Looking for opinions from current owners of the 10900K/11900K. I would be upgrading my rig from 7700k so this is not a question of upgrading from the 10900K to the 11900K as most people seem to be in agreement that is not a significant upgrade or even a downgrade considering the 10 cores vs 8 cores. I was originally thinking of going with the 11900K since it has the PCIE 4.0 compatibility. From what I have read that isn't going to make much of a difference in gaming. I was running a 1080 ti and it died so I have bought an MSI 3080 Gaming Z Trio. I don't need the fastest pc on the planet and I think either CPU with a 3080 is going to be a significant upgrade from my current rig.
I have also read as much as I can find on the Alder Lake 12000 series but they seem to be geared towards Windows 11 and efficiency. Not crazy about being an early adopter either. Maybe some day after they have addressed the inevitable bugs.
My 7700K is OC'd to 5.0GHZ and gets up to a max of 76C during gaming. That is just the peak reading and it normally runs quite a bit cooler than that. I have a 360mm AIO exhausting out the top of my Corsair 780T case. Huge case with a lot of airflow. I know the 10900K/11900K use a lot of power and run hot. Anybody having problems keeping it cool with an AIO at 5.2 to 5.3 GHz?
For now I am using a 1440P/165Hz/1ms/Gsync Predator monitor. I may upgrade to a 4K that is 32"/4K/144Hz/1ms/Gsync at some point.
I am thinking of the following specs for upgrading rig:
Same case, Corsair 780T
Same AIO, Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm
Asus Maximus XIII Hero motherboard
32 GB ram probably from Corsair Vengeance line. Either 3200 or 3600MHz
Samsung 970 EVO 1TB x 2. One for OS and programs and the other for games
1000W PSU mfg to be determined after more research
MSI 3080 Gaming Z Trio
I have also read as much as I can find on the Alder Lake 12000 series but they seem to be geared towards Windows 11 and efficiency. Not crazy about being an early adopter either. Maybe some day after they have addressed the inevitable bugs.
My 7700K is OC'd to 5.0GHZ and gets up to a max of 76C during gaming. That is just the peak reading and it normally runs quite a bit cooler than that. I have a 360mm AIO exhausting out the top of my Corsair 780T case. Huge case with a lot of airflow. I know the 10900K/11900K use a lot of power and run hot. Anybody having problems keeping it cool with an AIO at 5.2 to 5.3 GHz?
For now I am using a 1440P/165Hz/1ms/Gsync Predator monitor. I may upgrade to a 4K that is 32"/4K/144Hz/1ms/Gsync at some point.
I am thinking of the following specs for upgrading rig:
Same case, Corsair 780T
Same AIO, Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm
Asus Maximus XIII Hero motherboard
32 GB ram probably from Corsair Vengeance line. Either 3200 or 3600MHz
Samsung 970 EVO 1TB x 2. One for OS and programs and the other for games
1000W PSU mfg to be determined after more research
MSI 3080 Gaming Z Trio
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