Core i9 9900k reaches 96ºc with overclock

Gigabyte has made an overclocking guide for Core 9000 processors available on its new Aorus Z390 motherboards on its website. The information contained in the document is extremely interesting, as it indicates that the new Intel chips reach really high temperatures, especially in the case of the Core i9 9900K.

Soldering is not enough to prevent overheating of the Core i9 9900K

The company presents the entire overclocking and stability verification process of the flagship Intel Core i9-9900K in an affordable way. What is important, in the material there is not only information about the good potential of the new chip, but also about the problems that a user may encounter during the OC. One of them is the very high temperature of the processor mentioned above.

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Bringing the Core i9 9900K processor to 5 GHz with a 1.3 - 1.4 V range requires the use of a liquid cooling system. In addition, the user must also change the TjMAX setting to 110 ° C, this is the temperature at which the processor will automatically start lowering the frequency. The image shows the Core i9 9900K reaching up to 96ºC, a really high temperature.

It seems that the return to the solder to join the IHS to the die did not give as good a result as might be expected. On the other hand, Core i9 9900K is a really complex unit, in which case heat dissipation is simply more difficult than in 6-core models, even when the latter are solderless. A 5 GHz eight-core processor with a voltage of 1.4 V generates an enormous amount of heat, quite a challenge for high-end heatsink manufacturers. What do you think of this Core i9 9900K?

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