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| System Name | Pioneer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen R9 7950X |
| Motherboard | GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
| Memory | 64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30 |
| Video Card(s) | XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 |
| Storage | 2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs |
| Display(s) | 55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display |
| Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
| Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
| Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W |
| Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
| Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
| Software | Gentoo Linux x64 |
That's right. This is a silicon lottery official binned 6700k that will clock (in my experience anyways, YMMV) to 4.8Ghz at approximately 1.425v tops (rated for 1.4, but I needed more). It's been delidded and had Thermal Grizzly conductonaut liquid metal applied, and die reasealed so it acts just like a normal processor, only no crappy TIM!
An overclockers dream, right? What's the catch?
Well... it's ugly. I made the mistake of applying the liquid metal Conductonaut TIM between the heatspreader and heatsink, and it stuck pretty hard. It's basically metal and should not impede thermals much, so you can still apply whatever you want, but it turned her into an ugly duckling. Maybe you can clean it up better, dunno. 30 minutes with cotton swaps and 90% alcohol yielded pretty much what you see here. Remember however one of my arms doesn't work nearly at all, so you may have better luck.
Here she be:
She's only $200, in honor of AMD being kinda competitive. Us Intel people need a price-cut too you know? This is likely to move quickly, grab it while it's hot!
SOLD!
An overclockers dream, right? What's the catch?
Well... it's ugly. I made the mistake of applying the liquid metal Conductonaut TIM between the heatspreader and heatsink, and it stuck pretty hard. It's basically metal and should not impede thermals much, so you can still apply whatever you want, but it turned her into an ugly duckling. Maybe you can clean it up better, dunno. 30 minutes with cotton swaps and 90% alcohol yielded pretty much what you see here. Remember however one of my arms doesn't work nearly at all, so you may have better luck.
Here she be:
She's only $200, in honor of AMD being kinda competitive. Us Intel people need a price-cut too you know? This is likely to move quickly, grab it while it's hot!
SOLD!
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