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How Not to cool an i9-9900k!

Thavion Hawk
By Thavion Hawk
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I can't lie. I just took in a computer with the following specs.

Mobo: MSI Z370-A Pro = Good

RAM: 32GBs of Corsair Vengeance 3000Mhz = Over Kill but Good

Case: Fractal Meshify C = Good

PSU: EVGA 850 G3 = Good and not too Overkill for this build

GPU: EVGA GTX1060 as a stand in for his GTX1080ti thought was his problem. = It's likley not his problem and both are Good with the 1080ti being best.

CPU: Intel i9-9900k = As Good as it Gets and as Hot as it Gets when you use...

CPU Cooler: An Intel Reference CPU cooler off an i5-7400 which is like using a garden house to put out a five alarm fire!

 

So yeah this was so much a fail I had to share it. I can snap some pics if you all want.

 

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Oh man. Stock heatsinks barely handle non-K i7s, but a stock heatsink on a 9900K...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

Desktop:

Intel Core i7-11700K | Noctua NH-D15S chromax.black | ASUS ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WiFi  | 32 GB G.SKILL TridentZ 3200 MHz | ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3080 | 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD | 2TB WD Blue M.2 SATA SSD | Seasonic Focus GX-850 | Fractal Design Meshify C | Windows 10 Pro

 

Laptop:

HP Omen 15 | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 16 GB 3200 MHz | Nvidia RTX 3060 | 1 TB WD Black PCIe 3.0 SSD | 512 GB Micron PCIe 3.0 SSD | Windows 11

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I usually stop myself from being mean, but your standard of "good" is the equivalent of Tweaktown

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Yeah the VRM's on the board suck, it has one m.2 slot and it's shit for a Z370... Let's call it (Not Grate?) At least he went for a Z Chipset. God forbid it cam in with a B360 Mobo. I'm not going to defend any of this fail and my use of Good on all things but the CPU cooling was just fast fill in for this post. I wouldn't use it in my build and that's all I'll say on it.

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7 minutes ago, Thavion Hawk said:

Mobo: MSI Z370-A Pro = Good

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Mobo: MSI Z370-A Pro = Garbage

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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12 minutes ago, Thavion Hawk said:

Yeah the VRM's on the board suck, it has one m.2 slot and it's shit for a Z370... Let's call it (Not Grate?) At least he went for a Z Chipset. God forbid it cam in with a B360 Mobo. I'm not going to defend any of this fail and my use of Good on all things but the CPU cooling was just fast fill in for this post. I wouldn't use it in my build and that's all I'll say on it.

cooling problem is actually not as bad as the motherboard problem. Replacing a cooler is cheap and easy, not so much a board.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Can you run a stress test on it please just to see how much it throttles ?

 

Gaming Rig: Intel i5 8600k @ 5Ghz (-1 AVX) 1.325v - MSI Z370 Gaming M5 mobo - MSI GTX1070 Gaming 8GB - 32GB Corsair Vengeance 2600MHz 4x8GB - CM ML240L RGB 240mm AIO - 240GB NVME, 480GB SSD, 240GB SSD, 2TB HDD, 1TB HDD - Corsair RM750x PSU - Silverstone PM02

Media Server: Intel G4400 - MSI Z270 Gaming Plus - 4GB RAM - 600GB WD Raptor - 10TB RAID5 - CM HAF932

Surface Pro 4: Intel i7 6650U - 8GB RAM - 256GB SSD

Dell Latitude E6530: Intel i7 3520M - 8GB DDR3 - Nvidia NVS 5200M 1GB - 300GB HDD

NAS: Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ v2 4TB 

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1 minute ago, skunkmunkey said:

Can you run a stress test on it please just to see how much it throttles ?

 

probably to death...

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What is the problem? Just put an avx offset of 5-8 and it will run just fine. 9900K is something like 80W in games even when oc'd to 5GHz.

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39 minutes ago, thinwalrus said:

What is the problem? 

It's a 9900K with a stock cooler from an i5 7500, definitely not the best cooling solution around..

 

IMO if you're paying good money for an i9 why not use a cooler that actually does the job properly rather than an already terrible cooler that isn't designed to be used on that CPU? I'm not trying to blame or shame anyone here, I'm just saying it isn't a good idea to use a stock cooler with a 9900K.

Whoever owns that computer really needs to get that cooler replaced..

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1 hour ago, Thavion Hawk said:

GPU: EVGA GTX1060 as a stand in for his GTX1080ti thought was his problem. = It's likley not his problem and both are Good with the 1080ti being best.

CPU: Intel i9-9900k = As Good as it Gets and as Hot as it Gets when you use...

why have a 9900k and a 1060??

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