Windows 10: My computer is regularly crashing after installation of new 5950 CPU.

Hi, My computer is crashing in and out of games after I installed a new AMD Ryzen 5950 CPU. I have no idea how to identify the issue. Can anyone assist? Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor 3.40 GHz Installed RAM 64.0 GB Gskill DDR-4System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

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Your Ryzen 7 1700X should be close to 4.0GHz anyway, so overclocking is pointless.
If the computer freezes then there should be an error listed in the crash logs, most likely a clock watchdog timeout, changing the cooler won't fix it.
I'd suggest leaving the CPU stock and clocking your Ram up a bit.

 

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