Recent content by fusseli

Yeah, I tend to agree. I definitely call this a win having fixed the temperature problem by flipping the GB/14700k for a Strix/14900k. It will absolutely run lower and have less stutter in gaming since it will not ever throttle thermally. It's a little let down since my 13900KS and Z790 Hero OC...

I think my 14700K was a bad / lower binned cpu. It ran incredibly hot with or without oc and did not oc stable beyond 5.6. According to the bios scores this new 14900K is average, not great not terrible SP 95. The problem is any tweaks aren’t increasing my cpuz scores. Right now my theory is...

That is not my board, I have the newer WiFi-II / Wifi7 version https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-z790-a-gaming-wifi-ii/ Maybe this is just a CPU-Z thing? I just ran Cinebench 2024 and I got 128/2064 scores -- baseline for 14900K is 128/2075. So it's good this baseline...

What are you talking about, kid? 1801 came out three months ago for my (new) Z790A and is the latest version. I flashed to that as soon as I got it. The guy on the rog forum with the dark hero updated to the same new version for his board that came out at the same time and has the same...

You are mixing up my screenshots bro. Thanks for the inputs. I'll post back once I figure out what's going on. For now I'm just relieved by the sane temperatures I'm getting on a better MB and fresh 14900K compared to my old combo. This guy has a very similar issue as what I'm seeing now...

And here's no other changes besides turning MCE on / remove all limits / 90C:

Disabled = OFF, for regular people Your tip actually lowers my cpuz scores. 1st pic: bios reset, MCE off, XMPI 2nd pic: no other changes besides CPU LLC --> Level 2

Sure, I'll try it. I'm not stupid. MCE is off and has been off. Turning Asus MCE on actually REMOVES limits, not set them at 253W by the way.

Intel extreme on my board sets 253W on both long-term and short term power limits. My cpuz scores still seem low and I can’t seem to make them go higher, I have tried quite a few combinations. I cannot seem to get higher than like 915/14300. My heat is very good, fully loaded is only like 85C.

Are you saying leave 6.0 to TVB, or to change turbo ratios to hit 6.0 without TVB? My cpu LLC is presently at 3, I will have to try 2. Setting intel extreme (253W) actually sets it to LLC level 4 by Asus so I’ve been turning it back down.

The new MB and 14900k run better without a doubt, used Noctua NT-H2 and the contact frame instead of TF7 paste on this go. This is with intel Extreme defaults, TVB and DTB enabled, and most other bios settings on auto/enabled with asus-enhanced XMP loaded. It appears to be 5.1 all-core and...

I never once claimed or suggested my 13900KS is 6.1 all core. I have it set for ST and run 5.6/5.8 for p cores.

Yep I have a thermalright. It’s not a cooling problem it’s just a mediocre 14700k and a poorly implemented Z790 MB. This is why I’ve provided the info on my 13900KS build that runs 6.1ghz without heat problems, on a very similar 360mm AIO, without a contact frame, for reference. That...

If you say so. Wanna buy it?

I have only ever used XTU for ram and cpu stress testing, not for lazy tweaking. I must be much more old school than you all, I still do any and all tweaks via a system restart and bios. I have never trusted software to do that reliably, MB software or otherwise. The only exception is for gpu...