Temps With 14900k

[viperwolf]

Im new to this gen of CPUs, in fact my last build had an I7 3820 and it still runs good, but very outdated. My new build (nothing special) has the 14900k with a Z790 Dark hero and 2x48 corsair Titanium ram. I used XTU to under volt .030v and changed nothing in the bios except XMP. Im wondering about temps
CPU idles for normal youtube and searching stuff 32 to 35,36,37 and hits 40-45 sometimes when Im doing other things. Ive also seen very short spikes of 70 (rare)now and then. In game on a 3440x1440 UW it runs 50 to 60 with 72-78 spikes.
Do these temps look right?

 

 

Entire Build If Interested

 

I9 14900k CPU
ASUS Maximus Dark Hero z790 Motherboard
ASUS Strix RTX 4090 OC GPU
ASUS Ryujin III 360 AIO ARGB cooler
ASUS 1200w Thor PSU
2 tb Samsung Pro 990 For the OS
4 tb Samsung Pro 990 For Games
4 tb Samsung Pro 990  For Storage
Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 96 gb
ASUS Hyperion Case
ROG Herculx Graphics Card Holder
Lian LI 140mm Infinity Fans

Thermaltalke Backplate
Cablemod Cables

[unclewebb]

@viperwolf

 

Your temps look good. Try running a full load stress test like Cinebench. That will be a better indicator of how good your CPU cooling really is. 

[viperwolf]

On 11/26/2023 at 11:50 AM, unclewebb said:

@viperwolf

 

Your temps look good. Try running a full load stress test like Cinebench. That will be a better indicator of how good your CPU cooling really is. 

So i ran the onboard ASUS mem test ( it passed ) and cinebench. The temps in cinebench where alot higher than games ofcourse. So I tried to Undervolt it even more. I dont think I was lucky in the silicon lottery but it may also have to do with me not fully understanding things. The CB test did hit 100 randomly and the CPU was hitting 6.1. I used XTU and undervolted it as much as I could, but -0.050v was the max I could take it.  I don think this is stable either even though it passed 30 min run. Forza Motorsport for example had this weird spike on startup that would ramp up and crash, so I raised the voltage to -0.045v and it would launch.

 

 I think others are able to undervolt alot more than me, again maybe I dont understand. Im not sure if this effects what i can do, but I have Corsair Titanium 6600 ram x96gb (2x48) XMP 2 is enabled so Im getting just the 6600. I figure ill mess around with XMP 1 once I better understand what Im doing. Does this put alot more strain on the CPU causing it to hit those random 100 spikes in CB? Is there a way I can force the CPU to thermal throttle @90c instead of 100? I never see those temps though when gaming or editing or anything else so far. Just when testing it.

[unclewebb]

19 hours ago, viperwolf said:

Is there a way I can force the CPU to thermal throttle @90c instead of 100?

Some Asus motherboards have an option in the BIOS where you can set the maximum temperature when thermal throttling begins. The Intel default is 100°C but you can set this to 90°C if you want to.

 

Intel 14th Gen CPUs were designed to run reliably at high temperatures. This is the new normal. Intel retail CPUs usually have a three year warranty. Running them up to their rated 100°C temperature should be fine. 

[viperwolf]

4 hours ago, unclewebb said:

Some Asus motherboards have an option in the BIOS where you can set the maximum temperature when thermal throttling begins. The Intel default is 100°C but you can set this to 90°C if you want to.

 

Intel 14th Gen CPUs were designed to run reliably at high temperatures. This is the new normal. Intel retail CPUs usually have a three year warranty. Running them up to their rated 100°C temperature should be fine. 

Thank you for the info, I really do appreciate your time.