I've just bought a 11900F on impulse as it seemed a very good price and is 10 years since I built an intel system so wanted to tinker with one for a bit and see how the gaming performance is. Didn't do a lot of research (unusually) so picked up a cheap B560 board that did well in the Hardware Unboxed review (low VRM temps etc) - MSI B560M Bazooka. I'm aware some people wouldn't touch B560 with an I9 but this is a sort of midrange build really (cost under £300 delivered for the CPU and mobo brand new and that's before the MSI cashback).
What do I need to do to get the most out this, I understand by default the board will boost very low so I need to tinker in the BIOS to maximise power delivery but what specifically should I be looking for? 0
Also, is the boost thermal limited? I also bought a cooler (Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo) as this reviews well and shifts over 200W. But I am wondering if on a locked CPU there is much value in it. Really my question is, if I have better cooling, will the chip boost faster and/or longer? Or is it not really thermal limited and just based on power delivery so it would boost to the same speed with worse cooling just at a higher temp? I might use the cooler in a different system if it is no benefit here.
My theory was that good cooling was ideal with a locked chip that has high boost (5.2ghz) because I can't manually overclock it to high speed but if it is running cool with BIOS set to deliver as much power as possible then it's more likely to be running at high speeds close to the limit of what I could manually overclock to anyway? Whereas with a worse cooler it would throttle more. It's the first properly locked CPU I've had, even the old Intels with locked multipliers I would do FSB overclocking.
Finally on the RAM side I understand I should not overclock beyond 3600mhz (tighten timings instead) to avoid going into Gear 2 mode, is that correct? Or can it be overridden in BIOS?
TIA.
What do I need to do to get the most out this, I understand by default the board will boost very low so I need to tinker in the BIOS to maximise power delivery but what specifically should I be looking for? 0
Also, is the boost thermal limited? I also bought a cooler (Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo) as this reviews well and shifts over 200W. But I am wondering if on a locked CPU there is much value in it. Really my question is, if I have better cooling, will the chip boost faster and/or longer? Or is it not really thermal limited and just based on power delivery so it would boost to the same speed with worse cooling just at a higher temp? I might use the cooler in a different system if it is no benefit here.
My theory was that good cooling was ideal with a locked chip that has high boost (5.2ghz) because I can't manually overclock it to high speed but if it is running cool with BIOS set to deliver as much power as possible then it's more likely to be running at high speeds close to the limit of what I could manually overclock to anyway? Whereas with a worse cooler it would throttle more. It's the first properly locked CPU I've had, even the old Intels with locked multipliers I would do FSB overclocking.
Finally on the RAM side I understand I should not overclock beyond 3600mhz (tighten timings instead) to avoid going into Gear 2 mode, is that correct? Or can it be overridden in BIOS?
TIA.
