Could unstable OC cause this?

SauronsV · August 24, 2016

So I went to open overwatch and my screen went black, but my PC was still on. I thought it was my monitor so I tried changing cables and such, but nothing changed. So I forced turn PC off and this message thing came up.

Do you think this following image could be caused due to an unstable OC? I was running my 4690k at 1.18V @ 4.2. I think it is because it was probably volt spike or something right after I opened a game. What do you think?

Imakuni · August 24, 2016

1 minute ago, SauronsV said:

What do you think?

Unstable OC. If temps allow it, increase voltage (which, tbh, is a bit low). Or reduce the multiplier. Either way, your current OC doesn't seem to be stable.

SauronsV · August 24, 2016

2 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Unstable OC. If temps allow it, increase voltage (which, tbh, is a bit low). Or reduce the multiplier. Either way, your current OC doesn't seem to be stable.

Ok, I guess I was a bit silly, 2 months ago my 4690k was @ 4.5 with 1.2V so I put it down to 4.2 and 1.18 so I assumed it would be ok. I guess I will keep it stock for now and overclock once I get a new GPU, only have a 970 atm.