What causes my character to crash only while playing games, not during stress tests?
What causes my character to crash only while playing games, not during stress tests?
It's connected to the OC, but the OC itself isn't the root cause—it's more of a victim. The game is likely responsible. Different engines have varying programming, so for the majority, OC stability issues are rare. However, a small percentage might still encounter problems. No OC is completely stable; altering any parameter drops stability to around 99%. Some programs are better at detecting that rare anomaly and triggering a crash. To mitigate this, you'd need to tweak your OC—adjusting values, c-states, or timing—but success depends on finding the right changes. Results might not be what you expect.
It seems the system is crashing even without overclocking, likely due to a power problem. The PSU passed the stress test, but there might be an issue with the game's code injecting into the system and corrupting files, which leads to shutdowns.
The issue seems to have been caused by the game itself. It began shutting down after about one minute, typically within the first five seconds. However, when launching the game in safe mode, it no longer crashed, even when using overclock settings.
Are you boosting boost clocks or the base clock? I noticed my 2500K was stable at 4.6GHz with 1.3V, but if I increased turbo speed to run at that frequency it would fail even with a voltage nearer to 1.35V. I've tried different LLC settings, but nothing worked—stable during prime95 small FTT but crashes when watching YouTube videos. Setting the voltage and clock fixed really made things reliable.