How To Overclock Intel i9-10900K (Step by Step Guide)

A brief and detailed guide on Overclocking an I9-10900K. Have used this overclock for a few months before publishing this guide. It has worked with well with all my applications and programs including MSFS 2020 and X plane 11. It has proven to be very useful and stable. However if your choosing to render videos longer than 5minutes at 4K resolution I prefer tuning it down to 5.2 GHz. Before applying this overclock on your I9-10900K please ensure you have adequate cooling, and a suitable power supply. Thanks for watching! If you found this video helpful please leave a thumbs up and if you have any questions I'll be glad to address them in the comments section below. Thanks!

Recommend: 800W (80+ Bronze) or Higher.
NZXT 240mm or equivalent AIO or Larger.

System Specs:
I9-10900K
RTX 3070 MSI OC
EVO 970 PLUS 1 Terrabyte (x3)
16GB Trident Z Ram (x4)
NZXT Kraken X73 360mm AIO
ASUS ROG Maximus XII Formula Z490
PSU Corsair HX1000i (80+ Platinum)

#Overclocking #i9-10900K #HowToOverclock

[Goodlandings]

Thanks for watching! If you found this video helpful please leave a thumbs up, and if you have any questions I would be happy to answer them in the comments section below. I have tested this overclock for a few months before publishing this video to ensure that it is stable. Results have been great, especially when running MSFS 2020 and X Plane 11, or any demanding game for that matter. System specs are listed in the description. Good Luck!

[dmnjy]

finally, I found someone doing something we can all do not for just a show or Clickbait

[johnkeii]

This helped me out A LOT. I really appreciate the effort you put in, from explaining what each setting does to showing exactly where and what you're typing in. I was having stability issues after not having issues with my own overclock for about a year and this corrected my problems. I learned a lot. I did a game run (Rust) where I crashed twice yesterday in game and this corrected my problem. I think my voltage may have been a bit too low but after stepping up to 1.35 at 5.1 GHz, I'm not having any issues at all. I also stress tested multicore with cpu-z and I'm getting STABLE 5.1 without any stepdowns. My package high is 75C with an EVGA 360 3 fan CLC for about a 15 minutes stress so my step from 1.32 to 1.35 was fine in my case, temp wise, but also the stability has dramatically improved when I'm switching tabs, etc. I believe also having my load line calibration at 7 was likely wrong after hearing your explanation and have set it to 5. Maybe that's why I was getting stutters prior to game crashing. I really appreciate it and made sure to subscribe. Also your voice is extremely soothing. You would probably do amazing being a narrator for audible books.

[breeblazevideobrandon]

Hey this video was really good you take your time and explain what needs to be explained all the other ones I’ve watched have just been way too fast and terrible 👍

[Videos]

this is the ultimate guide for all unstable oc s

[cheesuscheesus]

Bro added a fire hydrant to the thumbnail 💀

[nunoleite]

Amazing video, amazing voice, very clear! Thank you

[MoofyCakes]

I've had problems keeping my i9-11900k cooled since I got it. ASUS ROG STRIX Z590 GAMING WIFI motherboard, and originally a Noctua NH-D15 fan, but changed it out for a Thermaltake TH360 AIO. No matter what I do, idle temps never drop below high 30's, and any attempt to run the CPU > 5.1GHz at full load shoots temps well into the 90C range. The Asus AUTO overclocking "smart system" instantly shoots the CPU to 100C during full load. I tried the settings here, and duplicated everything, but under a stress load temps were still in the mid 90's. Note I couldn't do the negative AVX setting because the latest 1402 BIOS doesn't have that.

Ultimately, I'm not sure what to do. I've repasted my AIO 3 times (and the Noctua 3 times as well) -- using both Pea and Spread method. Same result each time, so I don't think that's it.

When I used the above settings, it would jump to 5.3 and go to 1.55v or so; it wouldn't stick at the 50 or 51 setting I put in.

So disappointed with this CPU. It's been a nightmare. I now just have it on heavy load AVX setting in BIOS, but it dives down to 4.3GHz under heavy load and still hits the 70's with that.

[haven]

What do u think of 5.0ghz fixed voltage @1.225 running on z590 gigabyte aorus master, running on air cooler so scared to go 5.1

[ybstc]

Hello GoodLandings, first of all i want to say that the tutorial is good and easy to follow, i have very similar specs as you (same gc, cpu and a similar motherboard z590 e gaming, 32 gigs of ram Trident z rgb with a speed of 400mhz an msi MAG core liquid cooler 360R and a 750W power supply) and i want to overclock for gaming only. Is it fine to coppy your settings and can you give me an advise how to properly setup my RAM too? that would be awesome! thx alot in advance. (edit my cooler score is at 161pts and i have a sp of 61 in my prediction)

[onlyzeal]

Hi! I managed to follow every step of yours but when I log into my computer it crashes, any advice?

[darkempire]

I was able to get 51ghz at 1, 360 volt. and it's stable. Did i good??

[baal]

Is there any important differences between your motherboard and a rog maximus hero xii z490 wifi? I have this one

[gustavograciano]

Would a hero XII constitute best case scenario? Have an SP rating of 80 and cooler rating of 144 but keep crashing at the start of cinebench :(

[mtncpn]

I saved all setting but only showing max of 3.7ghz. Any idea why?

[lassekristensen]

Hi. Great video. However I think you forgot to mention one very important detail. That is that your motherboard uses DIE SENSE which is an exotic feature! This gives completely different voltages and results. I have the Asus Z490-E and not even that expensive bitch has DIE SENSE! :) very disappointing and something I first learned about some time later. Obvious for the extreme overclocker and VERY nice feature! So where you type in 1.37v others will have to type 1.43v without DIE SENSE (example voltages). Also you might

want to play around with insted of "Best case scenario" You can set AC DC Loadline to 0.01. That is the lowest setting possible! I dont think best case scenario goes that low but im unsure! BUT... I wanted to hear if you ever was successfull runing a OC at 5.3 Ghz? I have the same CPU and SP rating at 63. But its widely known that 5.3 at SP63 is next to impossible. Could you provide me with some details now that I dont have DIE SENSE. What is your set BIOS voltage at 5.2 and 5.3? And what is the load voltage for both? Also LLC5 or LLC6? I remembered my 10900k SP63 wanting 1.43v LLC6 for 5.2!?! and 1.53v for 5.3?. Also if you be kind to tell me the V/F voltage levels for 52x and 53x. Thanks in advance.

[eniopenio]

I got i9 10900k on 5.2 adaptive vcore. For it to run like a champ i have to let it draw 1.460+ vcore. 5.3 needs 1.499 locked and

[brazzzabr]

i thought it would work with turbo mode off.

[FNFleExZ]

On forums they say that 1.370 is way to high 😂

[DrSmoke]

My overclock worked, but my CPU doesn't shutdown when the computer is shutdown. Any suggestions?