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I’d have to think about it

I would be ecstatically happy if I could get step by step instructions on a manual overclock for the i9 and the z390-e board as i’ve only found ones that use the maximus.

It was my first build, i’d never even looked into building one until 2 weeks prior, I was following advice regarding noctua etc, I was simply telling you what my thinking was on the build, which unfortunately I’m stuck with because I don’t have another £100 for fans. As for the speed etc, obviously i’m aware of the heat vs speed issue, but I don’t know how to properly overclock so it’s really a moot point since I just use the ai and at present that seems to give far better temps but with lower speed, but in the past it did hit the 5 with 85deg which is within tolerance as far as i’m aware.

Yea i’m aware about the smaller fans con, but I wanted noctua, I wanted rgb so the only option otherwise they would look huge was those with the phanteks fan rgb covers... I’m not expecting massive overclocks, i’m just after the 5 they promised as one of the reasons to get the i9

They seemed within tolerance levels.. 85 degrees on load.. but then I wasn’t gaming on it most the time back then, I was doing 3d work and VFX.

All sounding ok then. just hope the cpu itself is ok, if not and if I can work out where I purchased it, at least the replacement of it will be simpler than an aio

Unless you’re taking custom loop (which I don’t have the money or time for) the Noctua cooler is constantly considered the best for the i9 l, sometimes just below the H150i PRO, but I am open to other suggestions if you have any.

Guess I’ll have to order another kryonaut to apply to the Noctua NH-D15 i’m ordering in a few days then..

I thought corsair thermal paste was supposed to be ok.. obviously i’m not talking kryonaut good, but surely ok for at least a year

I’ve RMA’d the AIO as a precaution, and i’m going to pick up the Noctua NH-D15 instead, if the thermal paste is the issue, that should solve the problem, i’m also going to change the thermal paste on the GPU as a precaution too.. if none of that works I guess I’ll be back with the biggest problem being that I cannot remember where I purchased the i9 from so can’t RMA it at present unless I can track it down..

Image attached.. I can’t imagine a thermal paste problem because it was only built in February and the thermal paste was pre-applied, the AIO is definitely working.. Idle temps are mentioned above, with ai-optimisation enabled around 30 degrees, without it, around 50 degrees.

Hey, I’m having some issues with a relatively new build, in February I built the following spec machine. cpu: i9 9900k ram: Corsair 32gb 3600 ddr4 motherboard: Asus Rog STRIX Z390-E gpu: aorus xtreme 1080ti Cooler: Corsair H100i Hydro PRO (swapped both fans for Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM) Fans: 4 x Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM (3 as intake one as exhaust). Storage: 2 x 1tb Samsung 850 evo + 1tb hdd Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (side panel swapped for tempered glass) Since building it I’ve had no problems (It has been on a 38% overclock using asus ai - not manual), but about a week ago I noticed cod mw getting a bit choppy losing lost of frames, so I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but it continued, so I swapped to the studio driver.. still happened. I decided that i’d update the the bios to see if that sorts the issue, so I updated to version 1602 but that introduced new problems, I noticed that previously a white light on the motherboard was permanently on, I assume that was normal, but now, only when gaming a red light that is monitoring the cpu comes on and when that’s not on, there is no light, white or otherwise, I decided to play with the fps bar running and in certain sections of the game, inside buildings for example, the fps was dropping to about 40fps to 20fps, sometimes even less. I thought I’d check the temperature with HWmonitor and when not in game all temps are around 30 degrees, when gaming this jumps to 100 degrees.. when I initially built it in february, I was getting around 85 degrees. Obviously i’ve checked that the AIO seems to be working, all fans etc are working, there seems to be no issues except the overheating itself that I can find. I will however add a caveat, I did use Windows10Debloater on it several weeks ago which seemed fine but I’d though I’d mention it.. Lastly i’ve noticed that if I don’t have the ai-overclock active then the cpu overheats to 100 degrees and sits at around 4816MHz, when I activate the ai-overclock it actually downs that to 3702MHz and the temps sit at around 80 degrees but the game is still very choppy Any suggestions on the overheating, or the drops in FPS? Have I just been very unlucky in the silicon lottery, maybe a cpu fault? thanks