February 8, 201412 yr Hey guys, Gigabyte Z77X-UD4H LGA 1155 Intel Core i5 3570K 8GB Gskill Ram Nvidia GTX 660 Earlier this week I overclocked my CPU to 4.3GHz, it worked for a little bit but when I tried to play Aces High, my computer completely froze. I figured the clock was too high, simply bring it back to default settings and go from there. I did, and when I rebooted my computer shut off after about 45 seconds of being on, and restarted. I reset CMOS, and took out the Mobo battery for about an hour and put it back in. Settings were back to factory default, and still the same problem. Thinking it was perhaps to remove the thermal paste, I removed the HSF and cleaned it off. But I hated my HSF, so I went and bought a Corsair H100i at best buy. ($20 cheaper than newegg!) First liquid cooler, installed it, and same problem. So here I am thinking, is it time to replace the CPU? Could it be the motherboard, if so, what would cause the motherboard to give me this issue? Haven't touched the ram, or GPU in terms of overclocking. Also, if I were to upgrade to the 3770K would it be worth it? Or should I just get another 3570k? Budget is open, but I would prefer not to buy a new motherboard if it wasn't needed. Help much appreciated! Luis Cortez
February 8, 201412 yr Modern main boards often do that switch off step on reboot after you have made certain changes in BIOS. That is certainly the case with eVGA and a number of ASUS boards I have built into systems over the last couple of years. It would be helpful to know what experience you have in general when it comes to overclocking, in order to help you further... A Andrew Entwistle Andrew Entwistle
February 8, 201412 yr What sort of CPU voltage were you using? It may not be the overclock. What are your temps? CPU, MB, GPU?
February 8, 201412 yr Author Modern main boards often do that switch off step on reboot after you have made certain changes in BIOS. That is certainly the case with eVGA and a number of ASUS boards I have built into systems over the last couple of years. It would be helpful to know what experience you have in general when it comes to overclocking, in order to help you further... A Andrew Entwistle Well I simply used the automatic tuner that came with the gigabyte board, it did a stress test and tuned it at 4.3ghz. I touched no settings in bios manually. What sort of CPU voltage were you using? It may not be the overclock. What are your temps? CPU, MB, GPU? As mentioned above, it was done automatically through the overclocking program with the gigabyte mobo software. I did not touch the CPU voltage, and when I checked in bios it was still set to 'auto.' As for temps, i'll have to get back to your shortly on that. I'll have to check in bios, but I can't download any software after windows loads up because it restarts after about a minute or two. OH, I should mention that I can boot windows fine in safe mode, and the restart does not happen. Luis Cortez
February 8, 201412 yr Do you clock it in the gigabyte easy tune in win ? If so uninstall easy tune from safe mode , can be that it auto clock http://
February 9, 201412 yr Usually a failed overclock will generate a blue screen, or sometimes just crash and reboot. Lock ups can be temperature related, in addition to other causes, like hard drive and software issues for example. If it locks up even though you're now at default BIOS settings, no overclock, I'm thinking another cause other than your overclock. The initial overclock is very unlikely to have caused any damage to the CPU. CPU's throttle back to avoid damage, and then shut down if there's a thermal issue. Check those temperatures, tell us what they are. Just run something like FSX, and make a note of the CPU temperature in RealTemp, or CoreTemp. For GPU and motherboard temps, the motherboard software should have the required monitoring utility. What does it do is you just leave it in the BIOS for an extended period, does it lock up then? Something else you could try is a Windows System Restore. Back up anything you have installed after the date you choice to restore to. Pick a date prior to the lock up issue.
February 19, 201412 yr I would personally not use a OC program that does it automatically, because all of them set a ridiculous voltage on your cpu. Put in the time and learn how to over clock your system yourself. It is much saver and will enable you to get a higher clock and more stable system with lower temps. I will say though that the 3570 does like to heat up a lot, so if your looking to replace it, you will get a much better over clock on a 3770k or 2600k with your cooler. just my 2c.
February 20, 201412 yr I would personally not use a OC program that does it automatically, because all of them set a ridiculous voltage on your cpu. Not necessarily. If it's just a stock overclocking template then yes, but many of them now run stress tests and set the required voltage. Some of them may still over do it a bit, but there's nothing to stop anyone using the auto overclock as a baseline, and then entering the UEFI and fine tuning. The Asus 4 way optimisation for example doesn't set a ridiculous voltage at all. In fact Asus deliberately limit it.
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