XMP profile question

hawke3719

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Dec 28, 2015
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Specs:
Intel i7 7700k 4.2ghz
MSI Z270 PC MATE mobo
2x8 3200mhz trident g skill RAM
Kraken x62 liquid CPU cooler
EVGA gq 750w gold PSU
1TB HDD
250GB SDD


So I recently solved my BSOD/game crashing problem. Some of my windows 10 files must have been corrupted, so I reinstalled windows and tried a round of PUBG (player unknown battlegrounds) The game froze and I had to hard reset the PC but it DID NOT BSOD this time. I thought, what the heck I'll try disabling my XMP. It worked, I played for 2 hours afterwards with no issues.

Now my question is, what could have been going on? My xmp has been enabled before with no issues at 3200mhz, but I did also recently install that kraken x62 cooler, could this be taking voltage away from ram sticks causing them to become unstable? I have no clue looking for some possibilities. Thank you in advance.
 
Top down mounted coolers (stock style) cool more than the cpu.
They also cool the ram and VRM area of the board.
Could be the ram or ram VRM overheating, since you changed air flow over them by using an AIO cooler.

You can mount a fan or fans to cool this area of the board and test XMP profile again. to be sure it is the problem.