Recent content by petricor

Love it. Looks amazing!

In an unexpected turn of events, AMD sent me a 9950X3D as a replacement for my RMA'd 7950X3D - so I dropped it into my 2023 S4 Mini build, and magically, it did not blow up the PSU. Overall, I may be looking at a similar power consumption - the 9950, unlike the 7950X3D, does have headroom for...

Tiny update - my 7950x3d, along with my Rog-Strix B650 e-i Board, died in a recent ram overclocking attempt. The usual fora indicated an issue with the 7950x3d and particularly ASUS' Bioses permitting unhealthy OC voltages - and, indeed, and amazingly, both Asus and AMD sent me replacements for...

Very cool build. Are the “columns” stacked standoffs? I really like the sheet metal assembly logic! Is the CPU blowing into the GPU compartment or did you close that side of the heatsink?

Valid point - it does have some vertical prominence! Unfortunately I just missed out to the probably seven 5090fe that Nvidia were offering on their UK website this afternoon - just did not hit refresh fast enough in the 5 seconds that mattered- that means that for the time being, and whilst...

It's actually an amazingly well-suited case for an sff water block: May imply to design one though! The modular layout has the potential for the design of something much smaller than a 1 slot card - now that's really exciting. And I see an opportunity for aftermarket mini-riser-cables that come...

Nah... no retirement in sight here! But why settle for 9800?! guess I'll need to come up with a better plan for cooling though! That's not an update anymore, but a redesign... will be exciting! First step is rather annoying though: Getting hold of that FE kit early on... happy to pool interest...

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Thank you guys for many enjoyable years and having created a truly amazing community that brought my childhood hobby back to life for me. I still drop by here on weekly basis and will keep doing so for as long as it keeps going. All the best for your future plans!

Waiting for something bigger ;)

Hey all, I feel things are getting a bit stagnant in this space as the underlying hardware leaps at the intersection of does-it-run-crysis, and does-it-look-reasonably-small-next-to-a-can-of-coke seem to be rare recently. The only thing I'd bet my money on is that at some point later this year...

Well-noted - I'll keep a fire extinguisher handy ;) Have just PM'd you... Cheers!

So that's definitely on the shopping list now! Any chance I can bother you for one of your amazing adapter boards?

Very nice! Also drops the “ridge” heat sink, possibly indicating less dependency on air flow… did you test it for air flow / cooling requirements?

Self-Explanatory: EK's AM5 low profile water block as reviewed and considered for this build here. Model built from EK's drawings as provided on their website.