
Quote: Originally Posted by
cdog27

Quote: Originally Posted by
Dave76
Is there a reason you're running your OC with locked in CPU frequency and voltage?
This causes a lot of stress on your CPU, most people are OC'ing with EIST enabled and Balanced Power plan.
This let's your system idle and gives full power when needed.
You choice, just a recommendation.
I thought disabling Speed Step was best practice for overclocking? You want a consistent voltage and don't want the extra load of the CPU having to clock back/up on-demand.
That was the standard several motherboard versions (years) ago, at first Speed Step wasn't as good as it is now.
If you visit any OC forums most people recommend using EIST for everyday OC'ing. Except for the hardcore, squeeze every possible MHz because I'm going to throw this CPU and motherboard away after a year, guys.
If your going for the world record then disable it.

Quote: Originally Posted by
cdog27

Quote: Originally Posted by
Dave76
At this point the crashes are likely coming from your OC, 4.0GHz is pretty high for your CPU and motherboard.
The OCCT graphs are showing fluctuating 12v and 5v power at your motherboard. This may be caused by the PSU or the motherboard.
If you want to check into the cause of these crashes you will need to set BIOS to defaults until the cause is found.
Once the cause is found you can OC again.
Your App Event Logs are showing a large amount of games and Steam App crashes.
I've had this i3 at 4.0Ghz since July 2010, it's only the past month or so that I've ever had a blue screen. The 4.4Ghz is the QPI speed, not the actual clock speed - should I scale this back? I can only do 16x or 18x, so its either 3.8Ghz or 4.4Ghz. I could also try decreasing the overclock (perhaps even go back to stock 2.93Ghz) and see what happens.
Yes, I had quite a few crashes playing Black Ops 2.
When you extreme OC for long periods you have to accept the accelerated damage to your components. Which may or may not be able to keep performing at the previous levels.
Two and a half years at fill tilt, I'm not surprised you are starting to see component degradation.
Test it at default BIOS settings, as you've done, for a while. If it is stable, that's your answer.
You can probably OC it again but, not so high and I recommend to use EIST (Speed Step) to lessen the stress on your system.
Getting the same WEI score for your CPU is a little unusual but not unheard of.
Let us know if you're getting any more crashes.