Yes I know, you have probably read that very sentence a million times. but what caused it for me I cannot find a solution for. So I'd really appreciate if you would treat this as any other random problem :). for how; I was overclocking my brothers pc and everything was going well. Goal was to get to 5ghz. once i got to 4.9ghz, I noticed that task manager was reporting 100% but I ignored it and kept stress testing with cbr20 and Prime95 large and small fft loads and things seemed pretty stable. Once I got to 5ghz, task manager was still the same. after finising some test, I checked XTU and found that cpu was using outputting 80-90 watts of heat and still sitting at 100% doing nothing. playing bfv had white bars across the screen and was getting frame drops. we couldnt find a solution in time because my brother wanted his pc working before he went back to work so he fully wiped it. going to attempt soon again but would like to know how to avoid that again.
9700k 1.38v 5gz 85c at full 170w load. was using msi mpg z390 board. thanks for reading