Intel Core I9 14900KF Cooling

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I have just put in my i9 14900K and booted up a game as I have a Thermal Right 240MM Cooler which was originally for my i5 14400K, i am looking to buy a 360mm cooler at some point however i did check my temperatures through core temp and trying Hogwarts Legacy maxed out i am getting temps between 60c to 70c however my cooling fans do seems to throttle and get louder then get quieter again, that normal with higher CPU's as i know the i9 14900kf has had temperature problems as they get hotter and is a new AIO cooler needed as to be fair the temps don't go above 80c or 90c when gaming
 
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TipsyDipsy45 said:
I have just put in my i9 14900K and booted up a game as I have a Thermal Right 240MM Cooler which was originally for my i5 14400K, i am looking to buy a 360mm cooler at some point however i did check my temperatures through core temp and trying Hogwarts Legacy maxed out i am getting temps between 60c to 70c however my cooling fans do seems to throttle and get louder then get quieter again, that normal with higher CPU's as i know the i9 14900kf has had temperature problems as they get hotter and is a new AIO cooler needed as to be fair the temps don't go above 80c or 90c when gaming
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The difference in average power usage between a 14400 and 14900K is very large, so I would expect significantly different behaviour from your cooler, yes.
 
TipsyDipsy45 said:
ah okay will look at getting a new cooler in that case, will it be okay for me to use for now until i get a new cooler ?
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Those temperatures are not a concern, but if you haven't seen the news about the Intel 13th-14th gen CPUs and the microcode updates I would strongly recommend that you read them and make the necessary updates and adjustments to your BIOS, to hopefully protect your CPU in the longer-term (this is with the cooler you're using, or a new one).
 
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Those temperatures are not a concern, but if you haven't seen the news about the Intel 13th-14th gen CPUs and the microcode updates I would strongly recommend that you read them and make the necessary updates and adjustments to your BIOS, to hopefully protect your CPU in the longer-term (this is with the cooler you're using, or a new one).
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Ah yeah just seen the update on gigabyte for it I'll give that a download and get it updated thank you
 
If your cooler keeps spinning up and down which can get annoying then you could try flattening the curve after say 60c so it just maintains the same speed over that threshold.
 
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If you're just gaming then you'll probably be drawing ~150w at most from the CPU, no point in rushing to upgrade your cooler... just adjust your fan curve to be less aggressive.
 
Yeah will try messing with the fan curves see if that helps as the cpu testing I have been doing seems great on games highest I have seen it go is around 70c while gaming so the little cooler seems to be doing the job
 
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