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Yeah I've checked.. im almost OCD about it lol. But yeah it never exceeds 1.330v on full load. I did mess about with Adaptive vcore but I don't trust it, it always seems to feed the CPU way more vcore than was required regardless to what I set it to, so I stuck to Manual OC'ing which I find to be better. Plus I've got all the power saving features on like c states, SpeedStep and that which lets the CPU clockdown and the vcore drop based on load. I always thought manually setting your vcore would peg it at the vcore uve set it as but ive found that not to be true with the aforementioned power saving features turned on.

No its definitely not throttling. One more question... Why does 5200MHz require extremely high volts in order to get it stable? For example 5000MHz only needs 1.300v, 5100MHz needs 1,330v, but 5200MHz needs like 1.480v+ its insane! That extra 100mhz from 5100mhz to 5200mhz needs an astronomical amount of vcore to stabilise! Is there a name for this phenomenon lol? Cheers guys.

Hey all. I've managed to get my 9900K stable at 5100MHz on all cores @ 1.330v (manual) and LLC @ 6 ? Temps are: 26c - 28c idle, around 85c on full stress / benchmarking tests, and between 50c - 60c in gaming. I've done a ton of benchmarks, stress tests, and hours of gaming with no blue screens! So are these good figures? My rig is... i9 9900K R0 Stepping @ 5100MHz 1.330v LLC6 Manual OC (cooled by Corsair Hydro H115i Platinum RGB) ASUS Maximus XI Hero Z390 (1401 BIOS) 32GB TeamGroup XTREEM @ 4000MHz C18 MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio @ +110 (2100MHz effective core clock) and Memory @ +1200MHz Cougar 1050w GX PSU ASUS ROG Strix Helios ARGB Case

Ok cheers guys.

Hey all. A few months ago I upgraded to a Z390+9900K platform cos my previous mobo an Asus Maximus X Hero Z370 died on me and I suspected it took my 8700K along with it, however all of my other parts survived like my RAM, NVMe drives, and my GPU which are being used on my new rig. Would it be a good idea to put a suspect dead CPU into my new Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 to make sure its 100% dead? And if it is dead will it damage my new mobo in any way? Cheers guys.

Thanks. Ill raise the issue in the asus support forums see what they say. Cheers.

Ok I've just tried your suggested settings and I got a blue screen just as windows was loading. I tried applying some offset (+0.010) like u said and that blue screened as well! So I reverted back to my settings (1.250, 0.110) and no blue screens! Whats goin on here? Do higher offsets give better stability?

Ok wil do cheers.

Ok I installed HWiNFO64 and I done a quick CPU-Z bench and HWiNFO64 is reporting a maximum vcore of 1.40-1.41v. This is much better right? I wonder why CoreTemp was reporting 1.5v? Sorry guys im a little confused here lol..

Ok will do. Cheers

Yeah I've just been doing some research on the 9900K's stock volts and VID's. I've changed my settings to: Adaptive ModeAdditional turbo vcore @ 1.250vOffset @ 0.110= 1.360 vcoreLLC6 Would say those settings are about right? If you have any suggestions for better settings im all ears! I'm using a Corsair Hydro Series H115i Platinum RGB with Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Liquid Metal Paste. Also the ambient temps in my room are very low.. around 10c. Now that its winter it'll get even colder, ive have to start wearing a coat soon lol. Idle temps vary between 23c - 27c across 8 cores. Gaming temps vary between 55c-68c across 8 cores. Stress temps vary between 80c-95c (sometimes 100c) across 8 cores. "Stress Tests" and the temps they create don't concern me as I'm purely a Gamer. It's the gaming temps I take notice to which imo seem reasonable! EDIT: So is it safe for my CPU overvolt to 1.5v on the odd occasion?

Hey all.I've managed to get my 9900K stable @ 5200MHz. I've thrown everything at it like Cinebench R15 and R20, XTU, AIDA64, CPU-Z Bench, 3DMark, and hours of gameplay on various games without a single blue screen. My voltages and LLC are as follows...Adaptive ModeAdditional turbo vcore @ 1.150vOffset @ 0.210= 1.360 vcoreLLC6I'm using an ASUS Maximus XI Hero Z390 board.When I run lets say Cinebench with Core Temp running besides it to monitor vcore my vcore will overshoot to 1.50v!! Is this safe? Should I be concerned with this? Or are these readings inaccurate? Cheers guys!

Wouldn't it be cool if the GPU side of the CPU could help the GFX card in games and perhaps increase performance, sort of like SLI style rendering! EDIT: In theory could this be possible? It seems like the GPU capabilities of the CPU are wasted when you use an add-in GPU. The iGPU just sits there doing nothing when it could be utilised elsewhere. Just seems like a big waste of silicone to me!

Hello all.Just a quick question.. In my mobo's BIOS I've got PEG and iGPU enabled at the same time. Should I uninstall the Intel iGPU graphics drivers and disable iGPU in the BIOS or should I keep them running side by side? Is there any advantage of doing this? Help appreciated. Thanks!

If overclocking the CPU cache yields no performance improvements in anything (im not just talking about games here) then why give the option to do so? Makes no sense.

Hey all. I'm currently running an 8700K @ 5.1GHz with CPU Cache @ stock (4.7GHz). I'm also running Kingston HyperX Predator RGB 4000MHz RAM. Would I get any performance improvement if I overclocked my CPU Cache in any scenario? Cheers guys.

Forgot to mention, how long should I stress test for? Would an hour suffice?

Thanks buddy

I'm not being funny but I refuse to use Prime95 I think it's too heavy on the CPU. I'll use AIDA64.

Maybe I should revert my CPU back to stock speed and test the GPU core and memory one by one. Once stable move over to my CPU, or do it the other way round?

Hello allCurrently I've got my 8700K downclocked from my usual 5100mhz overclock to 5000mhz to save on temps. Now I've got the vcore set at 1.220v LLC7 and it runs Cinebench repeatedly without any problems or BSODs.For my GPU I've got an MSI 2080 Gaming X Trio overclocked to 145/1050 (could go higher on the memory, im not finished with it yet).I've just been playing GTA5 and about 10 mins into a mission I get a BSOD. And im baffled as to whats the blame for it! Dont CPU's BSOD and GPU's freeze/hang when theres too much overclocking going on? I'm getting no artifacts btw while gaming which is making me think my CPU aint getting enough volts for 5000mhz. What do u guys think? Help appreciated!

I got a full refund :). Has anyone heard of ASUS RamCache II ? (not to be confused with RamDisk) Is it worth using? I've gotten some insane speeds on CrystalDiskMark 5 by enabling it. I've got a Samsung 960 EVO Polaris NVMe M.2 as my windows boot drive and I get 3500/1500 read/write when benched with CrystalDiskMark 5. But when I enable ASUS RamCache II it goes up to around the 14,000s read AND write! Are these genuine speeds?

FFS knew it!! I've just made a pointless purchase. Might as well try and get a refund as it hasn't arrived yet. I wont open it. Unless any of u guys have got any suggestions?

"No" as in it will only accelerate the windows boot drive?