So my 13th gen i9 13900k with CORSAIR ICUE H150i ELITE 360mm goes straight to thermal throttling from the PC not being on all day to cutting it on and literally within 1 second of starting a benchmark or stress test. Is this normal?
So my 13th gen i9 13900k with CORSAIR ICUE H150i ELITE 360mm goes straight to thermal throttling from the PC not being on all day to cutting it on and literally within 1 second of starting a benchmark or stress test. Is this normal?
PL2 in the BIOS is likely set to Unlimited, which will allow the processor to ramp up your TDP as much as it can until it thermal throttles. I can’t speak for your specific board, but a lot of manufacturers seem to be setting this as the default setting. It was on mine. Go into your BIOS, find PL2 and set it to the Intel-recommended 253W. That will allow you to hit the max stock frequencies without immediately hitting 100C.
Here to confirm this, my motherboard defaults to PL1=PL2=4096W. The manufacturer didn’t even add the option to adjust the power limit from that until I had owned it for over a month as well. My 13700k spikes up to 380W and settles at 350-360W at 100C under load if I don’t manually set a power limit.
Mine is set to 4096, but it won’t let me change it. It says Auto and has no option to change it. Is there a different setting I change to unlock it? Basically everything in my BIOS is set to AUTO. Is it bad to use AI optimized?