Question Is the ROG Strix Z790-F WiFi II motherboard good for overclocking my i9-14900K ?

[starburststream9845]

I have a ROG LCIII 360 AIO. My original plan was to get the Z790 Maximus Hero motherboard but my budget was too tight back then, so I ended up with the Z790-F. Is this board good for overclocking my 14900K?

 

[starburststream9845]

Specs: Aorus RTX4080 Super Master, i9-14900K, ROG Strix Z790-F, ROG LCiii 360mm AIO. Is this setup good for a good overclock?

 

[geofelt]

i9-14900K is so fast natively that overclocking is of little use.
The better chips will have been already used in the 14900KS models.
Then, also, the default boost capability will boost a couple of cores past what an all core OC can achieve.
That is what a gamer wants.
Lastly, tinkering with voltages is what got the 1314th gen processors in trouble.
Whatever you do, update your motherboard bios to currency.

 

[bill001g]

Be extremely careful with 14900k. Asus boards have many options that will let you kill your cpu chip. There was a fairly noticeable drop in the performance numbers when asus put out the bios update that prevents/reduces the 13/14th gen cpu from killing themselves. You can though turn on all those options manually. The 14900k if you disable the power limits will still constantly boast unti it hit the thermal limits even with the largest coolers you can find.

 

[starburststream9845]

Be extremely careful with 14900k. Asus boards have many options that will let you kill your cpu chip. There was a fairly noticeable drop in the performance numbers when asus put out the bios update that prevents/reduces the 13/14th gen cpu from killing themselves. You can though turn on all those options manually. The 14900k if you disable the power limits will still constantly boast unti it hit the thermal limits even with the largest coolers you can find.

Thanks. One more thing: Since I chose a cheaper board over the best, high-end. Apart from the additional features and design, how much have I gave up on?

 

[bill001g]

Intel has requirements that all z790 chips must meet. They generally have a set of tuning parameters that are the same. After that some motherboard go crazy with features like liquid nitrogen settings. Asus tends to have lots of setting on even their cheaper boards.

There is no way to predict how well something will overclock. It mostly depends on the how lucky you get with the CPU chip you bought. Mostly it doesn't matter only the guys trying to get their names on some leader boards care.

The more general user who is using overclocking that can be used on a daily basis likely have no issues with using cheaper boards. Since intel has changed what it claims is safe overclocking setting on 13/14900k I suspect even very basic boards can get to these now reduced limits with ease.

 

[geofelt]

Asus Z790-F looks ok to me.
Nice vrm heat sinks.
Two 8 pin power ports.
Plenty of back panel connections.
Motherboard start button.

What I don't much like about Asus and others is their all in one control app.
No software installation disk.
No useful manual.
Gamefirst software has been reported to have issues.