i7 9700k & i9 9900k Cooling

robin66 · 25 Oct 2018 at 18:11

Just wanted to make a thread to see what other people are using to cool there 9000 series CPUs. And what temperatures they are getting in trying to cool these CPUs.

I'm using the Noctua NH-U14S with two fans on the heatsink. On an i9 9900k right now.

And while gaming I'm getting an average of 65c in both Destiny 2 and Forza Horizon 4. This is with Asus MCE enabled and runs on all cores at 4.8GHz and peaks at 5GHz on all cores.

I've run Prime95 and temps can hit 80c. But haven't seen any throttling on the cores.

robin66 · 26 Oct 2018 at 12:59

With my current setup, it's fine. But I'm thinking if I want to overclock. Then I'm going to have to water cool my system.

I've looked at AIO CLC models, but they don't seem much better than the HSF that I already have.

robin66 · 26 Oct 2018 at 17:08

Thanks for pointing that out. As the Eisbaer does look like one of the better AIO's

I have a feeling I might have to buy something like this. Or better if I want to get any sort of meaningful overclock out of this chip.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...-performance-water-cooling-kit-wc-9ew-ek.html

robin66 · 28 Oct 2018 at 22:16

I've started to run some tests myself. But still, need to get better cooling. Starting at 4.8 and 1.30v, and working my way up.

I watched this video guide by Der8auer earlier. Its based on the Asus Maximus so it was very helpful. As it has the same Bios layout as my Hero board.

Looking at my case and setup. I don't think a proper water cooling setup will be practical for me. So the Eisbaer is looking like the best option for me right now.

Thanks for pointing that cooler out to me Orbittalwalsh.

robin66 · 30 Oct 2018 at 21:08

doyll said:
What is your system? Case, case fan setup, cooler, etc. Do you know what the air temp into cooler is while gaming for 30 minutes? Below is link to basic guide to airflow. At the bottom is image and short discription of how to setup a low cost indoor/outdoor thermometer to monitor airflow temp into cooler fans.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-i-put-my-temp-sensor.18564223/#post-26159770

Corsair 450D case. Two 140mm intakes at the front. Two 140mm outlets on the top. And a 120mm fan at the rear. Running with a Noctua NH-U14S at the moment.

I'm looking at placing an AIO on the top of my case for better temps on the CPU.

Plus thanks for the link, I'll take a look at that now.

robin66 · 30 Oct 2018 at 22:23

doyll said:
Try unplugging the top exhaust fans and removing all PCIe back slot covers. I'm guessing the cool air coming in from front intake fans is being drawn up and out the top as well as drawing the heated air up from GPU. Removing PCIe back covers gives case more rear vent area around GPU and with top fans not pulling air up and the front fans can push the heated air back and out of case and allow cool air to move to CPU cooler.

Thanks, I'll remove all the backplates first. As my vid card is an aftermarket cooler with three fans that keep the heat inside the case.

I've ordered an AIO cooler. So that will be sat where the two top exhaust fans are at the moment.

robin66 · 1 Nov 2018 at 02:56

doyll said:
Please let us know how it works out. I learn as much from how others setup their systems as from the ones' I build.

Will do.

robin66 · 1 Nov 2018 at 17:57

I think I'll go back to full water cooling next year. Just testing this AIO at the moment at 5Ghz and 1.35v.

robin66 · 2 Nov 2018 at 03:27

doyll said:
Please let us know how it works out. I learn as much from how others setup their systems as from the ones' I build.

Well. After placing the rad and fans at the top of the case. With the rad fans bringing air into the top of the case. I now have four 140mm fans as intakes and just the one 120mm as an outlet.

But just by placing my hand over the rear of the case near the PCI brackets I can feel a lot of warm air coming out of the back. So there is much more positive pressure in the case.

Temps have dropped with the AIO fitted and I changed the ML 140 fans, with some Red LED ML140 fans. They can run at 2000rpm, but I don't have them at that speed of course.

So now running at 5GHz on the CPU at 1.35v. Still running some tests and tweaking too make sure everything is stable.

robin66 · 2 Nov 2018 at 20:09

orbitalwalsh said:
make sure the eisbaer pump is 100% ! alphacool recommend it and no reason why it shouldnt be, would be the most quietest part in the system

I didn't end up buying the Eisbaer. After looking at various pro's and con's I had two choices of either the Corsair H115i Pro or Kraken X62.

The Corsair won out of those two due to it's better software. But thanks for the advice all the same Oritalwalsh.

robin66 · 3 Nov 2018 at 10:45

Chris Shaw said:
Hey Robin66, how have you found the temps so far with the H115i, I've got a 9900K arriving tomorrow and I'm a little concerned that I'll be using an H100i Pro in a mATX case (Corsair 240). I've seen reviews online where they reckon you need to have a 360mm AIO at the very least. If that's the case I'll need to rethink my motherboard/case/AIO.

My temps are good at an average of about 60 while gaming. But I did change the fans from the standard 1200 rpm to 2000 rpm. I have the fans on balanced in the Corsair link software. Which when needed they ramp up to about 1600 rpm.

robin66 · 3 Nov 2018 at 22:49

doyll said:
Both H115i Pro and Kraken X62 are made by Asetek. Differences are cosmetics with different fans and software.

They do both use Asetak. I'm not sure if the Kraken has a gen 6 pump, however.

This has now even changed with the new Platinum range that has just been released.

And thanks for making me think more about positive pressure in my case Doyll.

robin66 · 4 Nov 2018 at 00:53

With my plan to go with better water cooling next year.

Would I be better to buy something like this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...watercooling-kit-3831109863480-wc-99c-ek.html

Or build a system from parts?

I'm not planning on water cooling the graphics card, just the CPU.

I also read that a lot of people were having issues with CAM. So that put me off the Kraken because of it GoRedwings19.

robin66 · 4 Nov 2018 at 00:56

Double post

robin66 · 4 Nov 2018 at 01:31

GoRedwings19 said:
robin66> It more of a case of pick your poison nzxt or corsair software. Both at various times have either worked flawlessly or been a bug riddled mess. I can only speak for myself others here might have had no issues with either company software. In fact I love corsair products I just hate their software. I am sure once I get past the RGB phase I will just go back to my predator or dh15.

I cannot say that corsair software is better than nzxt or vice versa. And if you though they were bad it nothing compare to aura sync. It doesn't even detect my motherboard let alone control the RGB of it. But funnily enough it is the only program that I have used so far that can control my trident z lighting. I tried G.skill software but it didn't even detect the ram so I gave up. Honestly I would not rather use any of them.

What we need is a web based browser which controls all the products in one lot.

As for the h115i pro rgb platinum I am not sure. I tend not to watch him as he comes across as a corsair fanboy I have yet to seen him ever critiscise a Corsair product. He is also a well known Asus fanboy as well.

Take a look into the ML pro RGB being not as good as the ML pro's. I just stick the non RGB Ml pros on most of my coolers.

Sorry, it's late and my meds make me drowsy. I meant to link to this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...watercooling-kit-3831109863480-wc-99c-ek.html

I've edited the link in my original post also.

I agree software can be such a hit and miss. I had to uninstall EVGA's precision earlier today. As it was stopping Forza Horizon 4 from starting.