Live: 6GHz Attempt on 9900KS | Overclocking with Liquid Nitrogen

We're attempting to overclock a binned Intel i9-9900KS CPU to 6GHz today. We have 3 CPUs we can try, so hopefully one of them will do it. Baseline is 5.0, 5.2, and 5.4GHz, and 6.0 is the goal.
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The Intel i9-9900KS overclocks easily to 5.0GHz all-core, and 5.2GHz isn't too hard to get, but going to 5.4GHz and beyond is a bit more difficult and requires better bins. Today, we'll be doing start-to-finish liquid nitrogen XOC setup and benchmarking.
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[@whit3chick3n]

"Yes I can hear you"

[@Planehazza]

Hello, Ash.

[@wh0_am_152]

fan

[@mxw39]

Still Steve, I can obviously hear and see you just fine in the archived version, too.

[@wh0_am_152]

fan

[@freezingCode]

2021. Can still hear you just fine.

[@heinrichberthold7839]

I can hear you ok

[@TacticalPlaytime]

DFI LANParty boards were all I used for years and years. I really miss the classics man, I miss XFX too. XFX NVIDIA cards were always my go-to for any GPU's.

[@JCDUDECANTU]

I'm hearing you perfectly fine!

[@BuzzKiller23]

Awesome stream. I love watching you guys play with pre-recorded ln2

[@BevinEG]

Yes I can hear you very well. Thanks Steve.

[@lord_of_stew8508]

2 years later and we can still hear you

[@Walczyk]

that branson stuff is AMAZING

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

Tech Jesus performs his magic!

[@charlesballiet7074]

Turning watercooling into performance!

[@MrLuc65]

Damn you are outputting such detailed, informative and generally outstanding content!

[@alphaetomega]

Coming through loud and clear.

[@adamnizami8770]

Audio and video is good

[@brazeiar9672]

I think he should turn the volume down. If only there were a way :p

[@adamnizami8770]

Braze IAR lmao

[@reddragon4482]

I can hear you ok Steve. It's fine.

[@austing2481]

Yes. I can in fact hear you

[@adamkija6895]

I hear you just fine👌

[@Visentinel]

7 months later and can confirm I can hear you

[@AtotehZ]

Dunno if I just have a very good 9900K or what. People are saying left and right that 4.8k GHz and over on all cores is a furnace on the 9900K... I can do 4.9GHz on all cores with a Noctua NH-D15.. so aircooled. Haven't tried 5.0GHz. I doubt I could do it. I ran a continuous torture test on the 4.9GHz all core OC for 24 hours. It was stable, with the highest temp on a core being 85 degrees. Then I used it for a week. Played different games and used it for different operations like CAD, encoding and decrypting. Still stable. I proceeded to settle for 4.8GHz on all cores because the revving fans were stressing me out, but if you really need that extra performance on a proper air cooler, it's there.

[@LeeKirkman88]

Thats insane performance !

[@CaseyHancocki3luefire]

@1:29 Yes, I can hear you Steve!

[@charlesballiet7074]

it is said in wizened circles that the first person to reach 6Ghz will be declared the winner of the silicon lottery

[@paulthebeardedonedowning6820]

TBH I don'y usually do this but yes we can hear you fine Steve ...... I usually just shout it out the window

[@cosmicclayton4399]

9 months later I can still hear you 👍

[@Deftonesdsm]

Anyone else remember screensavers doing this back in the day? Before G4tv?

[@JefferyMiller21]

I can't hear you. Oh, my volume was down. Now I can hear you!

[@pablitopnl]

It’s late October 2030. Steve I can still hear you alright. Just thought you’d like to know

[@illusunati]

STREAM SOUNDS GOOD BRO

[@JeffSlehofer92690]

Yes, I can see and hear you fine, hope you guys are able to hit 6GHz!!!!!

[@realzener1918]

i can hear you fine

[@IceBerg0]

Watching Steve clean the back of the motherboard with the brush and thinking he is the Bob Ross of tech.

[@cwickwitted]

Hey, I Can hear you... Can you confirm? Hello? Wow... shows how much he cares about his subs..

[@cwickwitted]

Learn how to g3tgUde w/ computar nueb. lawl.

[@cipriantapu3558]

Steve, I can hear you ok

[@filetsteak5677]

you need 3 hours to overclock?

[@xChaoLan]

Yes, Steve I can hear you ok.

[@pleappleappleap]

Is there any way to run the entire PC under LN2?

[@Razzbow]

Yeah I can hear you ok

[@marcusjames1221]

When I say Gold leaf You use it in the antique trade

[@jasonballi6978]

You're Good Dude 👍

[@bentosan]

Yes that was confusing but luckily I can hear you -

[@ThePoot_tf2]

your ok your mic is good bro

[@dansmith6909]

I can hear you ok.... but what cpu was that again?

[@NJcinemaHD]

@44:05 does the CPU survive that easily without any cooling? Didnt expect that

[@Alexanderkowaliuk-s7i]

It's like a computer nerd to explain how time works before properly shitng on everyone.

[@MustangsbyMatt]

1:10:38

[@ferna182]

I can hear you just fine

[@Darth-.-Vaper]

They were proclaiming their fandom not telling you to turn fan on. quick FYI

[@commercio3564]

Yes I can hear you.

[@milohajek]

Blah, DFI, those boards where terrible, i should know, i managed the RMA department at a major PC manufacture for 7 years and it blew me away at how much i learned about which companies and parts to most often trust and which to not trust for the most part.

[@SimonTheSnowman]

Yes I can hear you okay

[@cablelag]

Yes

[@kevinyoliveira68]

But IPC is much more important than clock heater, @4.0GHz zen2 is more efficient than @6.0GHz Coffe Lake refresh, Clock Speed is good for overclocking but shit for performance only check Pentium 4 and FX series, highest IPC and less power consumption is better way.

[@MadMosin9130]

I can hear you ok.

[@moriyokiri3229]

I can still hear you

[@creamyj3888]

I can hear you

[@alexandervreeland3561]

yes I can hear you okay

[@atomicpotato9121]

Yes I can hear you

[@Jarbooty]

Why needs to keep the system hot while getting it cold if it’s not producing enough heat it’ll crash

[@matt9008]

Six months later, we can still hear you just fine

[@matthewcalifana488]

Almost 2 years later i can hear Steve just fine .

[@lorenzoveschi5110]

@@matthewcalifana488 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Ti 6 ti yyyyhy

[@SensonW]

I can hear you ok

[@BuzzKiller23]

I'm pissed off that I missed this live. BTW, I can hear you just fine

[@qalbi-s_Ahnfy2095]

you were looking forward to watch the whole thing for 3 hours live?

[@daktus05]

Ahnaf Dragneel of course lol

[@qalbi-s_Ahnfy2095]

@@daktus05 BIG BR....

[@zahidshabir4038]

I was there BUT it was like 2 AM where I live and I didn't want to stay up to watch this

[@daktus05]

Zahid Shabir a didn‘t sleep this night Its funny beeing in School after no second of sleep xD

[@100eyez4]

I can hear you Ok

[@wh0_am_152]

fan

[@mackenziebullied4900]

@@wh0_am_152 fan

[@RainO__O]

3 weeks later, I can still hear you.

[@Shiftto5thGear]

9900KS Guaranteed sillicon lotterywin ,imagine not winning it lmao

[@brazeiar9672]

Imagine getting one that was used by Linus Drop Tips

[@Shiftto5thGear]

@@brazeiar9672 and realized he dropped it.... more.. than... once...

[@maxmustermann194]

i hope they pre test those

[@isakh8565]

@@stephenbetz2009 His 9900K is a top 5% chip, from before intel started holding back the best dies to build up stock for the 9900KS.

[@KC-bg1th]

IsakH85 This. It’s hilarious that Intel thinks that the people that know about the process of CPU manufacturing wouldn’t be smart enough to know that a guaranteed ‘lottery winner’ means that every new 9900K is now a binned 9900KS. lol

[@MasterCommandCEO]

*Clicks play* "Nice" *Few seconds go by* "wait a sec..." DOES THAT SAY 3 HOURS

[@beekaa5]

1:47:11 Steves takes a moment

[@P4FElton]

2:08:18 LOL and the mb still running xD

[@awuwish1]

I can hear

[@mattdagger1480]

Yea Steve I can hear you great. Stream looks solid 😂

[@alexplayslife7782]

i can hear you steve, glad to know the streams live!

[@carlover78]

1:47:20 the video freezes and I can finally believe it.. You really are The Tech Jesus

[@agenericaccount3935]

Entering a summoning trance.

[@wattotoydarian9376]

He can walk on Nitrogen and turn Silicone to wine. It's even reported he brought a GPU back to life!

[@d-thec-tieve4648]

I can hear you, stream looks fine(you must have expected this buddy😂)

[@MrMinefinity]

Yes, I can hear you ok

[@milohajek]

.......So "When will then be now?"........"you just missed it", "when", "now".......got it

[@Magnet0730]

for some reason for me this video is way off with the sound.

[@nicdez1913]

same issue here

[@mrwashur1991]

Lord of the Rings production value has gone down a bit.

[@rafee9442]

_Mhm yeah I can hear ya fine_

[@joeykeilholz925]

6 GHz ie where we would be if Intel didn't sit on ass for a decade

[@x2gaming148]

1 year and 364 days later I can still hear you just fine

[@vinnyveritas9599]

So was it a 6GHz success or a 6GHz fail?

[@u1richh]

I'm pretty sure it was a fail. I saw it reach 5.8 and complete 2 R15 runs and crash on 5.9GHz.

[@sophustranquillitastv4468]

@@u1richh Even on LN2? It should be hit even 7GHz easily on LN2.

[@traviswelch1650]

@@u1richh it ran on 5.9 aswell i didnt see 6 though

[@sphbecker]

I know this is over a month late, but yeah, I can hear you.

[@wh0_am_152]

fan

[@agenericaccount3935]

Great stream. Crack 6 next time. Try widening the holes on the LN2 pot to make the fitment work with the incorrect socket. You should be able to get enough slip to fit the threaded rod without going too off angle.

[@SherlockHomeless221b]

I can hear you... "From the future future fute"

[@frogz]

can still hear you in 2021

[@thejollysloth5743]

I still have my trusty 9600k. It's still an absolute beast. I pretty much won the silicone lotterty. I have it clocked to 5.1ghz at 1.300v. It can manage 5.2ghz at around 1.340v but tends to overheat since I'm not using a 360 AIO but a Noctua DH-14 and at 5.2ghz it reaches some dangerously high temps when stressing the CPU. Thinking of buying a 360 AIO because I want to buy the 12600k when it releases (if it's as good as people are saying).

[@ahmadgazzz]

yes i can hear u nexus

[@ValentineC137]

"yes I can hear you" -Everyone in this comment section not realising this isn't live, 2019

[@I8THEmagictoaster]

Yes i can here you ok

[@therealturtlenecktech]

yes i can hear you okay xD

[@IAMACollectivist]

Coming through fine.

[@ATXRTX22]

Yes I can hear you

[@harisjaved1379]

Yes I can hear you

[@Isaac-vy9bx]

Now we can finally play red dead at 60 FPS

[@GabrielTobing]

“Yes I can hear you”

[@pandalife_gaming]

I can hear you Steve, stream looks good. XD

[@yepcock5814]

I can hear you

[@artisan002]

Does it count that I can hear you in this archive well enough?

[@qkhuve]

9900KS is more like 700$ vs 550$ for the non S-CPU xP Yeah sure, for 25$ more maybe but 150 o_O Yeez

[@kodi0223]

That's weird that youtube wouldn't show the stream itself to click on, I had to wait until it ended to watch it.

[@Skauber]

Oh, good that this is live then, yes I can hear you! It's nice of you to confirm that this really is the live one.... :p