Hi All,
I have been having system crashes for 10 months now since building my new PC. I have narrowed it down to either my RAM or CPU (though CPU seems to be more likely, but I want to confirm here).
The following are my PC specs:
Motherboard - Asus Gaming TUF B560 Wifi
CPU - Intel Core i5 - 11400
CPU Cooler - Vetroo V5 Air cooler
GPU - NVIDIA RTX 3070Ti - FE
RAM - 2 sticks Silcon XPower Zenith - 16gb
PSU - EVGA 850W GT
SSD - Kingston 240GB (windows 11 installed)
HDD - 1TB
My PC first started crashing when I enabled XMP, so then I tuned my VCCIO and VCCSA to 1.15W. For a while the PC was stable, until one day it started crashing again while playing CSGO. So I naturally went ahead and turned off XMP all together and just reset all bios settings to default. PC kept crashing while playing CSGO (less frequently though). Finally, I tried resetting the bios via jump starting with the 2 pins on the mobo and that didn't work either. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling steam and CSGO and even tried resetting windows 11 and those didn't work either.
Replacements:
PSU - Went from EVGA 500W BA to EVGA 710W BP to finally EVGA 850W GT (currently in the system)
MOBO - Gigabyte B560M DS3H to Asus TUF Gaming B560 with Wifi (currently in the system)
Stress testing:
RAM via win mem diag, memtest86, AIDA64 and OCCT (no errors unless XMP enabled)
GPU via Aida64 and heaven benchmark (passed with flying colors)
CPU (with no overclocks) - I have originally tested via Cinebench which passes with flying colors every time. I have later tried testing via OCCT using "Large" Data set and this is where it fails at random moments.
I also ran "WhoCrashed" in order to analyze what component could be causing my crashes and only messages I get is that it may be a software issue or my RAM is overheating. But this message is conflicting because all memory tests that I have run have passed with flying colors (with no overclocks).
I have thus far ruled out: PSU, MOBO and GPU. Is there anyway to confirm whether my RAM, CPU or something else could be the culprit of the crashes? If so, is there a fix I can do without having to buy a replacement?
Any help would be appreciated!
I have been having system crashes for 10 months now since building my new PC. I have narrowed it down to either my RAM or CPU (though CPU seems to be more likely, but I want to confirm here).
The following are my PC specs:
Motherboard - Asus Gaming TUF B560 Wifi
CPU - Intel Core i5 - 11400
CPU Cooler - Vetroo V5 Air cooler
GPU - NVIDIA RTX 3070Ti - FE
RAM - 2 sticks Silcon XPower Zenith - 16gb
PSU - EVGA 850W GT
SSD - Kingston 240GB (windows 11 installed)
HDD - 1TB
My PC first started crashing when I enabled XMP, so then I tuned my VCCIO and VCCSA to 1.15W. For a while the PC was stable, until one day it started crashing again while playing CSGO. So I naturally went ahead and turned off XMP all together and just reset all bios settings to default. PC kept crashing while playing CSGO (less frequently though). Finally, I tried resetting the bios via jump starting with the 2 pins on the mobo and that didn't work either. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling steam and CSGO and even tried resetting windows 11 and those didn't work either.
Replacements:
PSU - Went from EVGA 500W BA to EVGA 710W BP to finally EVGA 850W GT (currently in the system)
MOBO - Gigabyte B560M DS3H to Asus TUF Gaming B560 with Wifi (currently in the system)
Stress testing:
RAM via win mem diag, memtest86, AIDA64 and OCCT (no errors unless XMP enabled)
GPU via Aida64 and heaven benchmark (passed with flying colors)
CPU (with no overclocks) - I have originally tested via Cinebench which passes with flying colors every time. I have later tried testing via OCCT using "Large" Data set and this is where it fails at random moments.
- OCCT CPU test - With "AVX" and "AVX2" it fails at the 5 min mark, on "Auto" it has failed in the 30th and 40th mins
- Prime95 CPU Test - Not sure if I know how to use, but my PC freezes at random after max 30 mins
- AIDA64 CPU Only - Passes (no errors), HOWEVER, when I run "stress cache" alone or in combo with CPU+FPU, I get hardware failure message.
- IntelBurnTest - Only fails on "Maximum" stress level and "10" times to run. Quick crash when I use "High" but 50 times to run. Passes all other levels with 10 for times to run.
I also ran "WhoCrashed" in order to analyze what component could be causing my crashes and only messages I get is that it may be a software issue or my RAM is overheating. But this message is conflicting because all memory tests that I have run have passed with flying colors (with no overclocks).
I have thus far ruled out: PSU, MOBO and GPU. Is there anyway to confirm whether my RAM, CPU or something else could be the culprit of the crashes? If so, is there a fix I can do without having to buy a replacement?
Any help would be appreciated!
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