re: #98 Rightwingconspirator

I’m not at all sure about overclocking, it’s a stock machine. What is MoBo?

Many new motherboards have the ability to overclock the cpu and ram, as well as boost current. Some, such as a few Asus boards will boost the cpu to higher clock speeds than the cpu is rated for at boot up. Boards with the Intel chipset are designed to boost the cpu over short bursts, but some boards take this too far and boost long enough for the cpu or ram to overheat.

Check in the BIOS to see if overclocking is enabled.