BSOD - CPU or GPU to blame?

[evo4ever]

Hello all

Currently I've got my 8700K downclocked from my usual 5100mhz overclock to 5000mhz to save on temps. Now I've got the vcore set at 1.220v LLC7 and it runs Cinebench repeatedly without any problems or BSODs.

For my GPU I've got an MSI 2080 Gaming X Trio overclocked to 145/1050 (could go higher on the memory, im not finished with it yet).

I've just been playing GTA5 and about 10 mins into a mission I get a BSOD. And im baffled as to whats the blame for it! Dont CPU's BSOD and GPU's freeze/hang when theres too much overclocking going on? I'm getting no artifacts btw while gaming which is making me think my CPU aint getting enough volts for 5000mhz. What do u guys think? Help appreciated!

[2SidedPolygon]

While Cinebench is good, it's not always the best for stability testing. Try AIDA64/Prime95 and see if things are good there.

[.Apex.]

Simple solution, revert the overclock for each individually to find the culprit  *mind blown*

[emosun]

so you're getting a bsod but aren't going to turn off the overclock

and for testing you ran a cpu stress test that lasts for a few seconds so surely it must be stable

[Cyracus]

Blue screens usually include an error code to help identify the source of the error... Go into event viewer (right click windows logo, select event viewer) open windows logs->system it should have an error log and possibly some useful information. Linus mentioned in a video a while back that they use blender to test overclocks because they find it does better than other stress tests to find instabilities

[evo4ever]

Maybe I should revert my CPU back to stock speed and test the GPU core and memory one by one. Once stable move over to my CPU, or do it the other way round?

[bloodthirster]

Don't overclock your GPU and run an actual stress test (prime95 or some other long running stress test) on the CPU.   Once you know your CPU is stable, then overclock the GPU.  Generally you want to change one variable at a time.

[evo4ever]

3 minutes ago, bloodthirster said:

Don't overclock your GPU and run an actual stress test (prime95 or some other long running stress test) on the CPU.   Once you know your CPU is stable, then overclock the GPU.  Generally you want to change one variable at a time.

I'm not being funny but I refuse to use Prime95 I think it's too heavy on the CPU. I'll use AIDA64.

[emosun]

9 minutes ago, evo4ever said:

I think it's too heavy on the CPU

 

26 minutes ago, evo4ever said:

downclocked from my usual 5100mhz overclock to 5000mhz

k then

[PlayStation 2]

Just test each part individually. You aren't gonna solve anything by leaving one overclocked while testing the other's stability.

[evo4ever]

6 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

Just test each part individually. You aren't gonna solve anything by leaving one overclocked while testing the other's stability.

Thanks buddy

[evo4ever]

9 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

Just test each part individually. You aren't gonna solve anything by leaving one overclocked while testing the other's stability.

Forgot to mention, how long should I stress test for? Would an hour suffice?

[aBattleBorn]

On 3/13/2019 at 12:36 AM, evo4ever said:

Forgot to mention, how long should I stress test for? Would an hour suffice?

the longer the better,i thin that an hour is enough,check you temp while you are at it