Overclocking 9900K?

[itsaero]

Note: I am new to PC building, I am trying to learn, if I say anything incorrect I apologise in advance.

 

Hi there, I've just installed my i9-9900K and was contemplating whether or not I should OC it. You guys have probably seen these questions a numerous amount of times, but here they are;

 

- Does it cause long term damage?

- Is it difficult? (My motherboard is ASUS Maximus XI Formula, don't know if it matters)

- How much hotter will temps be?

- Is it worth it? How much will it increase its performance?

- Are my specs compatible?

- Will overclocking overdraw power?

 

PC Specs:

i9 9900K

MSI RTX 2080 TI LIGHTNING Z

ASUS MAXIMUS XI FORMULA

NZXT KRAKEN x72

CORSAIR HX850i Platinum Power Supply

Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe SSD

CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM (4x8GB) 3200Mhz RAM

 

 

Thanks!

-Aiden

[Turtle Rig]

16 minutes ago, itsaero said:

Note: I am new to PC building, I am trying to learn, if I say anything incorrect I apologise in advance.

 

Hi there, I've just installed my i9-9900K and was contemplating whether or not I should OC it. You guys have probably seen these questions a numerous amount of times, but here they are;

 

- Does it cause long term damage?

- Is it difficult? (My motherboard is ASUS Maximus XI Formula, don't know if it matters)

- How much hotter will temps be?

- Is it worth it? How much will it increase its performance?

 

Thanks!

-Aiden

Hey my friend, no worries LTT is here to help.  It will not cause long term damage, unless your temps are close to 90c and above.  It is very easy to overclock your 9900k.  Your stock temps would be 40's to 50's on full load.  Once you raise the voltage to 1.32v you turn on the turbo to 5Ghz.  Your full load AIda64 stability test should be in the 70's c which is totally safe.  Yes it is worth it there is a massive difference in performance going from stock 3.6Ghz to 5Ghz.  It makes a huge difference in performance.  Now to combat your OC you need a good cooler.  For HSF grab a Noctua DH-15 or a hyper evo 212.  You can opt to go with liquid cooling AIO to keep sh*T quiet by lowering the fans rpm, but it will still do a excellent job cooling your CPU.  I hope this shed some light, now if you have further question on how to overclock and are not sure let us know and well get you to 5Ghz and what not.

[Dedayog]

22 minutes ago, itsaero said:

Note: I am new to PC building, I am trying to learn, if I say anything incorrect I apologise in advance.

 

Hi there, I've just installed my i9-9900K and was contemplating whether or not I should OC it. You guys have probably seen these questions a numerous amount of times, but here they are;

 

- Does it cause long term damage?

- Is it difficult? (My motherboard is ASUS Maximus XI Formula, don't know if it matters)

- How much hotter will temps be?

- Is it worth it? How much will it increase its performance?

 

Thanks!

-Aiden

No long term damage, especially with your cooling you'll be good.

 

Motherboard matters, and it's not difficult.  There are guides all over the internet.

 

Temps should shoot up 5-10 degrees I would say under max load depending on OC level, based on my CPU OC experiences.  I haven't done research into the 9900K much.

 

It's worth it, from the standpoint that the chip can do it so why not?  It's also going to use more electricity and generate more heat.  It's not "free performance", you use more resources to get more performance, always.

 

 

[.Apex.]

17 minutes ago, itsaero said:

- Does it cause long term damage?

No, but it might cause degradation if you use too much voltage, not degradation of performance though, degradation of stability, but that happens over a long period of time depending on the voltage, and going back to stock will not be affected at all.

 

20 minutes ago, itsaero said:

Is it difficult? (My motherboard is ASUS Maximus XI Formula, don't know if it matters)

For the 9900K, no
 

20 minutes ago, itsaero said:

- How much hotter will temps be? 

A lot hotter, be sure to check temps

 

21 minutes ago, itsaero said:

Is it worth it? How much will it increase its performance?

For the 9900K, I personally don't think it's worth it, since it runs at 4.7Ghz when all cores are used, and 5Ghz when up to 2 cores are used.
Assuming you wanna overclock all cores to 5Ghz, then between 5Ghz and 4.7Ghz that's only 6%, is that worth it? I don't know it's up to you.

[xg32]

34 minutes ago, itsaero said:

Note: I am new to PC building, I am trying to learn, if I say anything incorrect I apologise in advance.

 

Hi there, I've just installed my i9-9900K and was contemplating whether or not I should OC it. You guys have probably seen these questions a numerous amount of times, but here they are;

 

- Does it cause long term damage?

- Is it difficult? (My motherboard is ASUS Maximus XI Formula, don't know if it matters)

- How much hotter will temps be?

- Is it worth it? How much will it increase its performance?

 

Thanks!

-Aiden

no long term damage as long as temps stay under 90C

it's easy, look for guides on your motherboard.

Depends on the OC, for me 4.3=50C 4.7 60C 4.9=80C 5.0=90C (avx temps)

whether or not it's worth it depends if you need it, if you are using it for rendering or your work becomes faster because of the oc, then it's worth it. i personally only use the 5.1 oc  for 144hz gaming, the difference between 4.7 and 5.0 is like 3% on minimum fps.

 

It's more about the power draw for me, 4.3=90w max 4.7=135w 5.0=185w, u can see there's a 50% jump in power draw for every 8-10% gain assuming you keep it on all day and it goes on load all day (unlikely), that can be like 25cents more a day, it adds up, but if it's work/time related then chances are it's worth it

[jones177]

The chip should be fine.

 

A good cooler is required.

 

The i9 9900k build i was involved in used a Noctua NH-D15 with one fan and idled at around 33c with 5ghz on all cores. 

 

The overclock is worth it if you are using a RTX 2080 ti or 1080 ti/2080 in SLI/NVLink.

[NunoLava1998]

I'd get a Dark Rock Pro 4, Noctua D15, or similar. (if small case then 240mm or 360mm AIO like the X62 or H115i)

The 212 Evo is much worse than the two above, don't get it for a OC 9900K which is nearly a housefire jesus

 

[itsaero]

3 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

I'd get a Dark Rock Pro 4, Noctua D15, or similar. (if small case then 240mm or 360mm AIO like the X62 or H115i)

The 212 Evo is much worse than the two above, don't get it for a OC 9900K which is nearly a housefire jesus

 

I've got an NZXT Kraken X72

[NunoLava1998]

13 minutes ago, itsaero said:

I've got an NZXT Kraken X72

It'll be okay. X72 is 360mm

[boey]

56 minutes ago, itsaero said:

- Does it cause long term damage?

- Is it difficult? (My motherboard is ASUS Maximus XI Formula, don't know if it matters)

- How much hotter will temps be?

- Is it worth it? How much will it increase its performance?

- Are my specs compatible?

- Will overclocking overdraw power?

Not in moderation. You can go for slight overclocks, instead of pushing it to the max OC possible. Basically in overclocking, more clock speed means more power required, so your goal is to get the highest possible clock(or an overclock you're happy with) and the lowest possible voltage to keep that clock stable(less voltage means less power draw and less heat output)

 

-It's not hard but it's could take quite a long of time, since once you add a few mhz and volts then you have to stress test the cpu to make sure it's a stable overclock, which could take around 15-30 minutes.

 

-Depends on what voltage you set the CPU to be. 

 

-For gaming I wouldn't bother with much of an OC since a 9900k at stock speeds already has a decently high boost clock, which should be enough for gaming

 

-Yes

 

-Don't know what you mean by overdraw power, your motherboard can provide a lot of power to the CPU since it's has high end power delivery and you have enough wattage in your power supply to do so. I wouldn't go ham on the voltage though, it could fry your CPU if set too high

[boey]

6 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

It'll be okay. X72 is 360mm

I'm pretty sure NHD15 and Dark Rock Pro 4 is somewhere around 240-280mm AIO performance, so a 360mm AIO should still slightly outperform them temps wise, but acoustics definitely goes to the air coolers

[Constantin]

You have one of the best CPU on the market.\

Just go for Intel Turbo Boost.

And multi core enhancement 

[itsaero]

Just now, Constantin said:

You have one of the best CPU on the market.\

Just go for Intel Turbo Boost.

And multi core enhancement 

What's that?

[hello_there_123]

1 hour ago, NunoLava1998 said:

I'd get a Dark Rock Pro 4, Noctua D15, or similar. (if small case then 240mm or 360mm AIO like the X62 or H115i)

The 212 Evo is much worse than the two above, don't get it for a OC 9900K which is nearly a housefire jesus

 

212 evo is fine, everyone has this misconception that only the biggest heatsinks like LGM RT, drp4 d15 etc. are suitable for a 9900k. Not true because the voltage doesn't need to be set to the highest possible; it's ok to go with 4.7 or 4.8ghz on a 212 evo instead of the usual 5.0+ghz on a larger heatsink. 

[BrandonAhlers17]

I know I'm very late to the party but I have been running a stable 5.1 OC for the last month and its been completely fine with temps in the high 30'sC during idle and 60-70 while under load. 

 

I will add that I only have a CPU fan and not an AIO (which I am getting in a few days.) 

 

I am also at this moment testing out a 5.2 GHz OC but that got to high 90's and throttled so I am waiting on my H115i to come in to continue further testing. Hope you have had luck with your OC experiences!