9980XE + RTX TITAN awesomeness...
What a nice setup you got there...
Congrats!

It's good to see that this little ITX board can still handle 9900K @ 5.0GHz very well.

The 6-phase VRM is able to hold up to 200W CPU power package as seen in Prime95 v26.6 Small FFTs (non-AVX):


VRM temp is 61.5C max, measured through IR thermometer (might not be accurate though):


Realbench v2.56 (AVX):


Cinebench R20:


XTU: no throttling during the benchmark



* Setup pic, I actually put one 120mm fan blowing towards the VRM area just in case.

Next up would be RAM OC.
Look at the RAM OC profiles available in the UEFI, should be useful as a good starting point for RAM OC:


This post has been edited by owikh84: Mar 19 2019, 06:49 AM

Wa not bad! VRM temp also quite respectable <80c (with a fan as you said kekeke).

owikh84 | G.Skill TridentZ RGB DDR4-4266C19 2x8GB | DDR4-4700 CL19-22-22-42-2T | 1.50v/1.525v/1.400v | MSI MPG Z390i Gaming Edge AC

[TH] 9900KF May Overclock Better Than 9900K

Cheap DDR4-4000+ is coming.
DDR4-4000 is no longer can only be achieved by Samsung, but SK-Hynix is now able to overclock that high.

4-layer boards support Hynix up to DDR4-4266
Eight-layer GODLIKE DDR4-4400
2-DIMM ITX DDR4-4600

Last night got time to play with ADATA Spectrix D80 DDR4-3600 sticks.


DDR4-4500 CL19-19-19-39-2T @ 1.475v => HCl 100%


Today I will try tighten up the subs or go straight for DDR4-4600 if possible.

DDR4-4600 CL19-24-24-42-2T @ 1.5v => HCl 120%+


HCl 400%+ finally

owikh84 | ADATA XPG Spectrix D80 DDR4-3600C17 2x8GB | DDR4-4600 CL19-24-24-42-2T | 1.50v/1.4625v/1.375v | ROG Maximus XI Gene


This post has been edited by owikh84: Apr 20 2019, 01:27 AM

That's some dope memory overclocking. Can the MPG Z390i achieve the same results using the same RAM?

I have yet to test these RAM modules on the MSI, perhaps later when I'm free to swap mobos again. 🙂

Time to stock up B-die?



[TH] Samsung Rings B-Die Memory Death Knell

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-b...-eol,39255.html

[Anand] Samsung to End B-Die DDR4: The Overclockers' Favorite

Source: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14327/samsun...die-ddr4-memory


This post has been edited by owikh84: May 16 2019, 08:05 PM

A2 vs A1 vs A0 PCB

Micron OC power is back! ... beating B-die OC



A quick check in the market, Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600 is selling at around $200 USD:

B&H: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1463...ite_series.html


Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ballistix-PC4-28800-.../dp/B07NPKTRS1/




This post has been edited by owikh84: May 18 2019, 08:51 AM

Weekend benching, just to share some of my OCed temp comparison results between Intel and its equivalent counterparts from AMD on the same test bench with the same cooling setup. Results are based on Prime95 custom blend 1344k for 30mins:



Cooling setup:
CPU water block: EK Supremacy EVO RGB
Radiators: 2x XSPC RX360
Pump: Swiftech MCP655
Reservoir: EK Multioption X2 Advanced
Tubing: XSPC 1/2" ID 3/4" OD white
Fans: 12x Scythe GT AP-15 1850rpm 120mm
Thermal paste: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
Case: DimasTech Easy Dual V2.5 Bench Table

8700K vs 2600X (6C/12T)
8700K (no delid) OC 5.0GHz @ 1.280v => max 77.0C
2600X OC 4.2GHz @ 1.4125v => max 69.5C

9900K vs 2700X (8C/16T)
9900K (no delid) Stock 4.7GHz @ 1.172v => max 63.0C
9900K (no delid) OC 5.0GHz @ 1.279v => max 81.0C
2700X OC 4.25GHz @ 1.456v => max 74.4C

Some gaming benchmarks...

Good effort appreciated. It seems that AMD chips don't heat up as bad as coffee lake processors. But is the overclocked speed (eg 4.2) of AMD equivalent to Intel @ 5.0GHZ in term of performance?

FC5 game is a good example that demonstrates the CPU scaling. If you looked again at the chart above, at max OC the Ryzen CPUs are significantly slower than Intel especially on the minimum fps. In fact, stocked 8700K and 9900K are already faster than the overclocked Ryzen equivalent.

In terms of thermal performance, Ryzen are actually hotter clock-to-clock. If you observed closely at my temp comparison above, a 9900K at stock 4.7GHz is much cooler than an OCed 2700X at 4.2GHz. Same thing for 8700K vs 2600X.

Not to mention the higher voltage that the Ryzen needed at these clock frequencies. Now take a look at the power consumption as the following, you will notice that a stocked Intel consumes much less power than an OCed Ryzen, and Intel is faster.



This post has been edited by owikh84: May 20 2019, 07:53 AM

Good news guys, now Malaysians can buy almost anything from Newegg.



https://www.newegg.com/global/my-en/

Nice, but price will be higher. Warranty claim will be difficult unless international warranty, aye?

For rare items that are not available locally, yes can buy from Amazon/Newegg etc if you don't mind the warranty hassles.

[Anand] Intel Announces 8 Core i9-9900KS: Every Core at 5.0 GHz, All The Time


Source: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14402/intel-...-core-turbo-cpu

MSI Z390I Gaming Edge AC has broken another DDR4 overclocking record. Clocked at 5886 MHZ. Congrats to MSI and GSkill