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Well, thats exactly the point I'm up to now, Mr. Ferrari..
Once I get home tonight, I will put my computer through the same steps I did previously (the only diff is that it wont happen over a few months I'll do it all now lol)
I'll overclock it back to where it was (also plug USB devices back in), run orthos again for 20 minutes (that was my testing time when I determined where I should cap my OC in the first place)
if still bootable and stable, then push the fans up
At this point, I would Expect it to crash again.. Considering my initial hypothesis is correct. I may just crank out my mulltimeter as well to test the voltages... cause the onboard sensors cant always be trusted -.- just to check if the sensors are Accurate..
I just noticed something else !
looking at my voltages right now, at stock speeds my voltages are all pretty dead-on the mark... but when overclocked, my voltages would drop.. a bit more than what is considered "tolerable" here's an approximate chart to prove my point :
VOLTAGE EXPECTED | STOCK SPEEDS | OVERCLOCKED
+12v | 12.04v | 10.8 (or lower)
+5v | 5.02v | 4.5 (or lower)
+3.3v | +3.3v | (I forgot)
(cpu vcore) 1.25 | 1.2v | (set to 1.2526) 1.2 as well (sensor may be falsed)
but I mean bottom line the voltages were dropping a bit much for comfort... another sign that makes me believe the load on the PSU was too high for its capacity
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