Solving OC instability and black screens with voltage offsets
This is a textbook case of the voltage curve not being aligned. In test report 2026-W4-OC, at 5.2GHz with a flat 1.25V, the system crashed every single time after 10 minutes of 3DMark stress testing. I tried bumping it to 1.32V, which stopped the crashes, but the package temp soared to 95℃ and triggered throttling. I ended up with a compromise: in the BIOS voltage settings, I set the core voltage offset to -0.05V and enabled Adaptive Voltage mode. After a 2-hour OCCT loop, the voltage stayed between 1.28V - 1.30V and temps sat at 78℃ - 82℃ with zero reboots. I didn't hit the crazy peak frequency I wanted, but this stable point is the only way to actually play the game without losing your save files.
