Memory Related Crashes

OCSmash · November 9, 2020

Hey All. My computer recently encountered stability issues ending in a hard crash. Subsequently my bios reported an unstable overclock. After restoring default settings across the board it ran for a couple days and hard crashed again. To get it functional again, I have to drop my ddr3 memory rate down to 800Mhz. So far it seems stable; I'm running Memtest86 now (first pass successful). So basically I changed my RAM settings from 2133, to 1600, to 800. Right now I'm stable at 800Mhz. CPU went from all-core 4.2Ghz to Default 3770K Settings (3.5-3.9Ghz)

Has anyone heard of memory acting like this? I'm trying to determine if my RAM is bad or if the problem might be the CPUs Integrated Memory Controller.. So strange that it now seems stable at 800Mhz.

History:

4.2GHz OC 24/7 for about 8 years.

RAM @ 2133Mhz (XMP)

Swapped a bad OCZ850 PSU a few years ago for an AX860i

Nothing else remarkable.

Hardware:

ASUS Maximus V Extreme

GSKIL F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH (4x4)

Intel 3770K w/ Noctua NH-D14

EVGA 980 GTX

Corsair AX860i

November 10, 2020

5 hours ago, OCSmash said:

To get it functional again, I have to drop my ddr3 memory rate down to 800Mhz. So far it seems stable; I'm running Memtest86 now (first pass successful). So basically I changed my RAM settings from 2133, to 1600, to 800. Right now I'm stable at 800Mhz. CPU went from all-core 4.2Ghz to Default 3770K Settings (3.5-3.9Ghz)

Has anyone heard of memory acting like this?

History:

4.2GHz OC 24/7 for about 8 years.

That's degradation at it's finest. The cpu with a 10 year constant on life span has been shortened by overclocking. It's not a new phenomenon, most people would have already upgraded the system by now and never seen this happen.

It's on it's last legs.

OCSmash · November 10, 2020

19 hours ago, ShrimpBrime said:

That's degradation at it's finest. The cpu with a 10 year constant on life span has been shortened by overclocking. It's not a new phenomenon, most people would have already upgraded the system by now and never seen this happen.

It's on it's last legs.

Thanks for the response. I can't complain. It's been a performer. Probably my favorite build.