I9-9900k cooling

[Dread666]

Alright the problem here is I'm building a rig with an I9-9900k in it and I know what I want to use a Corsair H150I pro but my Father wants BTU ratings for what I need to cool the CPU and how much the cooler can handle if anyone can lead me to where to find it or if you know please tell me you would be a big help thanks (I can't find it anywhere I've spent hours looking). 

[Jurrunio]

9900k can use as much cooling as you can give it when overclocked, but why 9900k when Zen 2 launch is this close? At least wait for the price cuts...

[Enderman]

Uh, that cooler is more than enough for that CPU.

Just look at benchmarks online.

Nobody measured the BTU of a CPU cooler.

[jerubedo]

10 minutes ago, Dread666 said:

Alright the problem here is I'm building a rig with an I9-9900k in it and I know what I want to use a Corsair H150I pro but my Father wants BTU ratings for what I need to cool the CPU and how much the cooler can handle if anyone can lead me to where to find it or if you know please tell me you would be a big help thanks (I can't find it anywhere I've spent hours looking). 

CPU coolers are not measured in BTU and there's no direct way to convert their cooling capacity into BTU. They are measured in watts of heat dissipated. That cooler dissipates 300 watts of heat, so it can easily cool even an OCed 9900Km which can peak at about 270 watts.

[brob]

CPU cooling is based on TDP (Thermal Design Power*). Not all cooler manufacturers rate their coolers. Bequiet, and Cryorig do. Noctua is not specific but does rate its coolers by cpu. I'm not aware of any aio manufacturer that offers TDP ratings. 

 

An i9-9900K has a TDP of 95W (https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/186605/intel-core-i9-9900k-processor-16m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz.html). The key in the definition of TDP is "operating at Base Frequency". That means an i9-9900K will not emit more than 95W of heat while all eight cores are running at 3.6 GHz.

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-9900k-9th-gen-cpu,5847-12.html indicates that the cpu can reach 160W heat output using stock settings when loaded.

 

It is important to understand that the cpu will throttle itself if it gets too hot. This means it will reduce clock speed and if necessary shut down cores to keep the chip safe from thermal damage.

 

* Intel Says of TDP:

"Thermal Design Power (TDP) represents the average power, in watts, the processor dissipates when operating at Base Frequency with all cores active under an Intel-defined, high-complexity workload. Refer to Datasheet for thermal solution requirements."

[adithyay328]

1 hour ago, Dread666 said:

Alright the problem here is I'm building a rig with an I9-9900k in it and I know what I want to use a Corsair H150I pro but my Father wants BTU ratings for what I need to cool the CPU and how much the cooler can handle if anyone can lead me to where to find it or if you know please tell me you would be a big help thanks (I can't find it anywhere I've spent hours looking). 

Yeah not many coolers have BTU ratings available. However, an H150I pro will easily be able to cool that sucker, unless you OC it like mad. Hell, even most Noctua air coolers can handle. A rule of thumb is to make sure your cooler has a greater TDP(thermal dissipation power) than your CPU.

[WoodenMarker]

5 hours ago, brob said:

I'm not aware of any aio manufacturer that offers TDP ratings. 

At least a handful do. Deepcool and Cooler Master come to mind but there are more.