i5 8600k was running 5ghz no problem but after 2 weeks i cant reach more than 4.5ghz without crashing

[lancoha]

Hello
like i said in the title my cpu was running 5ghz no problem but now i cant reach more than 4.5ghz.
my specs:
GPU: Nvidia geforce GTX 1080ti Founders edition
CPU: Intel core i5 8600k (liquidcooled)
RAM: 2x4gb Corsair DDR4 3000mhz
SSD1: 500gb Crucial CT500mx
SSD2: 240gb Kingston SUV400S37240G
MOBO: GIGABYTE Z370P D3
PSU: Corsair 650M
OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit
even as trying in the bios for the already made 4.7ghz OC my computer booted and tha i got a blue screen saying CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.
now i am running at stable 4.5ghz but i want back my 5ghz. And when i am playing some more cpu intensive games like bf1 pubg... i am getting some lag spikes during the gameplay. Please help me.
Just write something i really want to fix this problem. Every answer is welcome.
Thanks.

 

[Finstar]

Your motherboard has really weak power delivery, my best guess is that the 5GHz overclock has already worn down the VRMs to the point where they can't deliver enough voltage for a stable high clock anymore.

 

[genca]

I wouldnt use that motherboard to overclock i3 8350k.... You need much better motherboard than GIGABYTE Z370P D3. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QNX2FT/asrock-z370-extreme4-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z370-extreme4 this is enough for your i5

 

[lancoha]

what about the lag spikes?

 

[lancoha]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

 

[Finstar]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

Looks like the power delivery on that isn't much better than on your old one.
These both have a really nice and beefy power delivery:
https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-motherboard-Motherboards-Z370-GAMING/dp/B07638HG43/ref=sr_1_18?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1533468055&sr=1-18&keywords=Z370

https://www.amazon.com/PRIME-LGA1151-Motherboard-Generation-Processors/dp/B075RJHN2D/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1533468055&sr=1-8&keywords=Z370

 

[lancoha]

if i am buying the new motherboard what should i look for? How to check that the power delivery is ok?

 

[lancoha]

here is the site in my country. https://www.ceneje.si/Iskanje/Izdelki?q=z370 can you please check it out and get the best mobo for the cpu OC ant the sli support.
Thanks!!

 

[genca]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

No, z370 aorus ultra has known issue with vrm cooling. It can be fixed but then you will lose your warranty.

 

[Finstar]

So i gathered some options at different price points:

140€
https://www.ceneje.si/Izdelek/8959470/racunalnistvo/komponente/osnovne-plosce/asrock-intel-1151-z370-killer-sli-atx-d4-3466-usb31-sata3

180€
https://www.ceneje.si/Izdelek/8798912/racunalnistvo/komponente/osnovne-plosce/asus-osnovna-plosca-prime-z370-a

235€
https://www.ceneje.si/Izdelek/8860759/racunalnistvo/komponente/osnovne-plosce/asrock-mb-intel-1151-z370-taichi-atx-d4-3466-usb31-sata3

Some of the pictures on the site seem to be from wrong boards so check the OEM site for what the board really looks like if you go with something else.

The way you can how good the power delivery is simply by looking at the amount of VRMs (the small square boxes on top and on the left of the cpu socket) on it and the cooling on the MOSFETs (the big chunks of metal right behind the VRMs) The quality of these parts also matters but that's a lot harder to find out though generally more expensive boards tend to have higher quality components.
Although, as long as the VRMs in large quantity and MOSFETs cooled properly you can expect the power delivery to be good.

I'd personally go with the Taichi since it's ASRocks flagship and widely considered to be the best series of motherboards there is.
(i have the x370 one myself and it's absolutely wonderful)

 

[lancoha]

What does the CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT means? Can i fix it?

 

[Finstar]

What does the CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT means? Can i fix it?

Short: CPU isn't getting enough voltage
Long: CPU failed deliver an instruction it sent due to the instruction not having sufficient voltage for the next register to read it.

 

[lancoha]

Soo the cpu is perfectly fine?

 

[jankerson]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

Yes that MB will be fine, make sure it's the 1st Generation version of the board.

However if you are planning to push the CPU a lot then these would be better.

Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 or Gaming 7.

 

[Finstar]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

Yes that MB will be fine, make sure it's the 1st Generation version of the board.

Yeah the first gen which has even more pathetic 7 phase power delivery than the 2nd generation.
That's a whopping ONE more phase over his old board. LMAO

 

[jankerson]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

Yes that MB will be fine, make sure it's the 1st Generation version of the board.

Yeah the first gen which has even more pathetic 7 phase power delivery than the 2nd generation.
That's a whopping ONE more phase over his old board. LMAO

That's BS.

All of the so called issues have been with the 2nd generation boards and only when using AIO's, not Air Cooling.

I have a AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming in one of my systems and it's been rock solid, with an 8700K.

 

[lancoha]

Will this mobo do its job of overclocking i5 8600k to 5ghz? https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

 

[jankerson]

Will this mobo do its job of overclocking i5 8600k to 5ghz? https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

If I was going to push a 8600K that hard I would go with a AORUS Gaming 5 or AORUS Gaming 7.

Would be better off in the long run with that type of OC.

 

[Finstar]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

Yes that MB will be fine, make sure it's the 1st Generation version of the board.

Yeah the first gen which has even more pathetic 7 phase power delivery than the 2nd generation.
That's a whopping ONE more phase over his old board. LMAO

That's BS.

All of the so called issues have been with the 2nd generation boards and only when using AIO's, not Air Cooling.

I have a AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming in one of my systems and it's been rock solid, with an 8700K.

It's a great board if you like keeping a fire extinguisher around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjbzTHcaHO0
:lol:

 

[jankerson]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

Yes that MB will be fine, make sure it's the 1st Generation version of the board.

Yeah the first gen which has even more pathetic 7 phase power delivery than the 2nd generation.
That's a whopping ONE more phase over his old board. LMAO

That's BS.

All of the so called issues have been with the 2nd generation boards and only when using AIO's, not Air Cooling.

I have a AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming in one of my systems and it's been rock solid, with an 8700K.

It's a great board if you like keeping a fire extinguisher around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjbzTHcaHO0
:lol:

Nope, mine doesn't get anywhere near those temps, not even remotely close and I am just running a NH U12S in mine.

And that idiot is running an AIO on top of it, not air cooling.

Hard to cool the VRM's with zero airflow going over them.

One of the main issues with AIO's that doesn't get a lot of press, although some reviewers have pointed this out and added fans to cool the VRM's due to the issues when pushing high OC's. And that's not just that MB either.

 

[Finstar]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

Yes that MB will be fine, make sure it's the 1st Generation version of the board.

Yeah the first gen which has even more pathetic 7 phase power delivery than the 2nd generation.
That's a whopping ONE more phase over his old board. LMAO

That's BS.

All of the so called issues have been with the 2nd generation boards and only when using AIO's, not Air Cooling.

I have a AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming in one of my systems and it's been rock solid, with an 8700K.

It's a great board if you like keeping a fire extinguisher around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjbzTHcaHO0
:lol:

Nope, mine doesn't get anywhere near those temps, not even remotely close.

And that idiot is running an AIO on top of it, not air cooling.

Hard to cool the VRM's with zero airflow going over them.

Still doesn't change the fact that 7 phase power delivery on a board that expensive is an outrageous
scam.
That's literally like 60$ H310 board level, even many much cheaper B360 boards have far more solid power delivery.

"And that idiot is running an AIO on top of it, not air cooling."
Just like the "idiot" who started this thread.

 

[jankerson]

will this motherboard do this job and the sli?
https://www.amazon.com/Z370-AORUS-Ultra-Gaming-Motherboard/dp/B075LC78QK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533467047&sr=8-1&keywords=Z370+AORUS+Ultra+Gaming

Yes that MB will be fine, make sure it's the 1st Generation version of the board.

Yeah the first gen which has even more pathetic 7 phase power delivery than the 2nd generation.
That's a whopping ONE more phase over his old board. LMAO

That's BS.

All of the so called issues have been with the 2nd generation boards and only when using AIO's, not Air Cooling.

I have a AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming in one of my systems and it's been rock solid, with an 8700K.

It's a great board if you like keeping a fire extinguisher around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjbzTHcaHO0
:lol:

Nope, mine doesn't get anywhere near those temps, not even remotely close.

And that idiot is running an AIO on top of it, not air cooling.

Hard to cool the VRM's with zero airflow going over them.

Still doesn't change the fact that 7 phase power delivery on a board that expensive is an outrageous
scam.
That's literally like 60$ H310 board level, even many much cheaper B360 boards have far more solid power delivery.

"And that idiot is running an AIO on top of it, not air cooling."
Just like the "idiot" who started this thread.

There are more negatives to water cooling than positives overall.

Bottom line is if one wants to OC then they need to get a higher end MB.

Like the ones I recommended, the AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 or Gaming 7, either one is MUCH better at OCing over the long run. Much higher end motherboards.


With my AORUS Ultra Gaming I am running my 8700K at 4.7 GHz MCE, that's all that is needed in that system. And my 8700K won't do much more than that anyway at reasonable voltage. Reason why I got an 8086K and just used the 8700K in another system.


Still need to retire the 3rd generation i5 system I have, I still have a i7 7700K and Z270 MB that I will use when that happens. Will do that once Windows 7 reaches EOL.

 

[Finstar]

There are more negatives to water cooling than positives overall.

Bottom line is if one wants to OC then they need to get a higher end MB.

Like the ones I recommended, the AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 or Gaming 7, either one is MUCH better at OCing over the long run. Much higher end motherboards.


With my AORUS Ultra Gaming I am running my 8700K at 4.7 GHz MCE, that's all that is needed in that system. And my 8700K won't do much more than that anyway at reasonable voltage. Reason why I got an 8086K and just used the 8700K in another system.


Still need to retire the 3rd generation i5 system I have, I still have a i7 7700K and Z270 MB that I will use when that happens. Will do that once Windows 7 reaches EOL.

AORUS Gaming 5 and 7, while definitely better than the Ultra gaming, are still not capable of pushing even nearly as high Overclocks as ASRocks or Asus's highend boards.

They're just more about looks than function.

 

[jankerson]

There are more negatives to water cooling than positives overall.

Bottom line is if one wants to OC then they need to get a higher end MB.

Like the ones I recommended, the AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 or Gaming 7, either one is MUCH better at OCing over the long run. Much higher end motherboards.


With my AORUS Ultra Gaming I am running my 8700K at 4.7 GHz MCE, that's all that is needed in that system. And my 8700K won't do much more than that anyway at reasonable voltage. Reason why I got an 8086K and just used the 8700K in another system.


Still need to retire the 3rd generation i5 system I have, I still have a i7 7700K and Z270 MB that I will use when that happens. Will do that once Windows 7 reaches EOL.

AORUS Gaming 5 and 7, while definitely better than the Ultra gaming, are still not capable of pushing even nearly as high Overclocks as ASRocks or Asus's highend boards.

They're just more about looks than function.

I can get 5.2 Ghz out of my i7 8086 on my AORUS Gaming 5, could do 5.3, but I haven't tried it since 5.2 takes 1.4V.

And yes the GB boards (5 and 7) can OC just as high as the other boards can, except maybe those $400 jobs.

The AORUS Gaming 5 is one of the better OCing boards out there now.

 

[Finstar]

There are more negatives to water cooling than positives overall.

Bottom line is if one wants to OC then they need to get a higher end MB.

Like the ones I recommended, the AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 or Gaming 7, either one is MUCH better at OCing over the long run. Much higher end motherboards.


With my AORUS Ultra Gaming I am running my 8700K at 4.7 GHz MCE, that's all that is needed in that system. And my 8700K won't do much more than that anyway at reasonable voltage. Reason why I got an 8086K and just used the 8700K in another system.


Still need to retire the 3rd generation i5 system I have, I still have a i7 7700K and Z270 MB that I will use when that happens. Will do that once Windows 7 reaches EOL.

AORUS Gaming 5 and 7, while definitely better than the Ultra gaming, are still not capable of pushing even nearly as high Overclocks as ASRocks or Asus's highend boards.

They're just more about looks than function.

I can get 5.2 Ghz out of my i7 8086 on my AORUS Gaming 5, could do 5.3, but I haven't tried it since 5.2 takes 1.4V.

And yes the GB boards (5 and 7) can OC just as high as the other boards can, except maybe those $400 jobs.

The AORUS Gaming 5 is one of the better OCing boards out there now.

ASRock and Asus boards are just simply better for overclocking than Gigabyte and Msi boards
Just look at HWBot cpu WRs and see which 2 board brands are the most used ones.

You could do 5.3GHz with a 8086k on your AORUS Gaming 5?
Now look what i can do with my 1700 on my ASRock Taichi:
https://valid.x86.fr/ptymnd