First time overclocking, got into some problems.

[Im_Ben]

The avx offset is set to 3. The highest the temperature got was at 66 degrees (I will do more testing on it). 

[aezakmi]

If you're just gaming with it don't use an offset

 

Get the IBT and set it to Very High, monitor temps with CoreTemp

[Im_Ben]

3 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

If you're just gaming with it don't use an offset

 

Get the IBT and set it to Very High, monitor temps with CoreTemp

I'll do that. How long should I be running that test?

[redbullvodka]

6 minutes ago, Megabmin said:

I'll do that. How long should I be running that test?

Proper people say for a few hours, I usually keep a test going for 30 mins to 1 hour

[Im_Ben]

58 minutes ago, redbullvodka said:

Proper people say for a few hours, I usually keep a test going for 30 mins to 1 hour

 

1 hour ago, aezakmi said:

If you're just gaming with it don't use an offset

 

Get the IBT and set it to Very High, monitor temps with CoreTemp

The system justrestarted by itself, and the system just locked up. Is it unstable or?

[aezakmi]

10 minutes ago, Megabmin said:

 

The system justrestarted by itself, and the system just locked up. Is it unstable or?

To start do 3 passes not 10 which is the default, don't use Maximum preset as it might hang because there isn't enough RAM available. If you have less than 8GB use High, that way it'll stress the CPU but limit the RAM usage to 2GB

 

A restart usually means a low vcore or a high temp

If your VID (voltage CPU needs) is greater than the vcore supplied the test will fail

 

Check if the cooler is enough and properly installed

[Im_Ben]

57 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

To start do 3 passes not 10 which is the default, don't use Maximum preset as it might hang because there isn't enough RAM available. If you have less than 8GB use High, that way it'll stress the CPU but limit the RAM usage to 2GB

 

A restart usually means a low vcore or a high temp

If your VID (voltage CPU needs) is greater than the vcore supplied the test will fail

 

Check if the cooler is enough and properly installed

So I tried that, and it blue screened. I got the message: CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT I tried to increase the voltage a tiny bit, and it seems fine now, but I'll have to do more testing to see if it's 100% stable. 

 

EDIT: It seems fine until "level" 5, then it blue-screens. 

 

EDIT 2: I changed nothing but it was stable at level 5.

Edited June 6, 2018 by Megabmin
new info

[aezakmi]

4 hours ago, Megabmin said:

So I tried that, and it blue screened. I got the message: CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT I tried to increase the voltage a tiny bit, and it seems fine now, but I'll have to do more testing to see if it's 100% stable. 

 

EDIT: It seems fine until "level" 5, then it blue-screens. 

 

EDIT 2: I changed nothing but it was stable at level 5.

Do 5 passes, then 10, 15 is enough to know if the CPU will be stable in games and most programs

 

Temps chart:

Under 70 OK

70-80 Acceptable

80-90 High

90-95 Bad

[Im_Ben]

12 hours ago, aezakmi said:

Do 5 passes, then 10, 15 is enough to know if the CPU will be stable in games and most programs

 

Temps chart:

Under 70 OK

70-80 Acceptable

80-90 High

90-95 Bad

I did that now, and it didn't crash and the temps are good. So the system is stable.