That is why you back off from the bleeding edge after endurance testing it. I have not done overclocking for quite a while, but general strategy was: 0. Get t

That is why you back off from the bleeding edge after endurance testing it. I have not done overclocking for quite a while, but general strategy was: 0. Get the right hardware - some hardware oveclocks better. 1. Depending on what you overclock come up with a short stress test. This would be GPU/CPU/RAM/PSU testing. 2. One component at a time. Identify top voltage/temp you are willing to tolerate. Overlock in steps of 5-10% nominal frequency. When the stress test fails increase the voltage by 5-10% until you reach the voltage limit. Once you get all of the data look at the frequency voltage curve and pick a voltage point (generally lower is better), back off a step or two from the frequency that passed and run an endurance test. 3. Run all components at the same time and stress test the entire system. The caveats here are to look out for power and temperature issues. I.E. make sure nothing get too hot (this includes the motherboard power regulators!) or voltage rails drop out of spec. 4. Slightly back off from the setup that passed 3 and you should be good to go for long term usage. TL-DR: Overclock one component at a time come up with frequency/max temp/required voltage chart and don't try to run the hardware on the bleeding edge. edit: list spacing...