[SOLVED] I overclocked my cpu to 5Ghz but now i cant ..

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encise

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Aug 21, 2018
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Hello, when i was using my MSI Z370 Mortar , i overclocked my i7-8700k to 5Ghz ( 1.350v ) , it was stable, but now when i bought my new Z390 Aorus Pro , i tried to overclock it to 5ghz but i couldn't, when i stress my cpu my pc crash with a blue screen says that " your pc ran into a problem etc .., same thing with 4.9, 4.8 with 1.350 only was stable for me, what's the reason, here is what i changed in bios:
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I tried many settings and options, nothing worked.
The temp is good also.
specs:
gigabyte z390 aorus pro
GTX 1080 TI Aours
Corsair 32GB Ram
H100I liquid cooler
Corsair RM850x powersupply
Thank you
 
Solution
Check your PSU cables, there should be that 4-pin connection labeled for CPU or says ATX. Whoever put the system together probably doesn't have it connected to the PSU so it's probably in the box. It's pretty easy to connect so you should be able to do it yourself.

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It may look like that 8-pin connection but be setup as two 4-pin connections.


If it's still not able to do a stable 5ghz overclock after this connection I'm out of ideas at this point.
 


Np, Thank you so much.