Intel has gained lot of attention with their issues with 13th and 14th gen. I believe mostly i9s and i7s are affected. Also not all microcode updates have really fixed the real issue. My motherboard (AsRock Z790 PG Lightnin) has received 3 bios updates with the latest being 0x129 microcode update. I have ran my i5-13600KF overclocked to 5.4Ghz for P-cores and 4.3Ghz for E-cores. Vcore under heavy load is 1.255V. When I overclocked my CPU 1.5 years ago, 1.250V wasn't stable in all the stress... Is 0x129 bios update really required even if any issues haven't yet arised ..read more

I delidded a 14900KS last night (my second time doing this), and after doing everything as normal to achieve a mirror finish on the die, there was a stubborn stain on the die’s surface that I could not remove. I spend 4+ hours specifically attacking this stain by alternating between rockitcool quicksilver soaks, flitz polishing, Liquid Metal (conductonaut extreme) soaks, and I even tried polishing it with NTH1 thermal paste (Der8auer said in a YT vid that thermal paste works as a die... Delid Issue - yellow paint stain on die? (Pics attached ..read more

Just in case ? Spoiler: Changelog: 29, Aug 2024 [8AM GMT] ~ Thread Creation & Preparation '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''​ Spoiler: Specifications: x Spoiler: LGA1871 CAMM2 Mainboards: x... Intel DDR5 | CAMM2 & CUDIMM Overclocking Thread ..read more

Loved the 13900KS, but 14900KS is bae. ?‍♂️ Hardware: Granzon 360 Radiator Black Ice Nemesis GTX 420 Radiator 2x Granzon DDC Supercool Direct Die Gen 14 Full Copper Average Room Temp= 21c (70F) Average Water Temp= 25c ..read more

Following up on my first post - as promised, here are the results - P Scores, VIDs, and IMC Testing results. Please let me know which of these you think I should keep and delid - my primary use case will be overclocking to achieve higher FPS in gaming (COD). I tested the IMC of every chip, but only did a deeper dive into... Results of Binning 28 x 14900KS CPUs ..read more

Hi guys, I used the RockIt Cool delid tool. I paid attention to the direction of the IHS being removed so that it would not slide over the capacitors. I did everything with care, but both times, I killed not only the CPU but also the MB. The second time, I literally burned the mb, lol. There was smoke from both the socket and the VRM. The first time, I completed all the processes (applied LM and used a copper IHS). The second time, I tested the CPU right after delidding (I put the... I killed two 14 gen CPUs delidding them. How to find out what I did wrong ..read more

Based on Intel's spec, the Gen 11 supports up to 3200Mhz. Was anyone successful in running 3600 with Gen11 ..read more

Hi. I'm trying to improve thermal performance for my Core i9 1100KF, using 240 water cooling AIO. I got it stable at Core Voltage Adaptive @ -0.075v 1st question: Is there anything else I can do to improve thermal preformance or increase core ratio/speeds? 2nd question: Even at idle or at full load, the cores are always at 4,800Mhz. Why is that? Why when I run Cinebench single core, I don't see 5,300Mhz for a core? (see 2nd screenshot - idle but still 4800Mhz) [ATTACH... Is there anything to improve here? 11th Gen i9 11900KF ..read more

Going direct die with the iceman block, just wondering if this thin foam layer could cause a pressure problem when mounting the block on the mobo ..read more

? Let the games begin ..read more