StormwolfX

not the best vrm but it never even reaches 50C for 5.2 OC. might be a problem for LN2 but for gaming or mild OC i don't see a problem.

Uhm what ? you still belive the myth the asus boards vrm aren't good ? that's funny. I have a XI Hero and vrms stay at 45-42C with the i9 9900k @ 5.1 Ghz on 1.31. Even buildzoid said he doesn't know how the board really is until he tests it in the gamernexus video. And derbauer is OCing i9s on it. I think people just take the word of mouth something is bad without good reason

some pics please

Masterbox has ish cooling but it's cheap. Also you might want to spend 150-250$ more and upgrade to a 2080Ti instead of a single 2080 or go 1080ti nvlink.

Out of the box. Didn't manually OC it , everythingis set to Auto.

Does yours downclock to 800mhz when not used with offset voltage ? what voltage do you sugest i use

How would that help me ? I am sort of a beginner so please elaborate

I did that , even on balanced or power saving or editing the plan and putting minium CPU to 5% still keeps max frequency.

Don't have high ussage , rarely above 10%. Still max frequency though

I have an i9 - 9900k , Asus Maximus XI Hero , GTX 2080Ti . I replaced my TX950 Corsair PSU the other day with the Corsair HX1200 Platinum so i can buy another GTX2080Ti. I noticed my CPU was staying at 100% turbo frequency and i though it was because i was messing around with ASUS AI SUITE III. Uninstalled ASUS AI SUITE III Booted in Safe Mode Reset Bios using CMOS button multiple times XMP I , XMP II Clicked YES , Clicked NO to prompt , Set AI overclocker to AUTO Used power saving plan for Power Settings ( Minimum CPU 5% ) Nothing seems to convince to make my i9 clock down. Sometimes , some cores go to 800 for half a second then to 2200 then back to 4800. My cpu usage is between 2-9% all the time. Mention i am using the HX1200 Platinum in Single Rail mode. Could this be the issue ?