- Joined
- Feb 10, 2017
For starters, the computer is a fresh build from August of last year. It's rocking a 6700k in a Gigabyte G1 Gaming 6 motherboard, a GTX1080, and a G.Skill 3200mhz 16gb x1 ram stick, and a Corsair H100i GTX cooler. It's been nothing but headaches for me. This is my second 6700k, as the first one kicked the bucket for no apparent reason (came back to use the computer after about a week of not using it, powered it on, and 6 beeps of death).
After replacing the CPU, I noticed that the computer wouldn't go past POST. I dialed the RAM frequency down, and problem was solved. So now that I have my newly warrantied G.Skill in there, the computer boots in XMP no problem.
Here's the real issue- I can't keep a stable overclock of over 4.3 GHz. I left the V-Core setting in "Auto" mode, just to see how it would fare. At 4.4, the computer lasted for 3 hours and 30 something minutes in OCCT, and then threw an error. I figured that's fine, so I went and switched the voltage to manual, and set it to 1.375V (it was peaking at 1.37, so I figured the extra 0.005 will solve my problem). Nope, it now won't test for more than 5 seconds. When switched back to auto, it now lasts for maybe 10 minutes, sometimes less. Can it be that I have a faulty motherboard? I can probably still send it in for an RMA, since it hasn't been a year since buying it. Same story with Prime95. I tried stress testing on factory settings, and left it on for a couple of hours with no problems. I'm now stress testing on factory settings to see if it can go for 4 hours without errors. I'm in a bit of a bind here and can't help but feel like I'm not getting my money's worth. Also, I ran the OCCT test on factory BIOS settings with no issues for over 5 hours. The biggest annoyance is that my temps are more than fine, I wasn't even touching 70* at 1.385V and 4.5 ghz (i know, normally 1.385 is overkill for 4.5, but at the time it was the only way to keep it stable).
The most recent BSOD was a SYSTEM_(something)_EXCEPTION after trying 4.5 GHz at 1.35V. I could really use the assistance.
After replacing the CPU, I noticed that the computer wouldn't go past POST. I dialed the RAM frequency down, and problem was solved. So now that I have my newly warrantied G.Skill in there, the computer boots in XMP no problem.
Here's the real issue- I can't keep a stable overclock of over 4.3 GHz. I left the V-Core setting in "Auto" mode, just to see how it would fare. At 4.4, the computer lasted for 3 hours and 30 something minutes in OCCT, and then threw an error. I figured that's fine, so I went and switched the voltage to manual, and set it to 1.375V (it was peaking at 1.37, so I figured the extra 0.005 will solve my problem). Nope, it now won't test for more than 5 seconds. When switched back to auto, it now lasts for maybe 10 minutes, sometimes less. Can it be that I have a faulty motherboard? I can probably still send it in for an RMA, since it hasn't been a year since buying it. Same story with Prime95. I tried stress testing on factory settings, and left it on for a couple of hours with no problems. I'm now stress testing on factory settings to see if it can go for 4 hours without errors. I'm in a bit of a bind here and can't help but feel like I'm not getting my money's worth. Also, I ran the OCCT test on factory BIOS settings with no issues for over 5 hours. The biggest annoyance is that my temps are more than fine, I wasn't even touching 70* at 1.385V and 4.5 ghz (i know, normally 1.385 is overkill for 4.5, but at the time it was the only way to keep it stable).
The most recent BSOD was a SYSTEM_(something)_EXCEPTION after trying 4.5 GHz at 1.35V. I could really use the assistance.