i9-9900K vs i9-10980XE White System Head to Head

VRM Temperatures

We’d obviously push both processors as hard as thermally possible, and whilst the Corsair dual-fan AIO is excellent it’s not really designed to run a Core i9-10980XE at 4.7 GHz under heavy loadings all day long. The most extreme processor in the Intel range at its upper level of overclocking requires a commensurate cooling setup. It is nice to see that both ASUS motherboards have power phases more than capable of handling such a testing environment though.