Hey guys, so 2 months ago I bought a brand new x299 aorus gaming 3 motherboard socket 2066 along with an intel i7-7740x cpu. I also bought 2x8gb DDR4 corsair vengeance 3000mhz ram. I purchased it all brand new off newegg.com to replace my old worn out i7-875k, intel DP55KG motherboard and DDR3 corsair ram.
everything worked like a charm, my first overclock with the new setup was about a week later and I was able to hit 5ghz stable as a rock at 1.28v with my LLC set to turbo.. this was right around the ballpark of the worse binned chips of the 7740x but Its still pretty darn good IMO.
I left it this way for a few weeks and noticed my computer had become unstable.. I thought it was odd cuz i did a hour of intel burn testing and I knew it was stable.. but I finally had to turn the vcore up from 1.28 to 1.33 to keep it stable.. another 3 weeks give or take went by and my computer became unstable again.. so yet again after trying everything I could to stabilize it at 5ghz nothing worked so I had to result to turning up the vcore even more.. THIS time I had to turn it up to 1.4v just to keep it stable! I thought I was loosing my mind.. I thought how can a computer that was once stable a few weeks to a month ago on the same settings all a sudden become unstable and need this much more voltage just to keep it stable again? I didn't change any hardware, i am not new to overclocking.. I keep my pc well ventilated and always watch my temps and voltages..
another few weeks go buy and I can no longer keep it stable at 5ghz with out overvolting my brand new i7 so i chose to finally lower down my overclock from 5ghz to 4.9 while keeping the voltage the same at 1.4v just to maintain stability.. yet again after another week it was unstable AGAIN!
eventually i had to go from 1.4v vcore and LLC set to turbo at 4.9ghz to 1.42vcore and my LLC from turbo to extreme just to keep it stable at 4.8ghz!
you guys see where I am going with this it basically got worse and worse until last night I was playing gta5 online at the exact overclock and settings listed above when gave me the all too familiar blue screen.. THIS TIME I was so mad I just gave up and said ok ill just default my whole bios to stock so I can at least game for tonight.. I defaulted my bios back to stock settings to find I couldn't even finish loading windows before it blue screened! then fact that it bluescreened on stock settings really scared me... so this time I went into the bios and left everything at default again EXCEPT my core frequency, I turned it down from the stock 4.3ghz and 4.5ghz turbo to just a straight 4.2 ghz UNDERCLOCKING my cpu from stock... this finally got me stable enough to boot up and continue playing..
Something is SERIOUSLY WRONG here. and that's why I'm asking you guys for help. I don't know what to do or where to start... this is just ridiculous! I have heard of cpus deteriorating like this over a matter of many years, where after running a certain overclock speed for 3-5 years eventually becomes unstable, but how can a cpu deteriorate this fast in just a matter of months??
My guess is its either my power supply, my motherboard, or my cpu that is failing.. maybe my PSU is no longer affectively delivering the proper amperage and wattage to my cpu.. cuz my voltage is always dead on right where i set it when watching my "coretemp" app so I know my voltage isn't lacking. My cpu while gaming has never gone over 70c and my cpu during stress testing has never really gone over 90c and when it has it hasn't happened often. Maybe its the voltage regulator in my motherboard or VRM? Or maybe my cpu is just flat out dying.. this is why I came to the experts... you guys!
I am not sure where to even start.. I did however update my bios to the latest version this morning and nothing changed.. its still just as bad (having to UNDERCLOCK it to maintain a stable system and not bluescreen) but my speculation is its only gonna keep getting worse to the point to where no matter how low I turn the cpu frequency its just gonna keep bluescreening till I'm dead in the water.
MY SYSTEM COMPONANTS:
Roswill large tower - tons of airflow/fans -5 months old
Aorus Gaming 3 x299 motherboard 2066 chipset with RBG - 2-3 months old
Intel i7-7740x CPU - 2-3 months old
Corsair H100i liquid cooler - 5 months old
Corsair vengeance DDR4 3000mhz ram - 2-3 months old
MSI- GTX 970 gaming edition graphics card - 2 years old
Xion 800watt power supply/PSU - 8 years old
SP 120gig SSD - OS - main programs - 5 months old
Seagate 1T HDD - games and movies - 2 years old
Barracuda 1.2T HHD - empty just a backup drive 6-years old
My backround:
I am not new to overclocking, I'm not new to building computers as I have built many over the years, though I am no expert. I am a mechanic and have been my whole life, I'm good with electronics, I take good care of my computer, I don't let it get dusty and maintain it regularly.
I'm hoping its just the PSU but how can I test it to be sure? I really don't wanna rip it out and try another one if there is an easier way to test it. is there a program that can tell me how many watts/amps its putting out? As I said before I know its putting out the correct voltages.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP, I WILL BE VERY APPERICATIVE!
everything worked like a charm, my first overclock with the new setup was about a week later and I was able to hit 5ghz stable as a rock at 1.28v with my LLC set to turbo.. this was right around the ballpark of the worse binned chips of the 7740x but Its still pretty darn good IMO.
I left it this way for a few weeks and noticed my computer had become unstable.. I thought it was odd cuz i did a hour of intel burn testing and I knew it was stable.. but I finally had to turn the vcore up from 1.28 to 1.33 to keep it stable.. another 3 weeks give or take went by and my computer became unstable again.. so yet again after trying everything I could to stabilize it at 5ghz nothing worked so I had to result to turning up the vcore even more.. THIS time I had to turn it up to 1.4v just to keep it stable! I thought I was loosing my mind.. I thought how can a computer that was once stable a few weeks to a month ago on the same settings all a sudden become unstable and need this much more voltage just to keep it stable again? I didn't change any hardware, i am not new to overclocking.. I keep my pc well ventilated and always watch my temps and voltages..
another few weeks go buy and I can no longer keep it stable at 5ghz with out overvolting my brand new i7 so i chose to finally lower down my overclock from 5ghz to 4.9 while keeping the voltage the same at 1.4v just to maintain stability.. yet again after another week it was unstable AGAIN!
eventually i had to go from 1.4v vcore and LLC set to turbo at 4.9ghz to 1.42vcore and my LLC from turbo to extreme just to keep it stable at 4.8ghz!
you guys see where I am going with this it basically got worse and worse until last night I was playing gta5 online at the exact overclock and settings listed above when gave me the all too familiar blue screen.. THIS TIME I was so mad I just gave up and said ok ill just default my whole bios to stock so I can at least game for tonight.. I defaulted my bios back to stock settings to find I couldn't even finish loading windows before it blue screened! then fact that it bluescreened on stock settings really scared me... so this time I went into the bios and left everything at default again EXCEPT my core frequency, I turned it down from the stock 4.3ghz and 4.5ghz turbo to just a straight 4.2 ghz UNDERCLOCKING my cpu from stock... this finally got me stable enough to boot up and continue playing..
Something is SERIOUSLY WRONG here. and that's why I'm asking you guys for help. I don't know what to do or where to start... this is just ridiculous! I have heard of cpus deteriorating like this over a matter of many years, where after running a certain overclock speed for 3-5 years eventually becomes unstable, but how can a cpu deteriorate this fast in just a matter of months??
My guess is its either my power supply, my motherboard, or my cpu that is failing.. maybe my PSU is no longer affectively delivering the proper amperage and wattage to my cpu.. cuz my voltage is always dead on right where i set it when watching my "coretemp" app so I know my voltage isn't lacking. My cpu while gaming has never gone over 70c and my cpu during stress testing has never really gone over 90c and when it has it hasn't happened often. Maybe its the voltage regulator in my motherboard or VRM? Or maybe my cpu is just flat out dying.. this is why I came to the experts... you guys!
I am not sure where to even start.. I did however update my bios to the latest version this morning and nothing changed.. its still just as bad (having to UNDERCLOCK it to maintain a stable system and not bluescreen) but my speculation is its only gonna keep getting worse to the point to where no matter how low I turn the cpu frequency its just gonna keep bluescreening till I'm dead in the water.
MY SYSTEM COMPONANTS:
Roswill large tower - tons of airflow/fans -5 months old
Aorus Gaming 3 x299 motherboard 2066 chipset with RBG - 2-3 months old
Intel i7-7740x CPU - 2-3 months old
Corsair H100i liquid cooler - 5 months old
Corsair vengeance DDR4 3000mhz ram - 2-3 months old
MSI- GTX 970 gaming edition graphics card - 2 years old
Xion 800watt power supply/PSU - 8 years old
SP 120gig SSD - OS - main programs - 5 months old
Seagate 1T HDD - games and movies - 2 years old
Barracuda 1.2T HHD - empty just a backup drive 6-years old
My backround:
I am not new to overclocking, I'm not new to building computers as I have built many over the years, though I am no expert. I am a mechanic and have been my whole life, I'm good with electronics, I take good care of my computer, I don't let it get dusty and maintain it regularly.
I'm hoping its just the PSU but how can I test it to be sure? I really don't wanna rip it out and try another one if there is an easier way to test it. is there a program that can tell me how many watts/amps its putting out? As I said before I know its putting out the correct voltages.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP, I WILL BE VERY APPERICATIVE!