How to Upgrade Your i7 (or maybe your i5) Processor to the i9 9900K

This is a D.I.Y. video that will help you determine: 1. If your system is capable of upgrading to the i9 9900K. and 2. All the general steps necessary to make the swap successfully. There are links to all of the hardware used and other options for water cooling as well. If you have additional questions please feel free to leave them in the comments section.

DO THIS FIRST!!! Go to PCPARTPICKER and see if your system hardware is compatible https://pcpartpicker.com Click on System Builder and put in your system hardware information. Make sure to watch the color bar on the top. If it goes RED then you have a problem.
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Here are links to the 9900, thermal paste, etc.

Intel i9 9900K Unlocked https://amzn.to/2Yv7qjM
Wigbow Thermal paste https://amzn.to/34sMwpd
Grounding strap https://amzn.to/3lmwYts
Arctic Freeze CPU Fan https://amzn.to/2CTG9QH
Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition CPU Air Cooler https://amzn.to/2Yr6Rrt
Cooler Master Master Liquid ML240L water cooling https://amzn.to/3j30EJS
Insulated Screw Driver set https://amzn.to/3jcyTi3

Here are the links to all of my PC system components:

Monitor - Viewsonic XG350R-C https://amzn.to/2QkjDDK
Monitor - Acer LCD XF270HU https://amzn.to/2FUeP2H
Case - Thermaltake P5 open concept https://amzn.to/3aaq5G1
Motherboard - Asus ROG STRIX Z-390-H https://amzn.to/2TrNeh0
RAM - Gskill Ripjaw https://amzn.to/2R197SR and HyperX 32MEG https://amzn.to/2Nuv1vK
Cooling - Corsair fans Purple & Red, CRYORIG H7 Tower Cooler https://amzn.to/2FXMnNj
Graphics Card - Gygabyte 1080 GTX G1
SSD - Samsung 860 EVO https://amzn.to/2FUEc4b
HD - Seagate Blue 1TB https://amzn.to/2FUguoX
DvD - RW Digital
Power Supply - 600W EA Gold https://amzn.to/2RlcpPW
Sound AMP - Sennheiser GSX1000 https://amzn.to/2sutcHI
Headphones - Sennheiser Game ZERO https://amzn.to/2RipOIo
Mini Keyboard - Razer Orbweaver Chroma https://amzn.to/2Rovh09
Keyboard - Gofreetech mechanical RGB
Mouse - Razer NAGA Trinity RGB https://amzn.to/2FVonKH
External Speakers - Logitech Z333 https://amzn.to/35XWcoU

Thanks for watching the video and have a Blessed Day!!!