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New to PC Building and My Computer Keeps Crashing HELP

Hello, I finished building my first proper gaming pc a couple of weeks ago and it went pretty smoothly other than a few issues caused by AMDs bad GPU drivers e.g. black screens and crashing which seemed to have been improved by their latest driver update. However early last week I decided to pump my RAM speed up to its rated speed (3200mHz) which is also the rated speed of the motherboard for RAM. I also changed the stock wraith cooler for an NZXT Kraken X42 AIO. I did these within the same week so I am struggling to identify the cause of my issues. the past couple of days my PC keeps crashing, yesterday during a game and when I tried reopening the game the game kept crashing and opening up discord caused the whole computer to crash, it then crashed later in the same day watching YouTube, and last week crashed a few time notably on shutdown. originally I was thinking it was something to do with the RAM being bumped up to 3200mHz but I used the D.O.C.P preset to do so in the bios and as I said the RAM and motherboard are rated to 3200mHz. I used memtest to stress test the Ram last night and it completed 100% with no errors at all. I really noticed the crashes after installing the AIO but all temps seem to be fine (CPU never goes over 53 degrees gaming, GPU sits at about 70 degrees while gaming and the RAM didn't go over 46 degrees while stress testing). 

 

The only other thing I can think to be causing it is that the native RAM speed for the Ryzen 7 is 2933mHz? But I'm not sure why this would cause instability as others are running RAM at 3600mHz? The only other thing I think it may be is just bad drivers? I know AMD have big issues with their GPU driver and I've also heard that NZXTs software can cause crashes/instability when it clashes with other drivers/software?

 

System specs are as follows:

- Ryzen 7 2700x at stock speeds

- Rx 5700xt 

- ASUS TUF Gaming B450 Plus Mobo

- 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 3200mHz

- NZXT Kraken X42 AIO 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

UPDATE: I have used Prime95 to stress test the system with just either of the ram sticks at one at a time, and then both of the ram sticks together and the computer didn't freeze like it did before, I did this with xmp off and the ram speeds running at auto. 

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I just told someone else to try this 

pull out all the ram put it back in one by one then test it

if its still crashing unplug all power cables inside the machine and plug them in and double check them

if that wont work try removing the graphics card and re seating it

if that doesnt work try cpu etc.

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1 minute ago, poveros said:

did you use xmp to get it up to the 3200mhz?

 

friends don't let friends use xmp

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22 minutes ago, Dan Gilbert said:

I know AMD have big issues with their GPU driver

had big issues, not so much anymore, but it took too long for them to fix them

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Main PC:

Spoiler

|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

Spoiler

Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

Spoiler

 

Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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24 minutes ago, Dan Gilbert said:

g it is that the native RAM speed for the Ryzen 7 is 2933mHz?

second gen ryzen can use 3600mhz memery too

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

Main PC:

Spoiler

|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

Spoiler

Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

Spoiler

| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

Spoiler

 

Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

Spoiler

 

Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

Spoiler

 

Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

Spoiler

 

Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

Spoiler

 

Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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14 minutes ago, bronsonj said:

I just told someone else to try this 

pull out all the ram put it back in one by one then test it

if its still crashing unplug all power cables inside the machine and plug them in and double check them

if that wont work try removing the graphics card and re seating it

if that doesnt work try cpu etc.

Then maybe reset CMOS?  Everytime stuff like this happens to me, some jiggling and a quick CMOS reset seems to do the trick.

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You've got a lot of good specs in there, what's your PSU?  Most likely not the issue, but if a computer takes more power than what it gets, no good things.  Also, might as well check the SATA cord connectors near your most recent additions.  Lastly, does your debug light up or beep at all?

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1 hour ago, milk carton said:

Then maybe reset CMOS?  Everytime stuff like this happens to me, some jiggling and a quick CMOS reset seems to do the trick.

think ill try this first, it just crashed 3 times in a row when I started it back up and opened a few tabs, ive turned off my xmp profile and it was still crashing so im not sure at this point

 

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1 hour ago, milk carton said:

You've got a lot of good specs in there, what's your PSU?  Most likely not the issue, but if a computer takes more power than what it gets, no good things.  Also, might as well check the SATA cord connectors near your most recent additions.  Lastly, does your debug light up or beep at all?

be quiet 700W 80+ gold 

 

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1 hour ago, poveros said:

did you use xmp to get it up to the 3200mhz?

 

yes 

 

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1 hour ago, milk carton said:

You've got a lot of good specs in there, what's your PSU?  Most likely not the issue, but if a computer takes more power than what it gets, no good things.  Also, might as well check the SATA cord connectors near your most recent additions.  Lastly, does your debug light up or beep at all?

haven't heard it beep or see it light up 

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7 hours ago, Dan Gilbert said:

haven't heard it beep or see it light up 

I've got a new idea, put your old ram in.  If it doesn't crash get different ram sticks.

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