Stability testing?

[Psittac]

How much weight should I give to stability testing when my web browser start's to crash plug in's while doing a full test in the background?  I have aida64 running while I'm browsing the internet and I have absolutely no issues when I'm running something that I know is quite stable.  But I have noticed recently when running BCLK at 167 or BCLK 125 and high ram values, that youtube will randomly crash and say unavailable.  I can refresh it and be fine and sometimes it will crash again.  The whole time Aida64 is fine.  The whole thing, compared to when I started clocking 14 years ago is incredible to say the least.  Back then on one core, no amount of scheduling would let you do anything other than stress test.  So I guess my point is, how much should I take this into consideration of stability?

[Windows7ge]

If you're asking how long should you stress test a overclock to verify stability most people say 12hrs to 24hrs. I've heard some people going as far as 48hrs.

[Psittac]

2 hours ago, Windows7ge said:

If you're asking how long should you stress test a overclock to verify stability most people say 12hrs to 24hrs. I've heard some people going as far as 48hrs.

My point is more along the lines that back when I started thorough clocking and testing, I could simply load the OS and try to do simple functions like browsing and know pretty quick if my system was stable or not.  I couldn't use my computer while it was stressing, any clock would result in a failure.  I guess I'm trying to make a vague point here in wondering if my random program crashes are really a sign of impending instability or simply a complication of task management. EX: I have been down-volting my cpu cache because I just threw numbers at it to start with.  It is really close to stock and I'm trying to trim the fat before I try and narrow out the real problems with this set of clocks.  Bclk125 and mem3000 is proving to be a bit temperamental compared to bclk100 mem2666

[Windows7ge]

9 hours ago, Psittac said:

My point is more along the lines that back when I started thorough clocking and testing, I could simply load the OS and try to do simple functions like browsing and know pretty quick if my system was stable or not.  I couldn't use my computer while it was stressing, any clock would result in a failure.  I guess I'm trying to make a vague point here in wondering if my random program crashes are really a sign of impending instability or simply a complication of task management. EX: I have been down-volting my cpu cache because I just threw numbers at it to start with.  It is really close to stock and I'm trying to trim the fat before I try and narrow out the real problems with this set of clocks.  Bclk125 and mem3000 is proving to be a bit temperamental compared to bclk100 mem2666

Well you should be able to verify if the OC is causing the problems if the errors are repeatable. Take note of your OC settings and disable them then go through your usual activities. If no errors occur re-enable the OC and if errors appear maybe repeat it one or two more times. That'll tell you if the OC is responsible. Very time consuming though.

[Diceair]

Please post pc specs. The BCLK could be the cause.