I recently bought an i7-4790K, but it is stuck at running at 4.00GHz, not turboing even under stress.

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I recently bought an i7-4790K, but it is stuck at running at 4.00GHz, not turboing even under stress.

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I recently bought an i7-4790K, but it is stuck at running at 4.00GHz, not turboing even under stress. What should I do? Here is a list of my pc parts http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Charles64/saved/Nhwj4D Intel Core i7-4790K, Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X, Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black - Desktop - Charles64's Saved Part List…

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