higher intensity games crash after ~ 5 minutes of gameplay; possible CPU issue

[Flyingmacintosh]

 I have been in a dire situation with my 1-year-old gaming pc: It is consistently crashing when playing 3D games, like Destiny 2 and Quake Champions for any more than about 10 minutes. before the issues start there is no indication of a problem, but after a little bit of time, the game just closes with a crash report to the desktop. Cooling is not an issue as I use a custom loop to cool my CPU, GPU and VRM's. I have noticed that overclocking my GPU has resulted in longer amounts of time before crashing occurs, but they never completely stop. (Performance is not the issue either, just look at what hardware I'm using at the bottom) I have previously reinstalled Windows, reinstalled all of my drivers and also tried to do some hardware troubleshooting as well. I still have no idea of what is really going on and what might be able to fix it. 

I am currently going to school for game design and I am required to work in Unity for a large number of my projects, if this is not fixed, it will surely be a detriment to my academic success, which is why I have marked this as urgent, as the semester has already begun and I am running out of time. 

Update: this seems to be an issue with my CPU, but I do not know how to fix it, as when I tried to stress test my CPU, my pc crashed.

 

ANY suggestions/feedback would be appreciated 

 

I don't know if this will be helpful, but I was watching task manager during my last crash, I noticed that under GPU -> 3D, there was a momentary spike to 100% usage, then back down to 0. (The usual load on the GPU while playing more intense games is ~30%)

 

System Specs:

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus IX Formula

GPU: Asus Strix 1080ti

CPU: Intel Core i7 7700k

RAM: 32gb TridentZ RGB @ 3000mhz

Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500gb (Os drive), 3tb Wd blue

PSU: Corsair HX 850i

Cooling: full custom loop including CPU, GPU, & VRM's (flexible tubing)

Note: I am also using a Thermaltake riser cable for my GPU just in case this becomes relevant

OS: Windows 10 64bit, the latest version

 

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, Flyingmacintosh said:

RAM: 32gb TridentZ RGB @ 3200mhz

pull all but one stick out , see what that does

high capacity/more sticks = greater chance of lockups

don't bother running memtest. bad sticks can pass it all day

[Flyingmacintosh]

I've done this previously and it did not affect the issue

[emosun]

and stop overclocking the ram if the machine can't run 5 minutes without crashing , that's a bush league mistake to leave an overclock running

3 minutes ago, Flyingmacintosh said:

I've done this previously and it did not affect the issue

Seeing as you didn't mention it in the initial post i'm more than willing to bet you haven't tried it , and simply do not want to test single stick configuration in hopes that it won't be the issue. But doesn't bother me if you don't try it. it's your machine not mine

[Flyingmacintosh]

for clarification, the machine runs with absolutely no issue BUT, whenever I put a large load on the CPU, it seems to lock up / crash

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Flyingmacintosh said:

the machine runs with absolutely no issue BUT, whenever I put a large load on the CPU, it seems to lock up / crash

then thats an issue. believe it or not the machine is suppose to not crash with large loads applied to it.

seeing as you're not going disable the overclock (a free diagnostic step) or try a single ram stick (another free step)

then reinstall the os and see what that does. see if a software overhaul has any effect. if it doesn't , then just replace everything in the machine while leaving the ram and overclock in place. once everything is replaced and the issue is still present then let us know so I can recommend disabling the overclock

[Flyingmacintosh]

One more question that I have is that 1, I accidentally listed my RAM frequency as 3200 when it is actually 3000. Also, would it automatically be overclocked, or is that something that has to be done manually, because I cannot recall actually doing something to OC it. Additionally, I misread your previous solution as removing one of the sticks, which is what I had done before.

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, Flyingmacintosh said:

Additionally, I misread your previous solution as removing one of the sticks, which is what I had done before.

all but one , run one stick

your ram will need to be at 2133 to be running non overclocked , check bios

[KarathKasun]

Also, please check temps.  You may have one of the following problems...

 

Clogged block, CPU or GPU.

Failing pump

Buildup in hoses

[Flyingmacintosh]

38 minutes ago, emosun said:

all but one , run one stick

your ram will need to be at 2133 to be running non overclocked , check bios

I just underclocked the RAM and I have not encountered an issue yet, I will keep this updated if anything else occurs

 

[Flyingmacintosh]

52 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

Also, please check temps.  You may have one of the following problems...

 

Clogged block, CPU or GPU.

Failing pump

Buildup in hoses

This has not been an issue, and temps have never gone above 50°C

[ZacoAttaco]

45 minutes ago, Flyingmacintosh said:

I just underclocked the RAM and I have not encountered an issue yet, I will keep this updated if anything else occurs

How did you underclock? I was under the assumption if the motherboard can't handle the full 3200MHz it should underclock itself.

 

EDIT: On second thought it's probably something to do with XMP. I think we're on the right track.