[SOLVED] Cooling for an Intel Core i9-9900K

[lemonsicle]

I am planning on buying an Intel Core i9-9900K, but at the moment I only have a fan cooler for my cpu and I am wondering if that will be enough for the Intel Core i9-9900K or if I have to buy a more expensive cpu cooler.
(Pic of my cooler)

 

[sizzling]

Definitely need a much better cooler for a 9900k. Also is that the motherboard you are wanting to put the 9900k in? It doesn’t look like a typical board for that cpu.

 

[lemonsicle]

The motherboard is weird but its fine for the cpu. How high end of a cooler do i need for the cpu?

 

[sizzling]

For air cooling something like this or better https://www.scan.co.uk/products/noc...r-x6-heat-pipe-quiet-cpu-cooler-with-2-x-fans

Or for water a 240mm AIO or better. The 9900k is a hot cpu and needs good cooling. There is nothing cheap about running this cpu.

I must ask what motherboard is it? I couldn’t see any VRM cooling in that picture.

 

[lemonsicle]

It's the motherboard I got with my pre built PC, the only place I can find it now is on ebay.
(ASUS G11CD-K Motherboard LGA 1151/Socket H4 Micro-ATX)

 

[sizzling]

It's the motherboard I got with my pre built PC, the only place I can find it now is on ebay.
(ASUS G11CD-K Motherboard LGA 1151/Socket H4 Micro-ATX)

From what I can find online that motherboard was used with 7th generation Intel’s. Motherboards that support 6th & 7th generation Intel do not support 8th & 9th generation even though the sockets are the same. Additionally even if it did support 8th & 9th generation CPUs from the pictures it has a very basic VRM design and definitely not adequate for a 9900k.

 

[lemonsicle]

Oh, alright thanks I will keep that in mind, might have to look for a different cpu