Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master (or Ultra if you have a hard cap on your budget).  

EVGA Z390 Dark if money is no object and you want the best board for overclocking, no exceptions.

48 minutes ago, TechguyMaxC said:

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master (or Ultra if you have a hard cap on your budget).  

EVGA Z390 Dark if money is no object and you want the best board for overclocking, no exceptions.

Thanks for the reply 

I am leaning towards that master or the hero x Asus 

thou pricey at the moment 

going to wait till thanksgiving here in Canada for a sale. Hopefully get it a little cheaper 

I've purchased more enthusiast-class motherboards in the last 20 years than you can shake a stick at.  I have the Aorus Master in my gaming PC and an Asrock X299 board in my media server.  As it stands right now, those are the brands I generally recommend, though again if money is no object EVGA's Dark boards are engineering masterpieces.

2 hours ago, TechguyMaxC said:

I've purchased more enthusiast-class motherboards in the last 20 years than you can shake a stick at.  I have the Aorus Master in my gaming PC and an Asrock X299 board in my media server.  As it stands right now, those are the brands I generally recommend, though again if money is no object EVGA's Dark boards are engineering masterpieces.

Ya but all depends what you want to do with it.

now for me doing no extreme overclocking 

would it be beneficial to get the master? 

 

Just ti hit day 5.2 on the ks model of i9900k 

Go for the Master. It has a great VRM with proper cooling so it should last a long time and it won’t be the bottleneck when you overlock. Another benefit of Gigabyte’s Z390 boards is the T-topology memory slot design which helps you run large amounts of fast RAM. I run 4x8GB (32GB) of DDR4 3600 on mine and it booted up with XMP settings the very first time. 

1 hour ago, TechguyMaxC said:

Go for the Master. It has a great VRM with proper cooling so it should last a long time and it won’t be the bottleneck when you overlock. Another benefit of Gigabyte’s Z390 boards is the T-topology memory slot design which helps you run large amounts of fast RAM. I run 4x8GB (32GB) of DDR4 3600 on mine and it booted up with XMP settings the very first time. 

Guess I’ll be getting that board.

thank you all for the replies.

 

now just patiently waiting for the i9900ks

 

would my h100 water cooler be sufficient ? 

Sorry guys

also one more question 

I have the Corsair h100 water cooler

will it fit on the i9 9900ks with Z390 board ?

Your H100 will fit with the included Intel LGA 115x mounting bracket, and it will cool the KS.  Your overclocking potential may be limited, but as long as you have realistic expectations in this regard I think you will be very happy overall.

Enjoy!

Edited September 25, 20196 yr by TechguyMaxC

2 hours ago, TechguyMaxC said:

Your H100 will fit with the included Intel LGA 115x mounting bracket, and it will cool the KS.  Your overclocking potential may be limited, but as long as you have realistic expectations in this regard I think you will be very happy overall.

Enjoy!

Thank you 

also will 3200mhz  or 3600mhz be sufficient 

more shall I go for 4000?

does it make a diff ?

Edited September 25, 20196 yr by mikeymike

On 9/24/2019 at 11:16 AM, westman said:

made a hybrid cooling, water chiller and custom water cooling in the same package , can start with normal watercooling if a need more cooling a start the chiller mode, that start the chiller and bypass the radiator via a shunt ventil  and shut down the raditor fans all automatic when the chiller have cooled down the water to the temp i set 

have differnt profiles from undervolting @4.7ghz to allout 5.6ghz chiller profile that i load from windows. all depending what a shall do , no need to run the chiller when surfing on the webb.

-I have chillers where I work, been thinking about bring one home to experiment...

- Awe come on you know you need 6 Ghz. to check email...LOL..

Edited September 25, 20196 yr by TurboKen

5 hours ago, mikeymike said:

Thank you 

also will 3200mhz  or 3600mhz be sufficient 

more shall I go for 4000?

does it make a diff ?

Flight sim likes fast RAM.  There is a point of diminishing returns though, and also no guarantee your particular CPU will be able to drive RAM at a given speed (e.g. 4000MHz).  Personally, I run 32GB of 3600MHz RAM.  

Yes I might go for the 3600mhz

the price jumps up a little for 4000mhz

 

also I am running a 1080ti msi lightning z 

 

will that bottlenck the i99900 KS model cpu?

24 minutes ago, mikeymike said:

Yes I might go for the 3600mhz

the price jumps up a little for 4000mhz

 

also I am running a 1080ti msi lightning z 

 

will that bottlenck the i99900 KS model cpu?

1080 Ti is still a good card.  I wouldn't upgrade unless you know you're GPU-limited.  Do your CPU upgrade first like you planned and see how you like the performance.  If your graphics settings and resolution are high enough, there may be cause to upgrade the GPU at that time.  

3 hours ago, TechguyMaxC said:

1080 Ti is still a good card.  I wouldn't upgrade unless you know you're GPU-limited.  Do your CPU upgrade first like you planned and see how you like the performance.  If your graphics settings and resolution are high enough, there may be cause to upgrade the GPU at that time.  

Thank you for your response.

3 hours ago, TechguyMaxC said:

1080 Ti is still a good card.  I wouldn't upgrade unless you know you're GPU-limited.  Do your CPU upgrade first like you planned and see how you like the performance.  If your graphics settings and resolution are high enough, there may be cause to upgrade the GPU at that time.  

Thank you for your response.