Monday, October 8th 2018
Intel Core i9-9900K Overclocked to 6.9 GHz On All Cores - With LN2
Intel took their opportunity to add a golden sheen to their new 9th Gen CPUs by going as far as showcasing their extreme overclocking capabilities right from the launch event. partering with world-renowned overclocker Splave, Intel showcased how a Core i9-9900K can withstand up to 1.7V Vcore, with a little aid from yours truly liquid nitrogen.
That scorchingly high Vcore paired with the sub-zero temperatures of LN2 allowed for all CPU cores to be overclocked up to 6.9 GHz, with Splave saying some samples could reach 7.1 GHz across all cores. Intel then went on to show some of the increased performance benchmarks - which, as you'd expect, don't showcase a linear performance improvement with increased frequency. Still, it's an impressive pure voltage and frequency feat. Splave went on to say that these new 9th Gen Intel processors can now achieve some 5.3 GHz under watercooling and at a much more mundane 1.4V Vcore. We'll all be able to test that for ourselves soon now won't we?
Source:
Tom's Hardware
That scorchingly high Vcore paired with the sub-zero temperatures of LN2 allowed for all CPU cores to be overclocked up to 6.9 GHz, with Splave saying some samples could reach 7.1 GHz across all cores. Intel then went on to show some of the increased performance benchmarks - which, as you'd expect, don't showcase a linear performance improvement with increased frequency. Still, it's an impressive pure voltage and frequency feat. Splave went on to say that these new 9th Gen Intel processors can now achieve some 5.3 GHz under watercooling and at a much more mundane 1.4V Vcore. We'll all be able to test that for ourselves soon now won't we?
13 Comments on Intel Core i9-9900K Overclocked to 6.9 GHz On All Cores - With LN2
That's some serious overclock claim. How did Intel manage to squeeze that out of their endless 14++++++++++ processes?
Increased voltage has less health effects when operating temperatures are fine, and delta between idle and load temps is not dramatic.
New chips share the potential of a more mature made chip like 8086K compered to launch day 8700Ks
For ambient-cooled OC, pretty much all 180$+ Z390 boards will do a fine job.
I really like what Asus are currently doing in their BIOS, and even MSI started putting lots of care into ease-of-use in theirs as well.
Haven't tried any ASRock boards yet, but here's @Black Haru's take:
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASRock/Z390_Taichi_Preview/
looks like this mobo
www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z390%20Phantom%20Gaming%209/index.asp
and this gpu
www.asrock.com/Graphics-Card/AMD/Phantom%20Gaming%20M2%20Radeon%20RX580%208G/