keeping 10900k cool at 5GHz

[Paul_Johnson]

i see a lot of youtube videos where folks are playing AAA games at 4k max graphics settings while using a 3090 GPU and a 10900k for a CPU at 5GHz.

 

considering 3.7Ghz is the fastest i've seen a stock 10900k then i'm assuming they're over clocking. so what cooling solution does someone need to keep their 10900k from being damaged with the cpu being over locked to 5Ghz?

 

would the MZXT kraken z73 360mm be enough?

[Fasauceome]

10 minutes ago, Paul_Johnson said:

considering 3.7Ghz is the fastest i've seen a stock 10900k

when gaming? that's not right. The all core turbo is close to 4.8GHz with the single core at 5.3

 

10 minutes ago, Paul_Johnson said:

would the MZXT kraken z73 360mm be enough?

yes, a 360mm radiator would handle it.

[Jurrunio]

Just to add that 10900k is far from needed at 4k, the load on GPU is so high when resolution is this high that lesser core count or lower frequencies will run games at the same frame rate.

[Paul_Johnson]

13 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

when gaming? that's not right. The all core turbo is close to 4.8GHz with the single core at 5.3

 

yes, a 360mm radiator would handle it.

oh ok, i was just misunderstanding the benchmark then

[Paul_Johnson]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Just to add that 10900k is far from needed at 4k, the load on GPU is so high when resolution is this high that lesser core count or lower frequencies will run games at the same frame rate.

so am i correct to assume i'd get the same answer if they were using 10850k?(i hear they're easier to find)

[Jurrunio]

8 minutes ago, Paul_Johnson said:

so am i correct to assume i'd get the same answer if they were using 10850k?(i hear they're easier to find)

as in "same cooling solution"? Yes, they are practically the same CPU just with different clock speeds by default.

[Fasauceome]

8 minutes ago, Paul_Johnson said:

so am i correct to assume i'd get the same answer if they were using 10850k?(i hear they're easier to find)

the 10850K, for all intents and purposes, is the same as a 10900K. What @Jurruniomeans is that for a gaming PC, especially a 4K gaming PC, a 10 core CPU is overkill.

[jones177]

A i9 10900k is under performing a 5ghz all cores.

 

All you have to do is remove the Intel power limit and keep the i9 10900k below 70c and it will be a bit faster than an all core 5.1 ghz overclock. Keeping the CPU under 70c allows all the boosts to work.

Even with my 360mm AIO a can't keep the CPU below 70c with an 5.1ghz overclock in games so the modified stock setup wins. 

 

The only overclockers that make sense with the i9 10900k are 5.2 plus. I have not done it yet because I don't need it but that may change when I get a 3090.

[WhitetailAni]

Winning the Linus lottery or buying it?

[Paul_Johnson]

38 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Winning the Linus lottery or buying it?

what's going on is that i figured out how to get an rtx 3090 despite it being sold out everywhere. i was considering building a second pc instead of rebuilding the one i currently have and have talked about on this forum but i really don't want to deal with the hassle of assembling a new PC...and my cable management skills suck lol. 

 

so i found out i can kill two birds with one stone by going to ibuypower.com and ordering a custom rig that has the exact 3090 that i want(asus tuf 24GB OC RTX 3090). and if i order it today it'll ship in as early as 3-4 weeks from today. made this thread due to not understanding 10th gen cpus and radiators as much as i'd like to. 

 

thanks to this thread i know that the liquid cooling solution  i'm considering is good enough and understand now what i'm reading when reading about boost clock speeds, and that i can save some money getting the 10850k instead of the 10900k. been learning a lot of stuff on this forum. thanks guys!

 

 

[WhitetailAni]

And then you sell the parts?

Smart man.

[Paul_Johnson]

yeah i'll be selling the parts to my old rig before they're too outdated.