SWTOR Damaged My i7 2600K

My system is very similar to yours, with a few differences

Haf x case
Asus Maximus iv mobo
Corsair H80 Water cooler

While the game does have more crashes than anything else I've been running, it really would appear that your OC and cooling are the issue.

Hung_H and Tchewi, do you realize how many cooling fans are in the HAF932?

Here's an update: My system is still bluescreening at 4.4GHz, and that was simply browsing. I'm now at 4.0GHz and am quite pissed.

To reiterate, my system was ROCK SOLID before all this. You can see I'm a new member here. I have no reason to lie or exaggerate.

This is just a bunch of bull. I run the exact saem setup, except for 2x Zotac 460s and Archon cooler on 2600k @4.4. with Dual screens @ 1900-1200, one of which with swtor.

First of all, CPU usage never goes ovet 50%, it's steady @ 35-40% during raids and pvp. CPU temp is never over 45.

2600k can be OC'ed to 4.4 without any voltage changes with default ram settings, 4.5+ requires increased voltage, which is probably what you did (or didn't do correctly) leading to an unstable system.

The only way for a game to damage your hardware is to overheat it, which isn't the case.

Save a full crash dump, get debugger, parse it, see what crashes it during normal use.

For the love of God, read my op again. Did I not explain clearly enough or at least partially demonstrate the level of competence I have?

I'm not some gangly kid who's just started doing this.

Actually I'm not even sure why I'm trying to explain. The evidence is out there. If you haven't begun experiencing the problems I have then congratulations. I sincerely hope you don't in the future.

I'll sign off with just one more good luck to you all, and a link to this article:

http://consumerist.com/2012/02/star-...t-running.html

I'm sorry, but in all seriousness, if you (a computer salesman) are implying that a stable running game can damage hardware, then (the polite way to say this) you need to read up on things and advance from 1994 to 2012.

You overclocked and now you blame the game for cooking your cpu ?

No offense, but aim your gun somewhere else please

People who aren't overclocking are getting heat issues too.

So gun firmly pointed at consistent factor in this equation ---> SWTOR client.

i7 2600K here. Runs fine no issues. If the GPU gets hot it usually has two reasons: 1. overclock a GPU - does not give you more than 1-2 FPS anyways. Makes me laugh. 2. You override AA with external tools and use SuperSampling. The engine does not support it and the chip will melt through the PCB.

If used in MSAA usually fine, just Alderaan and Voss are taxing and hot since the leaves for whatever stupid reason throw their own shadows. It also reduces FPS signifcantly. In those areas I run blob shadows as workaround. But yeah the game is dangerous for hardware or can be. I think BW knows this and that is also the reason why they removed hires and AA originally. Check GPU temps in cutscenes. Wait for a dialog choice and let it sit there for a while monitoring your temps. Unbelievable. It's amateur BS if you ask me. I would have expected an AWEFUL lot more from BW.

P.S.: Although I agree to an extent I also live by the following: If I feel I need to overclock my system I know it's time to upgrade. But that's just me.

Im running stock i5 k series.. twin fozr 560..

after 1.1 SWTOR sucks the life outta my rig... i've never experienced anything like it before with any game... my vid card works extremely hard to the point of breaking.

There is definately somethng up with this game, might not be happening with everyone.

LAWL! Stable. Oh my, that's funny. You know what's stable? Not playing this game. Playing STO, DCUO, and every OTHER game is more stable than playing this one.