Freezing occurs during stress testing of overclocking.
Freezing occurs during stress testing of overclocking.
I increased my CPU speed to 4.2ghz at 1.4 volts but it would freeze during stress tests with prime95. Adjusting the voltage didn’t help, so I enabled auto-voltage and still faced the issue. I’ve observed that after an hour, the CPU temperature consistently reaches 82 degrees. Despite this, I can still stream and play games for hours.
Hi, freezing refers to low voltage, also 1.4 is quite high, consider settling for 4.1ghz on your CPU. Prime95 or any other stress testing software puts your CPU under excessive load for stability and temperature checks, which you can't achieve with regular daily tasks.
Degradation is genuine and can quickly become frustrating if you push too much. I've destroyed GPUs before because I tried to force a bit more performance. The expense of new components was what kept me from overclocking until I finally assembled a system to upgrade my old one.
This time, I went for a more cautious strategy, ensuring my Ryzen 7 1700 stays under AMD's daily usage guideline of 1.35v (3.9GHz/1.344v). They also warn that performance may drop noticeably around 1.45v. Running at 300 MHz isn't justified by the added heat and strain, in my opinion.
The problem was with a faulty CPU cooler, so I switched to another one and it resolved the issue.