Hello everyone.
I have a question for you about latest Maximus IX boards. Me myself is using Maximus X code and 8700k with it. My co-worker is building his system right now and also decided on 8700k. Both of us might upgrade our CPUs in the future when 8 cores will be used in games. We are both intending to have our systems for long time like 5 years and only change graphic cards in lets say 3 years. I build mine last summer and Maximus code being essentially same board as formula was basicly best one around. My co-worker is looking at Maximus xi boards but than we found out that Hero/code/formula all has same vrm which is kinda bad. Not terrible but being some strange crossbread of 4 and 8 phases which in general gets 10c hotter than rest kinda scared my co-worker a little and also would me. He than looked at the extreme which is said to be better in that regard, but at the same time our local store is selling same bord as I have X code for 280 eurs couse it is z370 model and is going out.
In the end my question stands…will Maximus XI extreme be an overall better board for overclocking 8700k and maybe 9900k in future. Is its VRM sorted out better than rest of 11 series is ? Or is VRMs on maximus 10 code still better and he shall get that one while still aviable for half less money. Talking about money…it aint problem paying premium, but not for staff that doesn’t come premium as computer will have to last long.
Just to know…computer is gonna be pretty packed with 32 gb ram, 2 1080ti sli, 2 nvme drives, 2 regular 10 tb barracudas, 2 regular sata SSDs and a sound card. All will be cooled by 9 noctua fans, fully costum EKWB colling kit having one 240mm and one 420mm radiators.
Also between the maximus x code and xi extreme, is there any difference in overclocking 8700k to 5 ghz. Mine for example on the code is delided one and needs 1.38 vcore to sucesfully pas geekbench of 8 hours…it never gets over 80c and vrms stayed between 45 and 55c. I wonder if extreme would do so with less voltage couse covorker is sensitive to such stuff and wants the best.