winuser2000
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2001
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A few weeks ago i setup a bit of an agressive overclock of my 2500k. The temps were higher than i wanted after running prime 95 but any kind of gaming they would stay under 70c. Nothing has appeared unusual until i got home from work on friday and i saw my first bluescreen. After this i seem to bluescreen every 1 to 3 hours. Doesnt seem to matter what im doing whether it be watching a movie or running prime 95. I set everything down to auto on my motherboard but the bluescreens still occur. Ive run p95 fror an hour without problems. Ive run memtest for two hours without error and lots of sandra benchmarks of my ssd trying to find the problem component here. Obviously this sounds like the cpu so i was thinking of picking up the latest i5 at microcenter. I want to be sure this is the cpu because if i spread thermal paste all over my new one and have the same problem i cant return.
Its probably the cpu im just confused why it works perfectly for a bit and handles prime 95 for decently long periods of time. And ive never senen any warning signs up until now. This is my first serious problem with a comp ive built, first possible screwed up cpu. Do these things go bad by themselves or take the motherboard with them? Hoping i can get away with one new purchase to fix this. Any advice for making sure i replace the right part?
Its probably the cpu im just confused why it works perfectly for a bit and handles prime 95 for decently long periods of time. And ive never senen any warning signs up until now. This is my first serious problem with a comp ive built, first possible screwed up cpu. Do these things go bad by themselves or take the motherboard with them? Hoping i can get away with one new purchase to fix this. Any advice for making sure i replace the right part?