i9 12900k temperature problem

[IZoaC]

I recently bought and installed the i9 12900k with the Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE and I have noticed that my idle temp for the liquid jumps up to 35c and the package jumps around between 38c and 50c. At first I thought it was normal but then I started to play cyberpunk and the temps went up to 100c in seconds even with 100% fans and 100% pump. I tried to take off every side panel and it still did the same thing but when I fastened all four screws of the water cooler the temps went up slowly until it hit 100c. could it be that the stock thermal paste isn't spread enough or even to bad for the i9 12900k

 

[sneekypeet]

There is a setting in your BIOS to adress this, it is designed to run as such.

 

[IZoaC]

There is a setting in your BIOS to adress this, it is designed to run as such.

I don't quite understand what u mean could u explain further?

 

[sneekypeet]

the 12-series is designed to run at max thermal range to boost the CPU as high as possible. In the BIOS there are ways to address this. On my MSI, as soon as I got into BIOS there was a popup where you selected cooling type. In doing so, it changes the power profiles to the CPU, thus reducing heat.

Had that exact board, I know its there.

 

[IZoaC]

the 12-series is designed to run at max thermal range to boost the CPU as high as possible. In the BIOS there are ways to address this. On my MSI, as soon as I got into BIOS there was a popup where you selected cooling type. In doing so, it changes the power profiles to the CPU, thus reducing heat.

Had that exact board, I know its there.

I will definitely try this but i haven't seen a pop up in the bios when i opened it yesterday

 

[sneekypeet]

I will definitely try this but i haven't seen a pop up in the bios when i opened it yesterday

Clear CMOS and enter, its there.

 

[IZoaC]

Clear CMOS and enter, its there.

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is there a button on this mainboard to clear the cmos or do i have to take out the battery

 

[sneekypeet]

is there a button on this mainboard to clear the cmos or do i have to take out the bat

If you look, it is also a dedicated part of the BIOS, go to CPU cooler tuning and set it for a boxed cooler.

 

[IZoaC]

If you look, it is also a dedicated part of the BIOS, go to CPU cooler tuning and set it for a boxed cooler.

Sorry my bad i was kinda blind

 

[sneekypeet]

All good. But doing that may reduce your overall clock, but will get rid of the heat. You can also try the middle option.

 

[IZoaC]

All good. But doing that may reduce your overall clock, but will get rid of the heat. You can also try the middle option.

it doesn't seem like the temps have changed at all I'm still seeing the same behavior

 

[sneekypeet]

it doesn't seem like the temps have changed at all I'm still seeing the same behavior

Have you updated the BIOS since you got it?

 

[IZoaC]

Have you updated the BIOS since you got it?

my last update was in January so probably not

 

[GerKNG]

the 12-series is designed to run at max thermal range to boost the CPU as high as possible. In the BIOS there are ways to address this. On my MSI, as soon as I got into BIOS there was a popup where you selected cooling type. In doing so, it changes the power profiles to the CPU, thus reducing heat.

Had that exact board, I know its there.

playing a game at 100°C is intended?
What the hell are you talking about?

Either you have a really bad mount or a broken AIO. a 12900k should not reaching 100°C in Cinebench with a mid tier air cooler. (my 12700k at 5Ghz/4Ghz/4.3Ghz P,E,R) does not even touch 85 on a 120mm tower cooler at 240W.

check your mount, the mounting pressure, how far you screwed it down.

 

[sneekypeet]

my last update was in January so probably not

Just to let you know, I had issues with that board that updating helped with.

 

[IZoaC]

I'm currently running windows 10 so could this be a reason too?

 

[sneekypeet]

playing a game at 100°C is intended?
What the hell are you talking about?

Did you even read bro?

The chip is designed to run at max thermal potential for the highest clock, untill you throttle.

This is all backed by Intel, go look.

Thermal Velocity Boost: Introduced in 2018, Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB) is a technology that unlocks extra CPU performance when thermal headroom and turbo power budget are available.

When you are looking, read how Turbo 3.0 works.

@IZoaC OS shouldnt matter for BIOS settings.

 

[IZoaC]

Have you updated the BIOS since you got it?

sadly it didn't change anything

 

[sneekypeet]

sadly it didn't change anything

What was it set to before you changed it to boxed cooler?

 

[IZoaC]

What was it set to before you changed it to boxed cooler?

to watercooler

 

[sneekypeet]

It should have drastically reduced the power, and it being set to water cooler tells me that that 100*C temp is caused by that setting. Why it is not making changes when applied saved and exited, I cant tell you.

I would start by updating the BIOS!

 

[IZoaC]

It should have drastically reduced the power, and it being set to water cooler tells me that that 100*C temp is caused by that setting. Why it is not making changes when applied saved and exited, I cant tell you.

I would start by updating the BIOS!

i updated it after u wrote it the first time but i realised the setting got reseted

i updated it after u wrote it the first time but i realised the setting got reseted

now I see changes

 

[Kapone33]

Do you have the front panel installed on your Case. That could be the culprit too.

 

[sneekypeet]

i updated it after u wrote it the first time but i realised the setting got reseted


now I see changes

and temps have been corrected?

 

[IZoaC]

@sneekypeet thanks a lot

Do you have the front panel installed on your Case. That could be the culprit too.

i tried without any panels and it seems like it was the bios update that helped the most

and temps have been corrected?

if i run cinebench r23 with the update the temps stay at max 90. idk if those are normal temps tho