So I have the A10-7850k, which I OC'd to 4.3 Ghz. The Tj. Max on this is 70 C, and I am assuming I am going over it because my computer shuts off randomly when I am playing a few games. Is there a way I can raise the Tj. Max? I went into my UEFI and disable "Over Temperature Protection". It is kinda annoying to be playing a game and all of a sudden your computer just shuts down. I guess I am kinda happy, at least I know that I only sometimes hit 70 C while playing games.
I also decided to up my CPU and chasis fan to 100% opposed to 65%. Though the noise is kinda annoying..so I may just go down.
Could be a number of issues. Heat is probably one of them. Not enough juice could be another. Bigger heatsink would probably help, I am assuming everything is stock?
How would I know that it is not enough power? I figured it was heat, as that is what I said in my OP. No, I am using the Hyper 212 EVO. Since it is AMD I can never get an accurate reading of temperatures.
Coretemp says it is 18 C, Speedfan says it is 30-48 C, UEFI says it is 43-53 C. If I do not get anymore shutdowns, then I believe it will be safe to assume it was a heat issue. 70 C is honestly too low for a shutdown.
I would trust the BIOS, in which case you are probably sitting around 43-53 at idle. Heard that AMD has a lower tolerance for heat but have never messed around with AMD CPU's personally.
YOu are probably right on the heat issue if it immediately shuts down. If voltage was left on auto you can try and lower it manuallly to try and control temps. Would be easier to run through a cpu stress test and monitor temputures and voltages that way you can stop it before temps climb too high.
It just goes dead. I played a game that caused it to shutdown and nothing of the sort happened again, though the shutdown was not always 100% certain. What stress tool would y'all recommend?
Prime95 seems to be fairly standard. I also like to use Y-cruncher http://www.numberworld.org/y-cruncher/. Just run one of those and monitor temps. Shut down the program if temps get too high. You might have to drop your overclock for the moment.