Mods close topic if this is against any rules to ask for BSOD help when trying to over clock
It's not against the rules, but we don't really "help" overclocking unfortunately. It's not like we don't want to, it's just not something we really do provided there's no "fix" for an unstable overclock other than understanding what the adjustments you're making in the BIOS actually do, and what to raise/lower/change if you crash when booting Windows/initiating a benchmark or stress test.
I'm getting an Error code thats not...common during OC-ing.
0x1A is actually not uncommon at all, especially if you're just raising core voltage for example and that's it. On SB> generation CPUs, it got easier to OC as you'd
generally only have to touch core voltage to bump up a few notches, but if you want to go any higher then you need to mess with a lot of stuff like FSB, etc. This leads to...
I've run Memtest86+ for 2 passes and no errors were found. running ram at stock so I dont understand why the BSOD happens.
Because your RAM is not the issue, you just have an unstable CPU overclock. This is especially true if on complete stock settings your system runs without any issues. 0x1A is just a generic bug check for a severe memory error. Your video card has memory, your CPU has memory, etc. If a bug check is in relation to memory, it doesn't automatically imply RAM is the culprit.
IMO: Read a lot more into overclocking across various benchmarking communities as it's not something you can be taught how to do in a thread by a sole person. It's a hobby that needs a
lot of patience and technical understanding, as you need to understand pretty much every piece of hardware. If you don't know what you're doing and you just randomly change BIOS values then you just end up with an unstable overclock, way too much energy consumption, and too much unnecessary heat (kills hardware way faster).
Also, I could take a look at the crash dump for you anyway if you want just for curiosity's sake. You can find it in C:\Windows named
MEMORY.DMP. Upload that to OneDrive or something similar and paste the link.