Games keep crashing?

[MrBish]

Hi guys, the past few days games have been constantly closing and freezing for no apparent reason. I have overclocked since but BF3 was crashing before the overclock so that's why i didn't think it would be that.

Any ideas what it could be?

Edit:

Google chrome has also been freezing fairly often as well.

 

[SieB]

Have you checked your temps to see if your card is overheating?

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

For Chrome to be freezing it can't be a CPU or GPU - check your RAM isn't overclocked if you overclocked through FSB rather than multiplier.

 

[MrBish]

Card isn't overheating. That was the first thing I checked lol

Haven't touched RAM overclocking. Just set the frequency to 1600 mhz (As the RAM is sold at)

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Card isn't overheating. That was the first thing I checked lol

Haven't touched RAM overclocking. Just set the frequency to 1600 mhz (As the RAM is sold at)

I mean did you say raise your CPU from 200x16 Mhz to 220x16 Mhz, which while is a small proportionate increase for the CPU is a larger increase for your RAM, raising it from, in the aforementioned case, to 1760Mhz even if stated as 1600Mhz in BIOS.

 

[SieB]

I mean did you say raise your CPU from 200x16 Mhz to 220x16 Mhz, which while is a small proportionate increase for the CPU is a larger increase for your RAM, raising it from, in the aforementioned case, to 1760Mhz even if stated as 1600Mhz in BIOS.

He has a 2600k, you don't change the base clock on SB you just set the multiplier and up the voltage, you don't need to adjust the RAM frequency on SB either.

 

[MrBish]

Yeh all I did was change the multiplier. Changed the voltage to 1.35v and saw how far I could go to that. got it to 4.5 and left it. was fine after 3-4 hours of F@H testing. No BSOD.

Just changed back to auto voltage and stock clocks to see if it changed but even easy to run games like magicka are freezing now. Really fed up with it now :/

 

[SieB]

I'd say the problem is with the card and not the CPU, most likely drivers, try uninstalling and reinstalling your GPU drivers and if it still happens try some older drivers. If you still have problems after that I can't think of anything else that might fix the problem unless anyone else can.

 

[Ru5ty_t00l]

I'd say that it's probably the rams

run a full memtest fella

 

[MrBish]

Downloading some drivers from nvidia now. Although my PC screwing up has been perfectly timed to be in the middle of me having absolutely appalling internet. -.-

200mb drivers. 4 hours. D:

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

He has a 2600k, you don't change the base clock on SB you just set the multiplier and up the voltage, you don't need to adjust the RAM frequency on SB either.

I never knew that! Good job too - should be building a 2500K rig and overclocking it for a client. No wonder Auntie Guenevire can do it on the Intel advert