OC unstable on some games.

[full_force1986]

Well i have my 4690k running at 4.5@1.29v and ran it for over 8 hours with aida64. Playing games like fc4,crysis series games like that i get the watchdog_timeout bsod after half hour of gaming.

Temps are all fine, Sitting around 50c when gaming.

Gpu is overclocked too.

All drivers are up to date.

Any help is much appreciated.

[C0LL0SS0S]

Is it happening without OC aswell ?

[The Pizza Thief]

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Have you tried returning the clocks back to stock? First try your GPU and then the CPU... Adjust accordingly until you get a stable OC

[TheMcSame]

If it blue screens it's not stable.

[full_force1986]

It runs perfect with cpu at stock clocks. Ill try turning it down to 4.4 see if that helps.

[itachipirate]

I overclocked my CPU and ran fine in CPU stress test programs but crashed in games after some time, turned out it wasn't the CPU but the RAM that had an issue. The motherboard couldn't find the SPD for the ram so it defaulted to timings that were severely overclocking my RAM. I'd suggest checking over your RAM timings/voltages/speeds or lowering your overclock until it's stable. Just because someone online may have a better overclock then you on the same CPU doesn't mean you should push yours. Every single CPU is different and you just need to slowly find what is stable.

[full_force1986]

I overclocked my CPU and ran fine in CPU stress test programs but crashed in games after some time, turned out it wasn't the CPU but the RAM that had an issue. The motherboard couldn't find the SPD for the ram so it defaulted to timings that were severely overclocking my RAM. I'd suggest checking over your RAM timings/voltages/speeds or lowering your overclock until it's stable. Just because someone online may have a better overclock then you on the same CPU doesn't mean you should push yours. Every single CPU is different and you just need to slowly find what is stable.

Im not fussed what others get i know its all in the lottery. Ill check the timings. I dropped my ram speeds down a notch from 1600 when i started but didnt check the timings.

[harrynowl]

The games might use instruction sets that the stress test you used didn't test, try Intel's XTU stability test it hits all the instruction sets pretty hard.

[full_force1986]

The games might use instruction sets that the stress test you used didn't test, try Intel's XTU stability test it hits all the instruction sets pretty hard.

Ok ill run that tomorrow n see how it goes.

[full_force1986]

Well I ran intel xtu over night for 10 hours and all good on that side. Ran timings are all as they are meant to be.

[Queek]

Well i have my 4690k running at 4.5@1.29v and ran it for over 8 hours with aida64. Playing games like fc4,crysis series games like that i get the watchdog_timeout bsod after half hour of gaming.

Temps are all fine, Sitting around 50c when gaming.

Gpu is overclocked too.

All drivers are up to date.

Any help is much appreciated.

When you're experiencing instability, do you have it on manual or adaptive overclock?  If it's adaptive, this thread might help you http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/294119-troubleshooting-instability-at-idle-while-overclocking-with-adaptive-voltage/(you may be unstable at lower clock speeds)

[full_force1986]

When you're experiencing instability, do you have it on manual or adaptive overclock?  If it's adaptive, this thread might help you http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/294119-troubleshooting-instability-at-idle-while-overclocking-with-adaptive-voltage/(you may be unstable at lower clock speeds)

 

I shall try this and let you know what happens.

[i_build_nanosuits]

nvrmind..too tired.

[full_force1986]

When you're experiencing instability, do you have it on manual or adaptive overclock?  If it's adaptive, this thread might help you http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/294119-troubleshooting-instability-at-idle-while-overclocking-with-adaptive-voltage/(you may be unstable at lower clock speeds)

 

I lowered my core down to 1.24 and added .05 to the offset in adaptive settings and its still doing it.

 

I had a quick run of prime95 with voltages set to manual and all seemed fine for first 5 mins sitting around 70c then temps went straight to 95-100c so I stopped it.

[StarFire]

Stable 99% of the time = not stable.

Back off the clocks.

[full_force1986]

Stable 99% of the time = not stable.

Back off the clocks.

Ill try that and see how it runs.

[Queek]

I lowered my core down to 1.24 and added .05 to the offset in adaptive settings and its still doing it.

 

I had a quick run of prime95 with voltages set to manual and all seemed fine for first 5 mins sitting around 70c then temps went straight to 95-100c so I stopped it.

If whatever you're trying now doesn't work, try 1.20 with +0.15 offset.  Given your instability, it may require more than a small boost of 0.05

Also, avoid prime95 for devil's canyon chips.  It churns out a lot of heat, and doesn't test the stability of your chip very well.  Try aida64

[full_force1986]

If whatever you're trying now doesn't work, try 1.20 with +0.15 offset. Given your instability, it may require more than a small boost of 0.05

Also, avoid prime95 for devil's canyon chips. It churns out a lot of heat, and doesn't test the stability of your chip very well. Try aida64

Ok ill try that. I dropped it back to 44 and seems to be ok so far but ill try what you say when i get home

[full_force1986]

Ok ill try that. I dropped it back to 44 and seems to be ok so far but ill try what you say when i get home

Well i tried what you said and went offset .2 and turbo 1.05 as i found a screen shot of 8 hours of aida64 with 4.5@1.25v so i tried those setting with above voltages to see if it worked.

I ran fc4 and was able to get a good 1.5 hours gameplay and also a good hour of crysis 3 without any crashes, previously around 15 mins each.

So i think this has worked.

[full_force1986]

If whatever you're trying now doesn't work, try 1.20 with +0.15 offset. Given your instability, it may require more than a small boost of 0.05

Also, avoid prime95 for devil's canyon chips. It churns out a lot of heat, and doesn't test the stability of your chip very well. Try aida64

Quoted my post instead of yours lol.

[Queek]

Well i tried what you said and went offset .2 and turbo 1.05 as i found a screen shot of 8 hours of aida64 with [email protected]<script cf-hash='f9e31' type="text/javascript"> /* */</script> so i tried those setting with above voltages to see if it worked.

I ran fc4 and was able to get a good 1.5 hours gameplay and also a good hour of crysis 3 without any crashes, previously around 15 mins each.

So i think this has worked.

I'm glad to hear it.  

Be sure to mark it as solved so that the next person with your problem knows what to do.  

[full_force1986]

I'm glad to hear it.

Be sure to mark it as solved so that the next person with your problem knows what to do.

Will do thanks for your help.