?
I've heard people suggest you can see of it's the CPU or RAM failing if the BSOD occurs instantly on a crash, or if the computer freezes first?
TLDR: Can I see what hardware OC fail depending on how the crash behaves? (strongly suggest you read the post though)
EDIT - MY BUILD:
Asus X99-A w/ BIOS 2101 | Intel i7 5820k OC @4.4GHz 1.264V w/ Noctua NH-U14S |
2x Corsair Vengeance DDR4 8GB 2400MHz 10-12-12-28 1T 1.4V | Asus Geforce GTX970
STRIX OC | EVGA 750 G2 750W | Samsung 850 Evo 1 TB | Windows 10 64-bit |
Be-Quiet Silent Base 800 w/ Silent Wings | 2x Dell U2414H OC @72Hz w/ Display
Port
(my signature doesn't display?)
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