So I've had this ram for a few years now. They're old Mushkin HP DDR3 1333 CL7 ram (Link to specs) designed to run at really high volts apparently. The thing is, every time that I overclock my CPU past 3.7 ghz, I frequently run into blue screens. I'm not sure why this is, but I know blue screens are usually indications of RAM issues. I've run the sticks at stock specs as well as under downclocked and loosened timings, but no dice, the problem persists. Memtest says the sticks are fine, and large FFTs under prime 95 tell me that the sticks are stable. The funny thing is, when I stess either the CPU or RAM alone (i. e. small or large FFTs in prime, linpack with low memory size, memtest, etc.), I don't get any problems, but then when both are stressed (as is the case in folding and BOINC, prime95 blend FFTs), then I get the BSODs. For things like gaming and the such, there's no problem, however BOINC, which I like to leave on overnight, I often find myself waking up to BSODs. Under conditions of high northbridge/CPU overclocks as well as high CPU/NB voltage (1.35-1.4 V), then I get the BSODs when windows tries to load up. Is this just a case of my mobo not liking the memory sticks, or is there something else that's going on here? I might consider buying some cheap RAM to do a bit of experimentation, but I really like these old sticks because they run good timings.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
