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So I have a msi z370 gaming plus motherboard with an i7 9700k, the i7 is turbo boosting to 4.5 ghz every time I’m playing a game. Everything is fine, temps are fine no throttling I’m just curious, is my motherboard okay for handling the turbo boost or will it eventually harm my motherboard. I am going to upgrade to a z390 in the future but for now this is what I have. Thanks for any help!

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Turbo is within spec so any turbo speed you're reaching is safe for the board. Boards with inadequate power delivery will drop out of turbo and yield bad performance so if you're getting consistent frequencies then you're good.

2 minutes ago, BollyWood401 said:

 I am going to upgrade to a z390 in the future

Why's that? No need to upgrade if your current hardware gets the job done.

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8 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Turbo is within spec so any turbo speed you're reaching is safe for the board. Boards with inadequate power delivery will drop out of turbo and yield bad performance so if you're getting consistent frequencies then you're good.

Why's that? No need to upgrade if your current hardware gets the job done.

Okay just wanted to make sure this board was okay, and yeah everything is working alright I was just worried for the long run. Thanks for the help!

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25 minutes ago, BollyWood401 said:

Okay just wanted to make sure this board was okay, and yeah everything is working alright I was just worried for the long run. Thanks for the help!

The only place you run into trouble with constant CPU pinning is if you have it over volted, which you do not since this is just a turbo so you're all good.

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3 hours ago, CharminUltraStrong said:

The only place you run into trouble with constant CPU pinning is if you have it over volted, which you do not since this is just a turbo so you're all good.

Thanks for letting me know, I’m not so worried now. I can finally enjoy my new build haha

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