Cool GTXWelcome to the Forum xcom-evga Word of advice - (also called been there and done that) Do Not set your OC software to save your settings and start automatically on reboot. When you exceed the GPUs stable settings, you do not want those setting to load after your system hangs Other thoughts: Stability starts with the power to your PSU, then your PSU quality, then the stability of your MB setup So, make sure your Computer OC for the MB is rock solid before trying to OC the GPU Watch your temps CPU and GPU 1) Push the Power AND Temp Target sliders full Right, this sets the stage to allow Nvidia GPU Boost 3.0 to do its thing GeForce GTX 1080 Overclocking Guide With AfterBurner 4.3.0 - Starting an overclock and tweaking Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 review - Introduction