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Item #4: Thermal Grizzly Intel Mycro Direct Die V1 (non-RGB) - $50 + Shipping <<This item has sold - no longer available

Actually nice to see direct support for up to four 12VHPWR cables on one PSU. It sucks that they even exist at all, but it beats having to use two PSUs. Knowing ASUS will be ASUS, I anticipate those stinkers will charge the price of a complete PSU for each added 12VHPWR port if they think people are going to be stupid enough to go there. The boundaries of greed are limited only by the level of stupidity and complicity of those victimized by it. Overpriced products exist for one reason: because people that are driven by desire more than common sense buy them anyway.

Looking forward to your step-by-step photo or video tutorial and benchmark results.

Equally crappy looking. Fire those idiots, too. The fact that any of them thought it was a good idea to make a gold GPU should make us all concerned about their ability to think clearly.

The computer landscape is pretty sad in general right now but things like that really do not give one much confidence about what the future holds. NVIDIA is long overdue for a hard reset. Some economic hardship and lack of operating capital would go a long way in bringing them back down to reality. It would be nice to see them suffer some severe consequences for their arrogance. Bring the hurt for them. It's time and would be much deserved. It doesn't get much uglier than that. If it were up to me the people responsible for that would now be unemployed.

No. I do not have a surprised look on my face. Business as usual.

Thanks, bro.

I think you asked me how the Alphacool CORE block is working, but I don't see the post now. It's doing just fine. I have not really done anything with the GPU since installing the CORE block.

Parts for sale here and at overclock.net https://www.overclock.net/threads/strix-z-790-e-gaming-13900ks-combo-14900kf-2-tg-mycro-dd-supercool-dd.1816332 Brother @johnksss not in the listing above, I have saved one of these in case you want it. Let me know if you do and it is yours. https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/intel-mycro-direct-die-pro/s-tg-my-dd-p-i

After selling both of my Z790 Apex boards, CPUs and associated parts, I am getting around to offering up the surplus parts. As I found better binned CPUs to buy, I set aside some of the great samples as backup/spares rather than selling them right away. Now I have leftovers that are still better than average. I forgot I had these hoarded away, LOL. So, I had to purchase a motherboard to confirm their identities and test them. So, now I have a new motherboard to sell that was only used to check these CPUs. I've also got a couple of bare die blocks I no longer need. All CPUs were delidded for bare die application. They have been relidded with liquid metal for resale. All tested and found to be excellent. The IHS can easily be removed for direct die application if desired. There is only one drop of rubberized glue on each side to hold the IHS on the CPU. Payment: PayPal Friends & Family or Zelle cash transfer Shipping: Buyer Pays (or local pickup) Send a PM if you are interested. No more testing or benchmarks will be performed, so don't ask. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item #3: Intel Core i9 14900KF - $375 + Shipping 14900KF (SP104_P116_E82_MC88) w/ lapped Copper IHS SP Rating Photos (the MC SP is a screenshot saved from when it was in an Apex since Strix has no MC SP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Photos of the above items are provided below. If you want a photo of something specific, say so when you send a PM about purchasing. SP104 CPU - Lapped Copper IHS

Awesome stuff bro.

Fanboys might not like the unvarnished truth, but I don't care. You can polish a turd all you want to. It doesn't change what it is or how it smells. https://www.overclock.net/posts/29467737/

This is true, but not because I like it or want to. I hate it to put it bluntly. And, this is because almost everything is priced beyond the level of performance the price tag suggests it should offer and most of it delivers very poor value. Also because most of the overpriced "enthusiast" computer parts are crippled and gimped rainbow puke rubbish made to please the children of wealthy and/or financially foolish parents rather than actual enthusiast-grade components. While it is not quite to the same magnitude, it feels very similar to the absolute contempt that I hold for turdbooks now. I'm not ever going to be happy about wasting my money (small or large sums) on overpriced, mediocre, crippled garbage that is slopped out to market, often many months later than promised, with insufficient quantity, with unresolved defects, without sufficient QC and shoddy warranty service. I absolutely still prefer 1dpc motherboards but the options are almost non-existent and the one or two options available now are designed in a careless, reckless and haphazard manner, without adequate regard for overall functionality. (This is true of most motherboards now, regardless of how many memory slots they have.) When you can get essentially the same performance from a 2dpc board that is a dead giveaway that the 1dpc option was just a half-assed cash grab that was crafted as something to sell to suckers (like me) that dare to hope that they will receive something awesome for their money. I was very disappointed with the X870E Apex, but I expected it to be a disappointment. That is why I cancelled the pre-order several times. I bought it with the hope that I would be wrong, but I wasn't. It may as well have been released as an iTX motherboard.

No. In fact, I am probably going to sell the Gene and purchase another X870E AORUS Master. The Gene is as great as it can be, but the mATX form factor is an impediment in terms of the connectivity I want. I have only one slot for the Sabrent card. It works and doesn't hinder the GPU but it is PCIe 3.0 X1. The Master gives me two usable X4 slots (X16 size) to use as I wish without affecting the GPU, NVMe or SATA. If I were interested in a SFF build it would definitely be a keeper.

As soon as this happens I will be ready.

No more procrastination.

Ah ha! You were being sarcastic. I love sarcasm. Yeah, I can hardly wait to buy my next FE GPU. (Yes, more sarcasm, plus there can be no next without a first. I do not intend for there to be one.) Size is subjective. Those two SFF builds I did in the past year or so really illustrated how relative the perception can be. I was amazed by how much performance fit into a midget-sized package. But, to everyone else it was like, "Huh? What? Small? That's not small. It's just not as massive as your other computers." The way I see it is, if I can hold onto it and walk across the room with it tucked under one arm or move it somewhere else without having to use both hands to wrangle it, then to me it's SFF.

Small and densely packed jigsaw puzzle computers make me angry. I really do not care for SFF. Kind of like sitting in the middle seat on a 4-hour flight between two extra-fat and sweaty people that can't fit into the seat space allocated. Even the SFF builds I have done were 'too big' for SFF fanboys. Those that are too big can also be frustrating. O11D XL size is near perfect.

The card has like a 350W power limit, so 2X PCIe power is fine. Unless building in a small case or one with obstructions, end mount power cables are ideal. I loved that about the 3090 Ti FTW3. This one would be good in a SFF build. Especially one with the chimney design with the GPU mounting vertical and on end. It is loud, but as you said, it is not a whine as much as high velocity air noise. It really dumps tons on heat out of the rear I/O. And, yikes... It did run hot (over 100°C memory junction and like 95°C hotspot). Remarkably similar temps to the 9070 XT. And, like the 9070 XT, it improved with better/thinner pads and I replaced the PTM pad with Duronaut. This thing has a large copper heatsink and vapor chamber. The Titan blower cards have similar thermals. Overall, for a brand new GPU (as advertised) this was a really good value. I am not making it my primary use GPU, but it's good to have another toy in the toy chest and a backup part if something dies unexpectedly or you need something to use during a warranty claim/repair. https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/133507978 I think tomorrow I am going to put the Gene back in the Antec C8, box up the Apex and return it for a refund. It is expensive but doesn't offer me any notable performance gains over the Gene or Master, and has an unforgivable appointment of PCIe slots. I really irks the crap out of me that the only usable PCIe slot apart from the GPU is the one right above it. I do not like having the Sabrent card on top of the GPU. I don't like the fact that using the PCIe X16 slots below the GPU slot cut the GPU bandwidth to X8 (inexcusable - Gigabyte wins here). I think getting back $800 will yield more personal benefit than what the Apex can deliver. I feel like there is nothing to be gained by keeping it. It's functional limitations combined with little or no performance gains are the deciding factors here.

I don't need it. I just today received a brand new 3080 from Israel that has more of them for under $350. These are like what they use in servers so they're a bit loud and hot, but I can fix that. An aftermarket backplate and waterblock will do the trick. This is indeed brand new and it shipped in generic whitebox type of packaging as though it was never intended for retail consumer distribution. Works like a normal 3080 though. Just stripped down with a crappy blower cooler. They've got more old stock on hand. https://www.ebay.com/itm/187160768672

Honestly, that's the reason I am running an AMD platform. I took a look at how Core Ultra dumbed everything down and I was instantly uninterested. I've had no problems whatsoever with degradation on Gen13/14 and had the new Core Ultra been a worthy successor to 14900KS it is where I would be now. 9950X nudges out 14900KS by a margin on most things. But, not by much. 9950X only really distances itself from 14900KS in Cinebench and similar workloads because of not having any slow baby cell phone Atom cores that lack hyperthreading. I've watched the trailers and it looks amazing. There has never been a DOOM title that I haven't liked and each new version in the franchise is better than the last. I will be grabbing it when I see it available for $25 or less. I did not notice it was released. I watched the trailers some months back before it was released.

Thanks for the suggestions, Brother John. Still trying to decide if I am going to keep it or return it within the 30-day window. It's nice in some ways, but not worth the sacrifices it requires in some aspects of functionality or the added cost. I cancelled the pre-order three times, but the allure of an Apex was too great. But, it is falling short of my expectations as a former Intel Apex owner. If I return it I will probably replace it with another AORUS Master and be done. It leaves more to be desired than I expected.

Mine was so dry that I was able to save what I removed by rolling it up in a ball and putting it in a sealable plastic container. It would be useful in a spot where there are numerous components of varying heights in a small area that need some degree of cooling, even if it is not the best possible TIM. I did that on the 9070 XT with two inductors and MOSFETs that were away from the others and close together in a small space. But nowhere else. I could only see using this putty to be a good idea instead of a bunch of tiny thermal pads placed on individual parts clustered together that might fall out of the intended position or placement during reassembly. When I took the GPU apart there was no sort of leakage and no mess to clean up. Just this putty that was not a challenge to clean up. Most thermal putty is very sticky and when you take things apart it is caked into cracks and crevices and a real pain in the butt to clean up completely. If I had to identify a similarity of the material to something else it was more like a bread dough with flour rubbed onto the outside and left to rise rather than a gooey putty or gelatinous material.

I need to look but they are all 13900KS/14900KF/KS. No 12th Gen parts. I have a Celeron as well. I used it for testing purposes. The one in the motherboard now is a SP108 13900KS. It possibly is lower CPU clock speed. I typically do not have PBO enabled. Usually set 55/54 core clocks manually.