UtterDisbelief
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Hey,guys! I came across a good deal on i9 9900k and made a decision to get it.
I didn't change anything in EFI, and it just works, right away recognized by system.
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I've started to benchmarking it and compare to my previous i7 8700, expecting it to be crazy hot, so I thought I'd get a second fan for my Black Ridge CPU cooler, but surprisingly it runs cooler than i7 8700 and the performance isn't the greatest - but better than i7 8700.
the geekbench 5 score also isn't really overwhelming.
I noticed that Intel Power Gadget shows maximum TDP right below 95W(for i9), so I guess there's a power limit set. Just to be sure I checked benchmarks under Windows 10 - same.
So gotta disable TDP power limit, tried to google it and found how to do it in BIOS under M.I.T, "advanced cpu core settings" changed "Package Power Limit" from auto to 150watts (just to see if there's a difference), also changed "core current limit" to higher value. And nothing changed in terms of TDP. Will do further research for sure, but maybe some people can relate to this problem?
I see that @petro uses i9 9900k in his build, did you do anything specific to unleash the power of it?
Hi here
Just a thought ...
Did you check for an updated BIOS version that might make compatibility with 9th gen better?