I just did some unreal engine compiling and the max temp it produced was 98c and the total wattage (with monitor) was a max 711 watts. I never saw it get to 100c so I assume it never throttled. It was avg around 90c for the most part.
I finally was able to build my system and I just used the thermalright bracket. Using MSI S360 AIO my everyday work usage is around 38c. I played some BF2042 maxed out and the CPU only went to a max 65c. I haven't ran cinebench yet to see how the max thermal usage. I probably will do that...
What I did was slowly lower it by turning each screw 45 degrees until I got resistant where it wouldn’t turn. Basically lowering it down. Do not do tighten it beyond that.
Was finally able to build my PC after working for months to acquire the parts.
13900K, MSI Z790 Carbon WIFI, 4TB WD SN850X Nvme, 64GB DDR5 6000, MSI 4090 Gaming Trio, MSI S360 AIO, Fractual Meshify 2, Seasonic Vertex GX1200.
Beast of a computer and it actually is running very efficient. About...
I expect that raptor lake will still beat the new 3D chips in both single and multi threads applications. The 3D chips will shine in certain games that can take advantage of the extra cache as well as being better efficient. For me it isn’t enough and the 13900K is still the better chip for my...