Discussing Intel 12900K overclocking, XMP I settings, and cooling solutions
Discussing Intel 12900K overclocking, XMP I settings, and cooling solutions
Hey everyone, here’s what I’ve been thinking. You seem to have a solid setup already—Intel 12900K, Asus Z690, plenty of RAM, and a decent PSU. The BIOS update looks like it’s on track, which is good. I adjusted a few settings using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and it’s holding up well without crashes. However, Cinebench R23 is still causing issues, especially with the Performance Cores reaching high temps. You might want to double-check your thermal paste choice; switching from Noctua NT-H1 to Thermalright could make a difference. Keep an eye on those temps during testing and see if tweaking fan speeds helps. Let me know how it goes!
It's clear these chips struggle under even minimal cooling like LN2. They're extremely sensitive to temperature and it's nearly impossible to dissipate heat effectively. The only reliable auto-overclocking tool that works well is PBO; other options either apply excessive or insufficient voltage, making optimization impractical. If you experience crashes at high speeds, it likely stems from too much voltage combined with high clock rates causing instability. You may need to stick to stock performance, lower the voltage, or manually tweak settings—especially disabling multicore features if you don’t require them for gaming. Let me know which path you’d like to explore.
Thanks for the update. I installed the Thermalright CPU Contact Frame and Thermal Grizzley Kryonaut, which significantly lowered the idle temperatures—about 8 to 10 degrees Celsius. After running Cinebench R23 with other background processes, I achieved a stable score of 26190, which is much better than my previous results.