whats is the best for oc i9 9900k air or aio

[thenoor]

hello 

im asking what the best for oc i9 9900k i know its little bit old cpu but its ok, oc to 5.0 ghz using air cooler like noctua nh-d15 or 360mm aio liquid cooler?

[RONOTHAN##]

A good AIO is better than a good air cooler for that chip and is probably worth ~100-200MHz. That said, a good AIO also costs almost triple that of a good air cooler, and since this is a 5+ year old CPU, that money is better saved than put towards that. 

 

A Thermalright Peerless Assassin is $30-35, and if you have a decent chip and motherboard should get it to 5GHz. 

[thenoor]

5 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

A good AIO is better than a good air cooler for that chip and is probably worth ~100-200MHz. That said, a good AIO also costs almost triple that of a good air cooler, and since this is a 5+ year old CPU, that money is better saved than put towards that. 

 

A Thermalright Peerless Assassin is $30-35, and if you have a decent chip and motherboard should get it to 5GHz. 

im planning to get corsair h150 360mm it also support lga 1700 for future upgrade 

[RONOTHAN##]

2 minutes ago, thenoor said:

im planning to get corsair h150 360mm it also support lga 1700 for future upgrade 

That is a terrible value AIO, almost double the cost of an Arctic Liquid Freezer II (a much better AIO). Besides, AIOs don't really last all that long, so if you really want one, get it when you actually get the system upgrade to LGA 1851 or AM5. 

[thenoor]

2 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

That is a terrible value AIO, almost double the cost of an Arctic Liquid Freezer II (a much better AIO). Besides, AIOs don't really last all that long, so if you really want one, get it when you actually get the system upgrade to LGA 1851 or AM5. 

i see 

what u suggest me to do ?

i want to oc the cpu for 5.0ghz 

[RONOTHAN##]

Just now, thenoor said:

i see 

what u suggest me to do ?

i want to oc the cpu for 5.0ghz 

The aforementioned Thermalright Peerless Assassin or one of its many derivatives (I.E. Frost tower, Phantom Spirit, etc.). It's arguably the best value air cooler on the market, and for most chips it should allow for 5GHz, or at least 4.9GHz (good luck noticing a difference between that). 

[thenoor]

i also have 120m corsair liquid cooler active om my i5 8600k what about it?

2 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The aforementioned Thermalright Peerless Assassin or one of its many derivatives (I.E. Frost tower, Phantom Spirit, etc.). It's arguably the best value air cooler on the market, and for most chips it should allow for 5GHz, or at least 4.9GHz (good luck noticing a difference between that). 

 

[RONOTHAN##]

2 minutes ago, thenoor said:

i also have 120m corsair liquid cooler active om my i5 8600k what about it?

 

That would struggle. 

 

If you already own an 8600K though, I wouldn't upgrade to a 9900K. That chip used goes for way more than it should, to the point where it is usually cheaper to upgrade to an AM4 setup than go 9900K. It's just not worth the $230+ it goes for used. 

 

Sell your current CPU/mobo/RAM and do a full platform upgrade rather than buy a 9900K, you'll get a much better value setup that way. 

[thenoor]

5 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

That would struggle. 

 

If you already own an 8600K though, I wouldn't upgrade to a 9900K. That chip used goes for way more than it should, to the point where it is usually cheaper to upgrade to an AM4 setup than go 9900K. It's just not worth the $230+ it goes for used. 

 

Sell your current CPU/mobo/RAM and do a full platform upgrade rather than buy a 9900K, you'll get a much better value setup that way. 

i know that this cpu old im buying it used  with good price not new also was planning to sell all my pc and get 14th gen cpu +mb+ddr5 ram but i cancel it its cost me 1200$

[RONOTHAN##]

8 minutes ago, thenoor said:

i know that this cpu old im buying it used not new

I figured that much, the used price for that chip is insane. $220 for a chip that trades blows with a 5600X (a $135 chip) is ridiculous. You could easily get a 5600X and a board new for the price of the 9900K and have a better gaming experience. 

 

8 minutes ago, thenoor said:

was planning to sell all my pc and get 14th gen cpu +mb+ddr5 ram but i cancel it its cost me 1200$

Then you weren't pricing it out correctly. You can get a good combos for well under $500 US that will crush a 9900K. 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2QvhXk

Then if you want the best of the best gaming CPU:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Rk9VQP

 

If you really want Intel and/or to overclock:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mLXWsh

 

All of these will out of the box crush a 9900K at 5GHz and actually have an upgrade path to them. 

[thenoor]

16 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

I figured that much, the used price for that chip is insane. $220 for a chip that trades blows with a 5600X (a $135 chip) is ridiculous. You could easily get a 5600X and a board new for the price of the 9900K and have a better gaming experience. 

 

Then you weren't pricing it out correctly. You can get a good combos for well under $500 US that will crush a 9900K. 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2QvhXk

Then if you want the best of the best gaming CPU:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Rk9VQP

 

If you really want Intel and/or to overclock:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mLXWsh

 

All of these will out of the box crush a 9900K at 5GHz and actually have an upgrade path to them. 

i undersand 

here what i was planning to buy

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QDsxvj

[TatamiMatt]

4 minutes ago, thenoor said:

 

i undersand 

here what i was planning to buy

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QDsxvj

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $446.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-01 02:48 EDT-0400

 

Try this instead, the CPU also comes with a cooler

 

The CPU is about 10% slower in games than the 14700K, however the build is less than half the price

[thenoor]

thank you guys for ur time trying to help i appreciate that

[LIGISTX]

Speaking from experience, trying to cool an OCed 9900k is not easy. I think I had mine running at 5.1 ghz? I honestly forget, but even on custom water it was very difficult to keep cool. 
 

I would suggest going with a different build as shown above as well. The 9900k just isn’t worth the price people charge for them unless you can find one for very cheap.

[thenoor]

5 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Speaking from experience, trying to cool an OCed 9900k is not easy. I think I had mine running at 5.1 ghz? I honestly forget, but even on custom water it was very difficult to keep cool. 
 

I would suggest going with a different build as shown above as well. The 9900k just isn’t worth the price people charge for them unless you can find one for very cheap.

yeah maybe i will get 15th gen in the future (also i dont see any game worth upgrading except the new gta in 2026 ) at the moment playing fifa,pubg and some sing-player games its under control

[LIGISTX]

7 hours ago, thenoor said:

yeah maybe i will get 15th gen in the future (also i dont see any game worth upgrading except the new gta in 2026 ) at the moment playing fifa,pubg and some sing-player games its under control

It’s not too bad under game load. Iirc I would see it in the high 60’s low 70’s in games. When you are stress testing it to confirm stability tho, I’d see 95c which is hotter then I’d like.