I’ve recently installed the i9 14900k paired with a 4090, 32GB ram and 360mm AIO. The idle temps on the 14900k can be anywhere from 35-45 c and when playing games such as warzone it can peak at 70 c is this normal?I used to have the i7 12700k and it wouldn’t go past 40/45c when playing warzone.
Is there anything I can do to make this better or is it completely normal and good? Should I be editing any BIOS settings its all default (apart from XMP for the ram)
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Are you limiting the clock at all? Out of the box with a Strix Wi-Fi Gaming II, Turbo was on by default.
In Cyberpunk, clock speeds for me were regularly up at the 5.7 GHz turbo max.
And temps were bouncing off of that 100c limit frequently. I have a Noctua u12-a cooling it.
I’m wondering if a 360 AIO is really that much better than a u12-a at keeping the 14900k cool. That would blow my mind.
Hi, I’m getting my new workstation this week. I mostly do 3D work and rendering and such things, not so much gaming but sometimes. I opted for “a quiet and cool system” featuring the i9-14900K and the RTX 4090 Founders Edition and 128 GB RAM. Not sure how cool it can get, but I chose the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360-AIO for cooling. And 360 fans in the front and one 120 in the back.
The company who’s building the machine, recommended me to go with a larger silenced chassi for better air flow. So we chose the “Be Quiet Silent Base 802” with solid side panels and mesh in the front and mesh in the top. Glass panels would look good, but they said it will produce more noise. This is a large chassi, but I hope it will help with the temps.
Just curious, what kind of chassis do you use when you have the RTX 3090 or 4090 installed and reach 90+ degrees C on the CPU? My old chassi, a Fractal Design R6, is solid and pretty all panels are closed everywhere… I tried a RTX 3090 in this some years ago, but it got hot and the GPU fans were killing me, so I sold it. Hope this new bigger chassi will be better.
Be Quiet Silent Base 802
I went with Lian LI 011 Dynamic Evo XL for my build, I9-14900k and RTX 4090 Gigabyte OC.
OK cool, how’s the temperatures on the CPU and GPU in that chassi? I have just finished installing Win 11 Pro and my programs.
Now at idle, NZXT CAM shows 28-29C degrees on the CPU (i9-14900K) and 31-32C degrees on the RTX 4090 Founders Edition.
I have 14900kf and a 360mm corsair Aio and stock settings except fans on extreme in Icue and pump on balanced, mine playing games is mostly in the 50’s c, but I also have a thermalrite contact frame which is said to lower temps up to 9c give or take.
14900k - MSI z790 - Artic Freezer 420
This had me worried on so many levels.
1st - MSI mobo. Ive always prefered ASUS, i know how to use them, i like the AI suite… so not that anything is wrong with it, it was just hard for me to figure out.
2nd Artic Freezer. What a buzz word right now. A lot of hate and a lot of praise. No software, not thrilled by it… but going to still give it a shot.
First boot up while updating windows - hit 97c.
was worried.Tweak bios to CPU Lite Mode 3 and see what ill call an average of 20c lower temps.
Looking good.Start downloading and installing Star Citizen. Hits 98.
Very worried again.
Boot game, crashes on main menu from hitting 100c.Proceed to try all kinds of crap, lowering voltage - blue screen.
Finally… Factory reset, put it back on CPU LITE MODE 3 -
TURN OFF INTEL BOOST AND INTEL BOOST MAX 3.0 - Fixed.Launched star citizen, never went over 55c.