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ShrimpBrime

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  1. Nice, thanks for the tip. I'll pass that on to Jordan!
  2. Are you using the stock cooler or an aftermarket? Tough to clean and upgrade my kids rig. He thinks he's in trouble when it's missing a haha. Haven't asked him how the 5600G is doing for him. Says BeamNGDrive gets a little choppy with AI installed, so I am curious. I'm not much of a gamer, but he's got the PS steering wheel pedals and shifter set up. I've taken some cars for a spin, pretty cool stuff. Can't imagine having that as a kid. We had dirt and sunshine....
  3. No one asked!!! The paste is IC Diamond. I know the back story.... nvm that for now. The paste came off looking great. Nice contact, had to use channel lock pliers to remove the plate from the heat sink. Popped right off and left very little behind. On the left where you see the fresh scratches is where I used my pocket knife to remove the little remaining paste. Honestly, ICD is decent stuff. Like I said, got a bunch of tubes free, so I use it. Comparable to what I usually like to use, Antec Formula 7 diamond nano. Yes, even on lidless chips.
  4. Yes that's an old Opteron (FX or Phenom) heatpipe cooler. But was in New condition when I installed it. And yes, the Wraith Prism fan clips right onto it.
  5. Don't pull daily rigs apart often. After a couple years of use at stock, looks like the heat sink took some heats!!! Swapped out the chip because it's lid-less and also out dated. A 5600G to take it's place in my son's (11) gaming rig. Check it out! haha. Just don't ask what the thermal paste is. I got the * free so I use it. Here's proof de-lidded.
  6. Update the Intel management engine. Should resolve M.2 issues on most boards.
  7. @Avacado , I HAD BCLK overclocking on my B660-G (external clock generator) and yes they did eliminate OC. The trick they did was to suggest updating ME FIRMWARE from the bios DL section of the board with NO indication it would remove BCLK overclocking. It also removed BCLK overclocking for AlderLake as well. I know, currently testing a 12400F.... 103 locked. Doesn't matter which CPU. @The Pook , that's not a bad idea. I've gotten bios chips from bios depot in the past. I'm going to check this out for sure. Thank you!
  8. For general overclocking purposes, what Intel Z series motherboard is the best bang for the buck?? I currently have a B660-G and I made the dumbest mistake ever to update the F'n ME firmware and it eliminated BCLK clocking. Which is why I purchased the board on 12th gen, the bang for the buck. Two choices, I figure ask about plan A, a Z series board... Or Plan B, just get another B660-G/F model and NOT update the dang firmware. (someone had to guinea pig right?) Price is under 300. And it only needs to support DDR5 memory. The rest doesn't matter, it's for general OC purposes, maybe not extreme. Or maybe so. But lets figure not k? Thanks for your opinions!!
  9. Just wanted to shout out to E and everyone else too. A member at OCN since 2007, what a place it was indeed. So much information shared by you fellas, just unremarkable. Since I feel as OG as most of you, I'll be hanging out here and will continue to read and learn and grow with you all. But I feel, from what I've read, this is a good deal. Long live OG, Long live OC!!
  10. Hi ya'll. I'm transitioning. All sorts of things in life. Oh look, a new HW hangout!!
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