Sajeev

HI Guys! I am experiencing a strange issue with my Asus Rampage Extreme VI Omega Motherboard and 19-9960X along with 2 RTX 2080Ti FE's on SLI. If I try to overclock manually then I get Load VGA Bios Error D5 and the system just doesn't display anything unless I clear CMOS and restart the system all over again. However if I use the Asus Auto overclock utility within the bios the system just boots up perfectly fine and runs fine too.. My Bios is up to date too.. ANY IDEA WHAT COULD BE THE ISSUE? I have already had a replacement for my Motherboard as well as CPU but still the same results. Any help on this will be highly appreciated.. Best Regards Sajeev

Well considering the price at which they are selling here, I still would say it's a great deal, however I completely agree 9900K and threadripper's are a lot cheaper. I have a 9900K system which I'm now primarily using for gaming now, it doesn't somehow suffice my needs and threadrippers machine I have one with me. I just wanted to compare a HEDT from both intel and AMD to make sure how would I proceed in future. As you might be aware overclocking on TR's is really not that great or at least my chip is not doing it, so wanted to see if intel's 9960X would be able to do that (or not) to what extent. Well we all have our views, but trust me this is coming from a person who is using both i9-9900K and TR 2950X. Rgds Sajeev

Tks man I will give it a try and let you know how things go.

Video Editing, Blender, CAD, this system will definitely be under heavy work loads at least 9-10 Hrs a day.

so with regards to CPU input voltage value same as Core voltage, what values should I consider during my OC'ing?

Coz I got a good deal, intact an awesome deal on this. 1200 USD approx for the CPU and 500 USD for the Mobo. Why a Skylake X, Is it that bad? :))

So I'm trying to achieve 4.5GHz 1. What values should I be playing around? 2. What should be the maximum CPU Core and CPU Cache Voltage that I should go to? 3. A lot of values on this motherboard are different, so my i9 9900K overclocking knowledge is not helping me much. 4. Do I need to adjust both the AVX 512 and AVX offset or should I keep it on Auto? 5. What should be Max CPU Cache? Should it be around 40 if my ratio is 45? 6. What other parameters should I be changing or be checking on?

Anyone having an experience in overclocking i9 9960X? Building an i9-9960X workstation for myself, any inputs please..Also does anyone have any experience overclocking on Asus Mobo X299 platforms? Need guidance.RgdsSajeev

Hi guys. Sorry for a late response on the matter as I got busy with my daughter's birth, which finally happened last week. So I visited my friend and found out that there was absolutely no issues with his cooling system, everything just seemed fine. Pump was working fine with the water flowing through the loop properly w/o any blockage. I checked his water block which was also fine. I tried resetting the BIOS to factory defaults, which still didn't work. I checked his MOBO with another i9-9900K and it worked fine. I guess it's the processor, probably will have to delid the processor and check again or may be RMA as its a new processor.Anyhow tks guys..

Tks guys, I will come to know only once i reach there and have a look at it. Rgds Sajeev

Hi Guys, One of my friends just bought an i9 9900K. He asked me to help him with an issue that he is facing with regards to the thermals in his system. Before I can visit him and see what is going wrong with his system I thought it would be good to have a small discussion with you guys here. Now the problem is that even without an Overclocking profile both on Ram and CPU, his system just crashing on Prime95 29.8, sometimes he gets a BSOD and sometimes the system completely freezes. His cooling is not a problem as he is on Custom Loop with an EK Vector block. He told me that his temps were as high as 98-99 degrees (Hwininfo) as soon as he starts Prime95. He told me that he was running the small FTT Test w/o any overclocking. What is strange in this scenario is that he informed that his system is thermal throttling all the time and he sees some of his cores (#Core 4, #Core 7)completely greyed out. Also he did inform that Prime95 was showing some of his cores mentioning Stooped Working and that the temps on #Core 4 & #Core 7 were consistently 99 Degrees and were showing to be thermal throttling. Ohhh Yes before I forget his Ideal temperatures were 45-50 degrees even though the pump was running at higher RPM's and his Rads are same as mine Alphacool X45 420MM copper radiator. He has a very good airflow in his system(he is using a Thermaltake View 71 case). Any idea what could be the problem, I seriously suspect that he has a very bad CPU... Rgds Sajeev

I know but again my question is the same will I be able to get x8 on bot the cards? Regards Sajeev

Hi Guys, I am using two M.2's in DIMM.2 slot on my Asus Maximus XI Extreme on my motherboard. I just want to know if I run two Nvidia 2080Ti's FE on NVLINK will both the Graphic Cards run on X8 or X8+X4? I am pretty sure the cards will not run on X16 as I have configured my CPU PCIe to DIMM.1+DIMM.2. I know one graphic card should run on X8, don't know about the second one.. Also I have a PCIe expansion bay from MSI where I can attach these M.2's and run on X4 or X8(I'm to sure), but is it advisable top ru the GPU's on X16 + X16 and the M.2's on X4 maybe? Rgds Sajeev

Radeon VII is performing like a charm, has an excellent performance, my friend has a 2080 and it beats it I some games, though temps are a case for this card though, I have undervalued mine to 1.08 (stock was about 1.138 V) to run at 1930MHz with a 1175MHz on Ram, I did a small adjustment on the fan curve to make it run at higher rpm's on temps over 50 degrees, it is working like a charm. I have not tried going above 1930 or 1175 in both cases as it is getting the job done for me. I am waiting for the water block from EK or Alphacool to come out to completely remove the fan noise and push it a little bit higher as it would run lot cooler with custom water looping. I did have some reservation while buying this card but I am happy I bought it. My seller has told me that running this card on a an AMD chipset makes this card perform better(strange).. Waiting for the water block and then will try and see how it performs on an all AMD system. Do let me know how yours perform after all the tweaking. Rgds Sajeev

Tks guys, all problems solved just by pointing a fan towards the VRM's. Temps now pretty neat, Ran Aida64, Prime 95 for over an hour and and OCCT for over 4 hours and found out that temps were extremely stable on both VRM's (40-45) and CPU Core (65-75). So happy now, couldn't have done it without your support and advises. Tks again a ton. You guys rock.. Getting a Thermaltake View 71 case for this build, and yes I am going to swipe the Graphic card for 2 2080Ti's FE on Custom water loop from my threadripper 2950X build which I have running on stock. I'll put my Radeon VII in threadripper build. Some pics from my last build attached here. @tarfeef101 @Zando Bob @GMart84 @alatron978 @Falkentyne Rgds Sajeev