i built a new computer about 3 months ago. it was working just fine until recently. from the get go i OC'd the CPU and Vid card without problems. crashes are now showing up which makes me think the problem is not the OCs, but that could be totally incorrect. the types of crashes i have experienced in the last week are 4 in total:
1. crash watching youtube...sound card makes a loud buzz, computer crashes/restarts
2. crash while playing BF3, same buzz then PC restarts (this happened 1 time before the last week too)
3. the two weirdest ones happened 2 out of the last 3 times i shut the PC down. it sits on for a few days and i play games/browse without problems, then when i go to the windows logo and click "shut down" it shuts down...but in a crash form. then it restarts and then i get the "open windows in safe mode?" screen before i get back in and can actually shut it down properly
are these crashes indicative of an unstable OC? one time while playing with OCs i got a crash that resulted in a reboot, but i got the bios message "we have changed your config because your OC was unstable," and i have gotten no such messages in the last week of failures. i'm starting to wonder if the problem is my motherboard or my PSU. can anyone help me? again, all components brand new and purchased just 3 months ago. here is the equipment:
1. CPU - i5-2500k 4.0ghz @ 1.22v
2. MOBO - Gigabyte UD3H
3. RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 1600
4. PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w
5. Vid - Radeon Sapphire 7850 OC 1200/1450 @ 1.176v
6. SSD - OCZ 60GB
7. HDD - Seagate 7200 250GB
also, is there any type of software i can run to test motherboard, PSU, and RAM for errors? crashes are tough, but i'm really hoping i can isolate where the problem is. just FYI, OCs passed stability tests and all temps look perfectly normal during idle and load. also, none of the crashes create BSODs. thanks for the help.
1. crash watching youtube...sound card makes a loud buzz, computer crashes/restarts
2. crash while playing BF3, same buzz then PC restarts (this happened 1 time before the last week too)
3. the two weirdest ones happened 2 out of the last 3 times i shut the PC down. it sits on for a few days and i play games/browse without problems, then when i go to the windows logo and click "shut down" it shuts down...but in a crash form. then it restarts and then i get the "open windows in safe mode?" screen before i get back in and can actually shut it down properly
are these crashes indicative of an unstable OC? one time while playing with OCs i got a crash that resulted in a reboot, but i got the bios message "we have changed your config because your OC was unstable," and i have gotten no such messages in the last week of failures. i'm starting to wonder if the problem is my motherboard or my PSU. can anyone help me? again, all components brand new and purchased just 3 months ago. here is the equipment:
1. CPU - i5-2500k 4.0ghz @ 1.22v
2. MOBO - Gigabyte UD3H
3. RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 1600
4. PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w
5. Vid - Radeon Sapphire 7850 OC 1200/1450 @ 1.176v
6. SSD - OCZ 60GB
7. HDD - Seagate 7200 250GB
also, is there any type of software i can run to test motherboard, PSU, and RAM for errors? crashes are tough, but i'm really hoping i can isolate where the problem is. just FYI, OCs passed stability tests and all temps look perfectly normal during idle and load. also, none of the crashes create BSODs. thanks for the help.
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