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ROG XI Gene/9900K OC

nickolp1974
Level 10
After 18 months of being away from all things PC my new system arrives today which I am very much looking forward to having a play, will have to wait another day or 2 for my cooling solution to arrive and it's nothing extreme! Anyway by the weekend I should be able to contribute with my findings. 😄

On another note it's great to see a lot of familiar names especially Dag, hope your well bud, you were truly missed 😉
i9 9900K, ROG Gene XI, G.Skill 4266 and one big bucket!
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nickolp1974 wrote:
Not so sure I'd like one with thermal paste already on it, wouldn't be happy at all.



Well who knows exactly what it was or how it got there I can't be certain so I won't lay blame. I cleaned it off, stuffed the lil fella in my rig and off we went.

Here's a pic of it once it was cleaned. not the best I just took it for posterity. Wanna see if the mark looks familiar?

PS sorry if the pics too big I'm on my phone so not really adept at resizing off it.

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nickolp1974
Level 10
Hoping that my pump and bucket turn up tomorrow so I can get testing, well after I've done all the boring bit first, OS etc. Can anyone recommend somewhere to purchase An OS key from?
i9 9900K, ROG Gene XI, G.Skill 4266 and one big bucket!

nickolp1974 wrote:
Hoping that my pump and bucket turn up tomorrow so I can get testing, well after I've done all the boring bit first, OS etc. Can anyone recommend somewhere to purchase An OS key from?



For windows 10 pro, this is probably the cheapest you'll find them.

https://www.ebay.com/p/Microsoft-Windows-10-Pro-Professional-32-64bit/18019367068

Nate152 wrote:
For windows 10 pro, this is probably the cheapest you'll find them.

https://www.ebay.com/p/Microsoft-Windows-10-Pro-Professional-32-64bit/18019367068


Thanks Nate
i9 9900K, ROG Gene XI, G.Skill 4266 and one big bucket!

nickolp1974
Level 10
Yes sheriffjb same marks
i9 9900K, ROG Gene XI, G.Skill 4266 and one big bucket!

Silent_Scone
Super Moderator
FYI mine is a tray CPU from the same retailer and does 5.1 non AVX @ 1.35v load.
13900KS / 8000 CAS36 / ROG APEX Z790 / ROG TUF RTX 4090

Silent Scone@ASUS wrote:
FYI mine is a tray CPU from the same retailer and does 5.1 non AVX @ 1.35v load.


I reckon mine will get to 5.1 at around the same voltage, I wasn't meaning to suggest they are bad chips.

sherriffjb wrote:
I reckon mine will get to 5.1 at around the same voltage, I wasn't meaning to suggest they are bad chips.


Yeah. Not golden, but still decent.
13900KS / 8000 CAS36 / ROG APEX Z790 / ROG TUF RTX 4090

2194 cR15 mems just at xmp 4266 c19
i9 9900K, ROG Gene XI, G.Skill 4266 and one big bucket!

nickolp1974
Level 10
Is cpuz reporting right? 1.31v in bios level 7, showing 1.192 idle, load 1.16v load @5.1/4.5/4266
i9 9900K, ROG Gene XI, G.Skill 4266 and one big bucket!