GTX 1080 Ti won't go above stock speeds

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So I recently bought the MSI Armor version of the gtx 1080 ti because I heard it's basically just a bare gaming x pcb. I inteded to put my h100i v2 liquid cooler on it with the kracken g12. Well I got it all on there and the fan on the g12 is spinning at 100%, but anytime I try to bump the wattage above 106%, it crashes in superposition. Messing with voltage has the same result. Prior to putting on the liquid cooler, I tried the stock cooler and was able to get ~1950mhz at 82C on the same benchmark, with maxed out wattage. Now I can't get above 1890mhz without crashing, but my thermals are in the low 60s, tops. I made sure the VRM isn't overheating too, by watching JayzTwoCents' video on this exact situation, and the VRM and memory temps were better with nothing covering it. Please help, I haven't tried gaming for hours but I feel like I'll crash in game after awhile at stock settings.
P.S.-I have also tried reinstalling drivers and restarting my computer multiple times, even reinstalling msi afterburner, none have worked so far.

Specs:
I7 4790k @4.2ghz 1.15v
2x 8Gb DDR3 1600mhz ram
Asus Maximus VII Hero MB
H100i gtx on my 1080ti
Corsair CS850M PSU, 850watts
 
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"Please help, I haven't tried gaming for hours but I feel like I'll crash in game after awhile at stock settings."

To be clear...you're asking for help about a problem you don't know you have ?

The 1080 ti is a brutally fast card at stock clocks...I personally wouldn't have touched the stock cooler for quite some time after buying it because, 1 it's already wicked fast, 2 the warranty is now shot, and 3 you wouldn't even notice a 10% over clock in gaming on that card anyway...

that being said...if you're comfortable with the job you did mounting the new cooling setup on the card then give it a go and see what happens
 
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Alright so, yes I'm fully aware of the consequences of overclocking and removing stock cooling. No I haven't tried gaming for hours yet but I've been using a stability tester, i.e. superposition, for hours. I've "given it a go" already and it's crashing at anything above absolutely stock speeds. Did you even read the whole post?
 
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Yes, I read the whole post. There are a bunch of things you can try...pull apart the cooling setup and reassemble it again to see if maybe you had too much thermal paste applied...run it as is (at stock settings) for a few days and see if the TIM settles in and improves after a few dozen thermal cycles...or put the stock cooler back on.

As to my earlier post..."I feel like I'll crash in game after awhile at stock settings" means you don't know if it will or not...that was my only point. Superposition is a lot harder on hardware than a regular game will be in most cases...I would run some games and see what happens.
 
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