Should I be worried?

[Boonstick]

So after having a few stability issues (and a few really weird results in OCCT) with a recent overclock I decided to go back to the beginning and start again. Having re-read the OC3D overclocking guide again, I decided to reset my bios settings to optimized defaults and run OCCT to see what results I was getting at complete default.

After 5ish minutes it crashed.

Surely I should be able to run the test with completely default settings? I ran the CPU:Linpack, mem at 90% with AVX enabled. I know this is a pretty stressful test but surely my PC at default should be able to handle it?

Some help would be greatly appreciated...

 

[tinytomlogan]

Sometimes the bios might not clear it properly dude so just go and make 100% sure

 

[Boonstick]

Sometimes the bios might not clear it properly dude so just go and make 100% sure

Thanks dude, reply much appropriated. I checked the settings and they were at defualt. I reset the CMOS (with the switch at the back) and re-applied the default setting. I reran the same test in OCCT and it seemed more stable this time but the CPU activity keeps dropping about every 3 minutes. It was doing this when I had it overclocked and I thought it may be a setting that I had changed. Also, the CPU temps seem really high for stock settings.

Ive uploaded a pic so you can see what I'm talking about..

 

[tinytomlogan]

Above can be normal in runs dude

Also remember stock means the CPU is probably getting a fair few volts

 

[Boonstick]

oh, haha! that has been confusing me for a while

Thanks for your help dude. Better get back to the bios and start testing!

 

[Boonstick]

Nice, Managed to get a 4.4ghz overclock at 1.3v and stable for 7 hours on OCCT with memory at 90%. Average CPU temps are at 70c on a H100i.

I'm planning on doing my first custom water loop. I'm just waiting for all the parts to arrive. Hopefully this will bring the CPU temps down a bit but I'm happy with how it is at the mo. I may even try and do a small build log if I remember...