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ended up removing the motherboard and installed a large air cooler, with a back plate.

appreciate the help, im going to look for oem after market coolers that will fit on the board without having to heat up and remove that back plate (if) one even exists. And if not i will just either have to do what you explained or live with it.

thats the thing though, its 65w tdp not as power hungry as the i9 10900(K) this is the non- k version, then again i didnt monitor the i7 10700 cpu temps while running the same benchmark for all i know it was probably the same temp but i guess the cooler will have to be upgraded by removing this...

I bought this pc from microcenter, its a dell cooler im assuming it has screw down points instead of the normal pushpin and turn to lock that came with the cpu, it looks beefier than the intel cooler in general that came with the i9 10900 but the pushpin is not fitting into the dell mobo so im...

I just installed a i9 10900 (non k) in my dell xps 8940 , sold my i7 10700 (non k) for it just for extra computing power but i just put new thermal paste with the stock cooler and its hitting very high temps when under full load and it ends up obviously thermal throttling. Just wondering...

I see that, but it gives the option to 128gb upgrade are they completely switching the mobo out for a 128gb upgrade? https://prnt.sc/v399bu also https://prnt.sc/v39c2a *showing dell's website upgrade in first print screen, aswell as crucials reccomendations in the second prntscrn

So, i recently purchased a dell xps 8940 from microcenter with an installed 32gb ram 4x8gb sticks, I went to upgrade to 128gb 4x 32gb sticks from crucial (verified supported) 3200mhz downclocked to 2993 by the pc itself. I installed all 4 sticks made sure properly seated and the computer would...