Hello all, I recently built a computer specs (amd fx 8350, gtx 650ti, asrock 970 extreme 3) and it crashes on high res games. Like total war rome 2 and crysis 3. the power supply is 80 plus certified and i don't know what the problem is. When it does crash is says dumping physical memory, I don't know if thats what normally happens with a crash but if it's not i think it's a ram problem. i have re-installed the op and changed graphics cards (the last graphics card I thought was causing the problem since it was second hand). I also suspect it may be my processor getting to hot.
Thanks for reading. - Josh
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I think I may leave this up just in case anyone else has this problem... Any ideas on how I can switch this to another fourm?
Special thanks to Mystery Angel, Piapez, anon, Athrain and Commissar. These guys helped out allot :DDDD.
If you suspect your processor is getting to hot, download Speed Fan and post the temperatures, just remember they will be in Celsius.
If your memory is the possible culprit download memTest and burn it on to a disc, put it in the computer, restart it and go to the bios and change the boot order so the systems boots from the disc you burned and let the test run until you see errors, or for around 3-4 hours.
I experienced similar problems with my system a few weeks ago, then everything started slowing down wether or not I was playing a game, so I just replaced the RAM and haven't had a problem since. Just make sure it's the RAM and not something else before you go needlessly spend money.
actually, since you re-installed the OS, that rules out driver issues methinks... still, upload the .dmp files, and I can see what the problem is when I run it through the debugger
FX8350 on the Asrock extreme 3..... 4+1 powerphase analog cheap quality vrm´s and chokes.. Those cheap Asrock 970 boards are not realy designed for those power hungry 8 core cpu, i personaly think your mobo could be the problem.
Cheaping out on a mobo wenn planning to use a power hungry highend FX8320/8350 is realy the worst thing people can do.. i allways recommend a decent 990FX chipset board. for a cpu like that.
The Asus M5A99FX pro R2.0 6+2 powerphases and high quality digi vrm´s. these boards have much better power delivery parts. to keep that FX8350 stable.
The fact that it does a memory dump makes me think its not failing, Rather its hitting a safeguard and crashes to reduce damage. Going to need full specs and CPU/GPU temps and clock.
lol they just updated the bios for vishera support nothing more then that makes it theorethicly that it supports FX-x3xx cpu´s.... But still those boards are not realy designd for the FX8320 FX8350, but this offcourse does not mean, that this is causing his problems, but i just mention that it could be..
P.s this question does not belong in this section,
This. A memory physical dump saves the contents of RAM (and CPU state) to disk in order to be analyzed by developers when debugging the cause of the error. It is business as usual when a crash occurs.
No indeed dont do that, i would first try if you can solve things, because it could also be a diffrent part that causing the problems...
but if you realy cannot find the solution, then i would recommend to upgrade your motherboard. because the power delivery parts on the Asrock 970 extreme 3+4 as also the 990FX extreme 3 are realy not the best quality... all have those 4+1 powerphase and analog vrm design. its not realy ideal..