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Please read the original thread before posting useless suggestions mate.

Bought 1 Corsair HX 1000, 1000W PSU against my better judgement and guess what.

i9 installed - no POST.

i5 installed tickety boo!!

Another £160 wasted on bad advice.:mad:

Hello Legolas.
Thanks for the input.

I have tried every BIOS version from 2002. No Post.
I have installed processor and thermal paste 3 times. No POST.
Cant be any bent pins, i5 runs fine....

Hi restsugavan, thanks for the input. I understood perfectly thank you. If you check the chart those are power draw at the wall numbers not just for CPU.

All the Power draw calcs I have used have...

Not good news Im afraid.
Well, for me anyway.

Have tried everything I can think of and everything you kind gents have suggested.

i5 back in and running beautifully.

Now I have to decide...

Interesting. So my PSU would be good to run an 18 core i9 overclocked to 4.6 GHZ under full load. Sweet.

Yeah. I have checked a few PC power draw calculators and they suggest a draw of around 480W with the i9 10920X and my other components included, with no overclock.

Trying the graphics card in...

Gentlemen.

Thank you.

I am not alone :)

@restsugavan - Thanks for your suggestion. I have considered PSU but the chap at ASUS assures me 650W is enough (manual suggests 350W). I will look...

Hello again,

(Feels like i am screaming into the void)

Here is the reply from the kind (but not awefully helpful) chap at ASUS tech support....

"I have received a reply tot the escalation to...

So, it would appear (and Im no expert so could well be wrong) that ASUS have not updated the BIOS for new 10000 series CPU's for The ROG STRIX X299 E GAMING.

According to Intel;
...

Hello again.

Now on 3rd CPU. An i9 10920X. Also will not POST.

I have bought new RAM that is on QVL on advice from ASUS tech support. Won't POST with i9 installed. POST's and Boots fine with i5...

Hello,

I am hoping someone can help with my CPU upgrade issues.

My machine;

Rog STrix x299 E Gaming Motherboard
i5 7640x CPU
32GB Cosair Vengeance 3200MHXZ RAM
Rog Strix 2060 super...