Overclocking help

[mxb1999]

So I just built my first system with a Ryzen 5 2600 and an Asrock X470 board (I plan on keeping the motherboard for a while), and was planning to overclock. I have a CryoRig H7, so I should have plenty of thermal headroom for a stable 4 GHz oc. I adjust my voltage and frequency in Ryzen Master and confirm stability with a Cinebench run (Working on downloading Aida 64). Problem is, with an unstable oc my system just freezes, and the only way to undo it is to force power my system off or use the reset button. I'm worried that I'll corrupt my OS or do some kind of software damage from repeatedly doing this while trying to find a stable oc profile. Am I doing this wrong or is that a necessary risk of overclocking? I was prepared for extra heat but not for OS damage

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16 minutes ago, mxb1999 said:

So I just built my first system with a Ryzen 5 2600 and an Asrock X470 board (I plan on keeping the motherboard for a while), and was planning to overclock. I have a CryoRig H7, so I should have plenty of thermal headroom for a stable 4 GHz oc. I adjust my voltage and frequency in Ryzen Master and confirm stability with a Cinebench run (Working on downloading Aida 64). Problem is, with an unstable oc my system just freezes, and the only way to undo it is to force power my system off or use the reset button. I'm worried that I'll corrupt my OS or do some kind of software damage from repeatedly doing this while trying to find a stable oc profile. Am I doing this wrong or is that a necessary risk of overclocking? I was prepared for extra heat but not for OS damage

just work in increments. start at 3.8, then 3.9, wait for crash, then adjust voltage until stable