Overclocked System BSOD

Craig87 · 4 Jan 2013 at 12:57

Hi guys,

My cousin bought the "Titan 8700i Pulse" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Gaming PC (With a GTX 670)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-247-OE

Windows is up and running and I have all the latest drivers and updates I can get but it has had a BSOD about 5 times now (since yesterday).

Heres a pic:

Any ideas on how to resolve?

Craig87 · 4 Jan 2013 at 13:07

zakblood said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18383231

first port of call

second port of call,

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18383228

third is what was you doing to make it do that? gaming? something pushing it hard etc?

try re seating the cpu fand / heatsink, don't over tight but also it doesn't want to be loose either.

I can't do the first test at the moment as I'm at work.

The CPU is running at 4.4GHz. I checked this within the BIOS.

The only thing I have been doing is installing Windows updates and downloading Steam games. I have not been on a game yet.

Craig87 · 5 Jan 2013 at 16:43

Well it seems to run fine when not using the ocuk profile. Guess I'll have to call. Thought this was tested before the pc is shipped out.

Craig87 · 5 Jan 2013 at 22:43

Well I phoned up today. Got through to somebody about 4:40PM. He said he would get somebody to send me an email with different BIOS settings in about 15 minutes. Sadly though, I'm still waiting for that email. I guess I'll have to phone again on Monday.

Thanks for your input though guys.

Craig87 · 14 Jan 2013 at 10:37

holbay said:
I am also thinking of puchasing an overclocked bundle, so i was wondering did you get this problem resolved...

I contacted them again and this time they have sent me instructions on what to change in the BIOS. Not able to test the new settings until the weekend now as my cousin was eager to take his PC home.

Craig87 · 23 Jan 2013 at 13:57

Just as a note. The new settings also caused a BSOD. Will need to contact again.

Craig87 · 25 Feb 2013 at 00:09

It did not get resolved. The new settings they sent me did not resolve the issue. But my cousin did not want to send it back and wanted to keep the default clock settings.

Craig87 · 26 Feb 2013 at 10:17

Tigz79 said:
If hes happy a guess thats not bad then but me personally if a paid for the overclockers system ad want the option of the OC....

I would have sent it back if it was my PC.

Craig87 · 26 Feb 2013 at 16:31

I would have built it myself to save money. The reason I suggested to buy it from here was to ensure a stable overclock. But It's down to my cousin and he doesn't really seem that fussed.

It has made me think twice about recommending this website again though. Considering the first overclocked bundle I ordered had really bad capacitor squeal too.