Overclocking i9-10900K - X170KM-G

Has anyone here tried to OC their i9-10900k in clevo laptop with Prema Custom BIOS by BIOS or Intel Extreme Tuning Utility? I would like to see some results from specifications that you have used in XTU or BIOS. I will get my new X170KM-G from hidevolution in a week and I wanted to prepare myself for overclocking this beast machine as good as I can Maybe someone else is using the same machine right now (liquid metal on CPU).

 

What cooling mods have you done? Chip quality will play a part.

 

I have chosen:
Prema Custom BIOS
Prema Custom BIOS - Latest Updated Version
Processor
HIDevolution Delidded Intel® 10th Generation Comet Lake i9-10900K 10 Core - 20 Thread Processor, 3.7 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 5.3 GHz), 20 MB Smart Cache, 125W
Thermal Interface Materials
Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut between Intel CPU Die and IHS, Gelid GC Extreme between IHS + Heat Sink + GPU, and Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads on heat sensitive surfaces - installed by HIDevolution

So I guess it is maximum what you can get from cooling mods in this laptop.

 

Well an enthusiast can always go a step further but it's a good chunk. Just treat it like you would tuning a desktop and exploring your chip.

 

Yes, I know, in the current laptop, for example, I made additional holes on the bottom of the case to ensure better airflow. I will see what the temperatures will be, but it seems to me that the X170KM-G housing has a well-constructed housing for the best air flow.

 

You are more going to be focused on software settings like voltages and power targets really first.

 

I have made some tests and this laptop is a monster unfortunately I couldn't OC CPU over 4.8Ghz cauz it overheats to much.
GPU is overclocked with +140Mhz on core clock, +1500Mhz on memory clock. Temps for GPU are very low, around 50-60 in games.
Below you can see my settings in XTU. Do you think I could Optimize it here to reach stable 4.9?


Below some of the tests:

 

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4.8GHz on 10 cores is a lot of juice...

 

How hot is 'overheat'? Thermal throttle?

 

Yeah, it's throttling hard and i don't think that repasting would solve this issue. Maybe setting fans at full speed from the beginning of stress test would solve the issue. But I can find any button for it.

 

FN+1 to set max fans.

 

Oh it works, thanks

 

Do you guys know why I can't reach 4.9Ghz even if it's set to 4.9 in XTU?


Those are settings during stress test and it seems like it is capped to 4.8 no matter what. Is it BIOS thing?

 

Uninstall XTU and try Throttlestop instead? Also, have you monitored with HWinfo64?

 

Yeah I have checked this also with HWinfo. I will try to OC with Throttlestop, thanks for and advice. I have seen also that Power Options in windows can fix this. I have create new plan with High performance and during stress test it was 4.9Ghz but I don't know why during benchmark for example 3D Mark Time Spy it clocks down to 4.8Ghz again.

 

Could be power or voltage limits? Nothing in HWinfo64?

 

Could be secondary or tertiary power limits.

 

It is solved. I have changed Intel Overclocking Thermal Velocity Boost to disable. I have reduced cache ratio to 3.7Ghz and it is stable during stress test on 5.0Ghz on all cores. It throttle a little during cinebench but I don't think I will reach those temps during playing games. I even was able to reach 5.1Ghz but it was throttle hard during stress test so I left it on 5.0Ghz.
Benchmarks:
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/19743092
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/19744276
https://www.3dmark.com/fs/25380678

 

It might have been trying to push the low core count clocks way higher then.

 

Cff

 

Oh dear, laptop purchased for mining or just doing some on the side?

 

Sheesh, those fans.....there is no way I could handle that noise.

FYI, your full address and phone # are visible in that video. You might want to edit those out.

 

Whoops at doxing yourself