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Thanks J, I was just kidding about the sandbagging though I still don't enjoy overclocking hardware as much as you seem to do, but I do enjoy the competition side of it. The next step of the HWBot madness is building up a database with good runs, and keeping that #1 spot. I wasn't even convinced I could grab first place (unlike @Avacado), so until that moment it was all out for gold.

Knowing a bit of J7's history I think you might be right. I am glad he's not in my HWBOT league, I wouldn't stand a chance...

Thanks a lot for the kind words @Avacado, a lot of time has been invested in this and it was totally worth it! But one thing is for sure, I couldn't have done it without your help. Spending hours teaching me and tackling issues together, it was a lot of fun and I look forward to the rest of this journey. Also thanks to @iamjanco and @PCSarge for joining us a few times and having some fun together, which I encourage other members to do too. It's been fun talking instead of sending messages to eachother PS. Taking gold is nice but keeping it is a whole different story.

I should give it a try at some of the higher settings I ran during benchmarking, but 13023.4 is it for now @ArchStanton and @J7SC_Orion Those multi thread results are crazy!

Great work @ArchStanton! I'm glad they are about the same

Did it involve smoke?

I like my ASUS board, but damn that's hot! This....

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Little update, installing some of the hardware. Watercool.de Heatkiller LGA1700 backplate: The mainboard with the CPU and memory installed: I love the looks of the memory, just be careful because it's sharp (@Avacado) Shiny Heatkiller IV, I polished/lapped this one for the 3950x a while back: And installed on the board with the true brass fittings The board installed in the case, bit of a wire mess (wait until you see the back ) The PSU installed, it's a big boy... The weight of this case is already extreme, but adding parts like this doesn't make it any better. (5.85lb) It's almost impossible to pick up the case from the pooltable I'm working on, so it'll be a challenge once I have to move it to the office.. One of your image 'edits' of those talking horses pops up in my head Regarding the NVLink bridge, I've seen and bookmarked that one (I think you were the one mentioning it a while back). It's either that or the quadro one, though a flexible one would be better with some slack to move the cards where I want. Thanks I really wanted HK blocks on the 3090's and I've had some contact with them but they were so slow releasing them that I decided to go with EKWB full cover blocks and active backplates even though all the trouble they had. Turned out EKWB updated the plating proces and the quality has been better since that. Those blocks have been in my posession for a while now, and I noticed Watercool.de has the FTW3 blocks available now though without active backplates IIRC.

I 100% agree with this! Thanks @emci, @neko10082 and everyone else contributing to this project! It's so cool to see this growing @emci Stay safe out there..

It's one of the things I love about being here. But then there are a lot of things over there I wish I had, like cheap electricity instead of the €0.275 I pay per kWh Thanks J! I hope I can get the 3090's running. I gave it a try a few days ago but I couldn't get it working for some reason. Now there are always some issues if you try something that's a bit unusual, so we'll see what's wrong soon. The biggest issue is slot spacing, with a Quadro NVLink bridge I could get it working though. I like big cases too, both for cooling reasons and just easy access. As for the RGB stuff, I think I'll need to spread it out over a few days to stay sane

How did I miss this? A lot of interesting things going on in this topic I have a lot of those in my car too, including digital and analog gauges. Gotta love all the gear from work! If he tried... We'll get there some day, first I need to get everything under water.. Scan it with the google translate app! I tried to scan the picture but it couldn't read the text, but I bet it'll do it when you scan it yourself

Second post updated with the first few build pictures. Thanks E! It's a sweet case for sure, just a bit heavy. I checked out the HAF 700 EVO, that's an awesome case too! Like I said, we don't use the expression 'overkill' here but it kinda is.. The radiators were already in the case as I was planning to go dual GPU and a CPU in one loop. If I remove the 420 rad it'll look empty As for the breaker situation, we use 16 amp 240V here so I'm pretty safe! The memory is crazy, just being able to buy something this fast and without even touching it... At some point I'll see where I(we) can take it, I bet it could go higher.

Most of the parts are already here. Only the external GPU radiator is something I need to figure out, but I'm not in a hurry. I started with the conversion from AM4 to Socket 1700: The most time consuming thing all day, this little fella. Temporary mockup, figuring out where everything goes. Sadly I wont be using the EKWB 240 reservoir, that would have worked great with the GPU's included in the loop but now it just messes with the loop order and tubing. A tube will connect the rear fitting on the top 420 rad to the front radiator shown here: 16 ML120 fans, RGB cable nightmare The hole spacing on the bracket below the pump works pretty good, just enough room to fit a nut on the threads so I need some black plastic washers to fill the gap. That's it for now

Picture borrowed from google, will be replaced asap For a while I've been the owner of a Corsair Obsidian 1000D case. It was the idea that this monster was going to house my main system, an AMD 3950x paired with 2 3090's in NVLink with water cooling. Finding a board with the proper spacing for an EVGA NVLink bridge is fun or very expensive, so I ditched that plan a while back. I could have used a Quadro NVLink bridge, but that was a big step as an EVGA fanboy. The case moved to the side and disappeared under a pile of boxes from other projects and the mess my regained interest in benchmarking (HWBOT) creates. After some applied pressure by @Avacado and @J7SC_Orion I decided it was time to dig up this case from under the mess and start working on it. Plans for this system: This is going to be a dual loop water cooled benchmark and fun system. Hardware (subject to change): CPU: Intel i9 12900KF Mainboard: ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero Memory: 32GB G.Skill DDR5 Trident Z5 6400Mhz CL32 PSU: Corsair AX1600i Storage: Samsung 980Pro 1TB GPU: somewhere between a GTX580 and a 3090 (pair?) CPU loop (don't mention overkill on EHW!): 2x Alphacool 480/45 xflow rad 1x Alphacool 420/45 rad BP fittings PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT 19/13mm black tubing AquaComputer Ultitube D5 150 16x Corsair ML120 RGB 6x Corsair ML140 RGB Watercool Heatkiller IV w/ Socket 1700 Backplate and conversion kit GPU loop (TBD): External radiator on a stand AquaComputer D5 Reservoir BP fittings Mayhems Ultra Clear 19/13mm tubing Koolance QD4's Update 1: Water cooling gear. Update 2: Installing some of the hardware.

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Awesome pictures! Congrats on the unique case, great find and I totally understand why you went with that one

I bought this one for fun: ASUS ROG Matrix HD 7970 Platinum Specs | TechPowerUp GPU Database WWW.TECHPOWERUP.COM AMD Tahiti, 1100 MHz, 2048 Cores, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 3072 MB GDDR5, 1650 MHz, 384 bit

Sorry to hear that, another offering to the hardware gods

Don't do it Sweet, it'll make a big difference for sure! I'm waiting to put my blocks back on the 3090 until the (hopefully) Rev 1.0 FTW3 card comes back. I had it on and it made a big difference in memory temps, I never really looked at core temp change with the backplate. With your chilled water it'll be cold though, I bet it helps

Really interesting! I don't know if I will ever use it, but I've had a few messages about this card from others too who've been checking this out. So if you'd like to share it here I bet it will be used at some point. Thanks in advance

Thanks for linking that! I happened to read that somewhere some time ago though, so I checked the serial number on their page and I was lucky The memory is 6400mhz CL32 32GB paired with a 12900KF. Brings out the artist in you Danku, besides some hickups during installation it's been great so far!

You can enjoy it with me though

I should order me one of those label makers too, it's a bit chaotic under my desk and thanks to @Avacado I'm now the proud (and bankrupt) owner of the above