The only reason temperatures get out of control is because of the stupid wattages these motherboard manufacturers are allowing by default. The Intel spec limit for sustained wattage is 253 watts. And you get 96% of the performance, literally, as opposed to unlimited wattage that peaks at 350w. My 14900k at 253 watts gets a Cinebench R23 score of 39,514. At 350 watts, it gets 41,217. That’s a 4.3% difference in performance for 38% more power! And at 253 watts the temperatures at a max AVX2 load are in the low 80s on a 360mm AIO. At 350 watts, it’s in the very high 90s bouncing up and down off of 100 degrees.
TLDR; Set the PL1 and PL2 limits to 253 watts, get 96% of the performance, and temperatures won’t exceed the low 80s on a good cooler with a punishing load.
It only runs hot with these out-of-control default motherboard settings. Set your power limits to 253W (the Intel spec) and you’ll get 96% of the performance (literally) and temps in the upper 70s on a torture test vs instantly at 100 during the same test with the power unlimited.
And before anyone says that that eats into the performance gains in coming from 12th gen, nope. Because 12th gen also needs to be power limited out of the box to 241W (again, the Intel spec) in order to not have the same exact issue. And again, it’s roughly that same 96% of the performance at 241W.