i7 9700k Setup Overclocking Advice needed!

[Sgt Fail]

Hey everyone, overclocking noob here!

 

In a few days I'll be the proud owner of the following setup:

i7 9700K

Noctua NH-U14S Cooler

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro motherboard

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 WINDFORCE 8G

Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 32GB RAM

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2

Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750w

Fractal Design Define S case

 

The PC will be used for both gaming and video editing. Since I'm a total overclocking noob I'm wondering what settings I should be using or should be able to use in my BIOS.

I'm reading stuff about 5.0Ghz, which looks promising. But is that even possible with the Noctua cooler? Or should I have gotten an liquid cooler such as a Kraken?

I did watch this video, but it's still a bit abracadabra for me. As for the graphics card, are there settings I should look for, or should I just leave it like it's coming right out of the box?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[TrigrH]

that video is crap imo, your cooler is fine providing you get enough airflow coming into the case.

 

As for settings:

Enable XMP for faster memory speeds.

Set all cores to 50 (5ghz)

Set a manual core voltage to around 1.33v

Set load line calibration to the level that keeps the voltage stable (usually a setting 60% of the way down)

 Set CPU current capability to atleast 140%

[Sgt Fail]

8 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

that video is crap imo, your cooler is fine providing you get enough airflow coming into the case.

 

As for settings:

Enable XMP for faster memory speeds.

Set all cores to 50 (5ghz)

Set a manual core voltage to around 1.33v

Set load line calibration to the level that keeps the voltage stable (usually a setting 60% of the way down)

 Set CPU current capability to atleast 140%

Thanks! Could you define crap? I mean, sure it was a bit cheaper than other 2080's, but I'm okay with decent / just above average performance. As long as my editing and video rendering is going smoothly.

I mean, the first AORUS 2080 I see over here is well over €100 more. 

[TrigrH]

2 minutes ago, Sgt Fail said:

Thanks! Could you define crap? I mean, sure it was a bit cheaper than other 2080's, but I'm okay with decent / just above average performance. As long as my editing and video rendering is going smoothly.

im talking about the youtube video, he didnt really get to the point.

[Sgt Fail]

Just now, TrigrH said:

im talking about the youtube video, he didnt really get to the point.

Ah, I totally misunderstood you then, my bad!

 

What do you think of the build overall? Note that I'll be swapping my 1TB SSD, 1TB HDD and 3TB HDD over to this new machine.

[TrigrH]

1 minute ago, Sgt Fail said:

Ah, I totally misunderstood you then, my bad!

 

What do you think of the build overall? Note that I'll be swapping my 1TB SSD, 1TB HDD and 3TB HDD over to this new machine.

id consider the 8700k or the 9900k depending on budget, 9700k doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me.

 

noctua nh-d15 would be better if it fits.

 

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus elite is cheaper than the pro, compare the two if you don't need the features of the pro, get the elite.

[Ebony Falcon]

15 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

id consider the 8700k or the 9900k depending on budget, 9700k doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me.

 

noctua nh-d15 would be better if it fits.

 

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus elite is cheaper than the pro, compare the two if you don't need the features of the pro, get the elite.

9700k performs same as 8700k in multitasking performance at same clocks there’s nothing In it 

[TrigrH]

1 minute ago, Ebony Falcon said:

9700k performs same as 8700k in multitasking performance at same clocks there’s nothing In it 

yeah so its a matter of cost I guess, depending on region.

[Ebony Falcon]

1.35v on the core and 50 on the multiplier 

 

then test in r15 and Aida 64

 

normay if u passr15 5 times and a hour of Aida 64 ur pretty stable 

 

if u fail drop the frequancy to 49 or up voltage 0.01 until ur stable up to a max of 1.45v

 

if u pass next look at the voltage under load in Aida 64 to see if the voltage drops under load if it does u need to up llc level until it hold the vcore at what u set in bios

 

u may find that if u set 1.4 in bios but it’s dropping to 1.32 under load u can set it to 1.32 in bios and set a high llc to maintain that voltage 

 

I know it all sounds very complicated but it’s ok once I get ur head around it 

 

just watch plenty of videos

[Sgt Fail]

24 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

id consider the 8700k or the 9900k depending on budget, 9700k doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me.

 

noctua nh-d15 would be better if it fits.

 

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus elite is cheaper than the pro, compare the two if you don't need the features of the pro, get the elite.

Ah, thanks!

As for airflow inside of the case, the Define S comes with two 140mm fans. One at the front and one in the back. What would be a good setup for airflow? 3x140mm in the front, one in the back and maybe two or three up top?

[xg32]

1 hour ago, Sgt Fail said:

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i'd tone your expectations down just a tad, start at 1.35v 5.0, if thats stable, lower voltage, if not, lower to 4.9, check temps, 1.35v is already pretty toasty depending on room temps. I'd also use a avx offset.

 

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[Sgt Fail]

1 hour ago, xg32 said:

i'd tone your expectations down just a tad, start at 1.35v 5.0, if thats stable, lower voltage, if not, lower to 4.9, check temps, 1.35v is already pretty toasty depending on room temps. I'd also use a avx offset.

 

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Hmmm okay. I didn't buy this just to be able to get a ridiculously high clock speed. A reasonable and fairly easy (read: not that time-consuming) way to get the base clockspeed a little higher would be nice tho

[xg32]

2 hours ago, Sgt Fail said:

Hmmm okay. I didn't buy this just to be able to get a ridiculously high clock speed. A reasonable and fairly easy (read: not that time-consuming) way to get the base clockspeed a little higher would be nice tho

i'd recommend going 1.35v, start at 4.8, go up 100mhz at a time, do 1 hour blender or aida for stability, check temps.