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I didn't touch the voltage just the clock. Also, i will try the RAM speed dropping.

I bought it online open box but brand new. The plastic peel wasn't even pulled off. Cables were in there twist-ties etc.

Corsair CSM 650 W

Corsair CSM 650 W

It's not consistent but i wanted to see if I could get advice here. For example I ran Fortnite for hours and was fine but I stop playing and come back (leaving my PC running) and it will have crashed. The last crash i literally booted it up and tried to open Cinebench (something I have done fine before) and it just stopped running. Any ideas what it might be? My first couple guesses would be CPU temp. or maybe Corsair iCUE. I think it's CPU related though. Here are my specs: CPU Ryzen 1700x (under clocked to 3.0GHz) cooled with a Wraith Stealth (it's under clocked bc of the CPU cooler) GTX 1080, 16GB of DDR4 3200 MHz Ram (Corsair Vengeance RGB pro), all on a ROG STRIX X-370 F GAMING MOBO. Temps rarely go over 70C but it will still crash. I've tested at 3.4 GHz and 3.2 GHz and 3.0 GHz. All of them eventually crash. When I ran Cinebench at 3.4 GHz the temps got around 80C but didn't crash the first time. Then, I ran it again and it crashed. Again, I can play Fortnite for hours at the 3.0 GHz setting and be fine. But, I open up Batman: Arkham Night and it crashes. I have a feeling its iCUE but have no proof other than when it crashes the lights on my keyboard mouse and ram freeze. But, IDK if that matters. Any help?

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I'll send my parts list.

My system that I am upgrading with end up being about a 400 watt tdp. I have a 500 watt psu. Is it worth upgrading the psu or should I just leave it as is? Any responses are appreciated. Thanks. ?

Strictly gaming. I don't do video editing or anything. I have looked online and have seen performance jumps with the two extra cores. Plus, I have also seen clocks on the 1700/1700x matching the oc 2600.

Hello, this is my first post here. I am trying to decide on either a Ryzen 5 2600 or a Ryzen 7 1700x. From my research, the 2600 has a faster core clock. Also, game favor faster core clocks over multi core performance. So, the debate boils down to, are the two extra cores worth the sacrifice of a lower clock speed? Any answers or responses would be appreciated. They are about the same price used, so, I'm not sure what I should go for.