I’ve decided to build myself a new PC for Christmas, to replace my aging i7 2600k.
lso got a new 4K monitor along with it.
Specs:
CPU: i7-9700k (cooled by Corsair H100i Pro)
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 3000 (4x 8 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX)
MB: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro
GPU: GeForce 2080 Ti (Palit 2080 Ti GamingPro, TU102-300A chip)
Storage:
Samsung Evo 960 500 GB NVME SSD (from my old build)
Crucial MX500 1 TB SATA SSD
OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SATA SSD (old beast, MLC based)
2x 2TB HDDs (Samsung HD204UI and Seagate ST2000DL003) in RAID 0
Case: Corsair 460X
PSU: Corsair TX850 V2 (old beast, but still going strong)
Monitor: LG 27UK600 4K @ 60 Hz
OS: Windows 10 Pro / Ubuntu 18.04 dual-boot
I plan to do some new Android x86 builds with this rig in near future. And of course, some 4K gaming.
— overclocking —
Tried doing some overclocking on the CPU and GPU, and I can already say that I likely did not win the highest prize in the silicon lottery. The 2080 Ti can handle +160 Core and +500 memory just fine but going beyond +160 core results in random GPU lockups (the more you push, the more unstable it gets) even though the temperature is way below 80 C. This is strange for what is supposed to be a higher-binned version of the Turing chip. The card is supposedly based on a reference schematic but with non-reference components. This suggests any BIOS from a reference card should work. And reference BIOSes do work (at least, they do not brick the card), but none I have tried so far are stable, even BIOS from OC version of the same Palit card.
As for the i7, I can’t find how to properly OC it. For my old 2600k, simply finding the right vCore voltage was enough, but squeezing out more power out of these modern chips requires much more research than just finding the right vCore. I did get 5 GHz to work, but with some random crashes every now and then. Right now, I’ve decided to call it quits and left the CPU at stock settings (I did leave the 95 W TDP limit disabled though).