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I 100% understand that if I get rid of the oc, it would become stable again. However, if I get rid of the oc, my gaming performance and rendering performance take a huge hit. So, I think you can understand my reluctance to drop the oc flat out...

yes there is an oc. the base clock speed of a FX-8350 is 4.0 GHz with a 4.2 GHz Turbo. I have it overclocked to about 4.623 GHz. But it's stable when I have my side panel open, and was stable with it on during the winter when I first built it.

problem is that it gets up to 86C-90C load and then blue screens...

Hey there everyone. So I recently built my first desktop and I need some help with figuring out why my NB and HT are running so hot. I've got an AMD FX-8350 overclocked at 4622.5 MHz(215 Base, 21.5 Multiplier) running on an MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition ATX motherboard, with a Silverstone TD02-LITE 240mm AIO cooling the damn thing. Here's the full parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GhmJQV. I've dumped an additional .15v into the processor and have been able to get it at least somewhat stable. Here's the problem though; if I have my side panel on my case, the base idle temp for the NB/HT is about 74C, when the MB and CPU Package temps are at 32C and 40C respectively. I have my case fans in the default configuration, with 3 front intakes and 1 rear exhaust, and my AIO top mounted with a pull configuration using some 1500 RPM Thermaltake Radiator fans. I have also removed all but 1 of the hard drive mounts to lessen the restrictions on airflow. If someone could help me figure out what it is that could be causing this, I'd be extremely grateful!

Hello LTT Forums! I'm trying to build a new desktop PC to do some heavy competitive gaming and some game streaming/recording. I plan to have the system use a GTX 970 card, have 16GB of RAM, and use a PNY XL8 120GB SSD boot and a 3TB Seagate Barracuda HDD. I also need to have a sound card, and wireless ac card. I would like to water cool the CPU so I can get a bit more performance out of it. My problems start with the CPU and motherboard. I don't know what I should buy. I'm in between getting something like an i7-2600K, or getting an AMD FX-8320. My current computer has an i7-4700MQ and can record pretty well, but has issues using OBS and recording 1080p60 at 50Mbps. Which is why I want to stick with an 8 threaded CPU. Here's the link to my current partslist: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jscw23 If you could help with suggestions that fit in my price range, that'd be great! Thanks!