Been out of the OC game since the release of 5800x3d and after a bit of checking around didn't seem to find any definitive guides, so just looking for basic guidance Currently considering doing ram first, then moving to cpu.…
I came across a used custom build and am more or less functionally illiterate when it comes to PC specs. I am hoping for some feedback regarding whether it is worth the $400 asking price. Based on the limited research…
i7-980X @ 30×143 = 4.29GHz @ 1.38V allegedly. when i hop on pc health it jumps from 1.348-1.36 GAX58A-UD3R Rev 2.0 24GB DDR3 @ 1708MHz
Screw drivers: T5, Philips 00 & 0 Thermal compounds: Thermal Grizzly PTM7950, Putty Pro So far temps went from from 95 to 87 in Cinebench 2024 with 70w TDP, 80w 2 min, 93w 2 second Teardown: https://imgur.com/gallery/J2hvIhr
I don't know if there is anything else to improve, seems fine to me, temps are right and testing with testmem5 and y-crunch didn't give me any error.
November is thanksgiving time, and we teamed up with FSP to give away some of their hardware to 3 lucky members of the PCMR! THE PRIZES 1x FSP M580 case (White) 1x VITA GM 1000w PSU (White) 1x AE36 AIO…