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valthuer said:
Sounds like your situation is a lot better than mine.

I have seen my 13900K repeatedly hitting 100 °C, during building shaders in games.

Yikes!😳
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Those are my AMD though so that's 5-10C lower allowed (85-95C) max temp compared to Intel. I'm sure I have screenshots somewhere of my 13700 temps (100C)but recall the max reaching 84C.

But yeah, that's unfortunate effect I've read about with the i9-1x900's. If you don't already have one, a contact frame can make a huge difference. It's also worth checking the BIOS that wattages are set manually.

While nothing terrible happened, my BIOS was power set to 'Auto/1200w', the only thing it did was result in higher than desirable temps, setting it to spec lowered temps down from the instant 95C.
 
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williamjeremiah said:
www.flickr.com/photos/wjkgreen/54364058443/
www.flickr.com/photos/wjkgreen/54363831496/
www.flickr.com/photos/wjkgreen/54364038389/
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I clicked a few of these and get a 404 error. Did you make them public?

williamjeremiah said:
I don't know how to get these links to instead be shown as images.
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If you get a direct link to an image, then you can put it in the [img]link[/img] tags or click the little picture icon in the editing menu bar.

I don't know about Flickr, but imgur has a menu option for to get "sharing links", one of which is called BBCode. That has the [img] tags right in it, so you can just copy that directly into your post.
 
bit_user said:
I clicked a few of these and get a 404 error. Did you make them public?


If you get a direct link to an image, then you can put it in the [img]link[/img] tags or click the little picture icon in the editing menu bar.

I don't know about Flickr, but imgur has a menu option for to get "sharing links", one of which is called BBCode. That has the [img] tags right in it, so you can just copy that directly into your post.
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I don't know what's up with flickr, the images were uploaded publicly and all of my images on that account are "safe".
I am more accustomed to using imgur, but since I upload anonymously, I don't believe the images are hosted permanently.
The post is fixed, for now. Thank you for the heads up.
 
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williamjeremiah said:
I am more accustomed to using imgur, but since I upload anonymously, I don't believe the images are hosted permanently.
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I've been posting via imgur for a couple years and all of my private posts are still visible via the "share" links. Just in case, I always keep local copies of everything I upload to it.

williamjeremiah said:
The post is fixed, for now. Thank you for the heads up.
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Yeah, the pictures are showing now, but you can post them without the frame like this:

tMI75c7.jpeg

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How to do it:
  1. After you upload an image to imgur, mouse over it and you'll see a ... icon. Click that.
  2. Pick the Get share links menu item.
  3. copy the BBCode link, with the [img] tags.
  4. paste it into your forum post
 
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williamjeremiah said:
It may take a bit more research on my part than that. I use ShareX to anonymously upload video and images to multiple hosting servers, but I'll poke at it a while and see.
I'm really not familiar with chatting on forums.
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Eh, it's probably not worth worrying about, then. Your pics are fine as is.

The black machine is more along the lines of my aesthetic, but that external reservoir on the other machine is impressive! Thanks for sharing!
: )
 
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Two most recent builds.

No. 1

SFF Accounting Desktop for a Parental Unit:

Gigabyte A620i AX
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
16 GB Kingston Fury DDR5 6000 MHz
1 TB M.2 Team Group DRAM-less NVMe SSD
FSP Flex ATX 300W PSU
Goodisory A09 usbType-C case

https://flic.kr/p/2qQ7deR
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQ7deR

https://flic.kr/p/2qQdKjN
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQdKjN

https://flic.kr/p/2qQbGH5
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No. 2

MicroATX iSIM-Racing build with Partial (cpu) open-loop:

https://flic.kr/p/2qQcNcg
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQcN9W
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQcKJa
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQdCid
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQcKQH
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQbzB6
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQcLud
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQcMar
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQdDie
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQbAC4
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQdEcJ
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQcN83
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https://flic.kr/p/2qQdEGg
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buwish said:
Here's a pic of my rig. Yes, I know it is a complete mess as far as wiring goes and I probably should clean it up, but I haven't gotten around to it. 😉

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Specs:
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66Ghz (lapped)
-SpinQ CPU Cooler
-Intel DP43TF MOBO
-W7 Pro 64 bit
-XFX HD5830
-8GB PNY DDR2-6400
-750 Watt Corsair PSU
-X-Fi Titanium Pro Sound Card
-Liteon BD-ROM
-Phillips DVD/RW
-V.Raptor 300GB
-Various Other HDDs

It's outdated of course, but it still runs great. If all goes well, I plan to build a new rig sometime over the summer.
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2025 and first time visiting thread, first post I read "It's outdated of course" and had to pg up to see date.😁
 
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. So far, in all these years, I've been very lucky I guess when it comes to ordering motherboards from Amazon and Newegg, and before that, I guess also geeks.com, NCIX and others, as I've never had one come to me completely unusable out of the box.

Doing a build right now for a customer and I got an ASRock H670 Steel Legend that had obviously been sold and returned before, but figured I'd try it anyhow. Nothing. Nada. Power, but a solid DRAM light from power on and nothing changes. Took it back apart, bent pins in the socket and not from me. Tried the CPU, an i5-14400 in my Z690 Aorus elite ax and works fine. Tried my 12700k in that board, no good, so the one pin that is just barely deviant from the rest was enough to not work.

But I can see why now. Said "Shipped by Amazon. Sold by Amazon" when I ordered it. Customer service agent said, no, it was a third party seller. So first of all, Amazon is realizing people don't want to buy from their third party retailers and is trying to fool people using misleading and deceptive crap on the product pages, which should surprise nobody. But also, that board cost me $99.00 plus tax, and they couldn't replace it because ALL other options for that board, even from other retailers like Newegg, are like 75-100 bucks more. This seller <Mod Edit> KNEW the board was bad and was hoping I'd (Or whoever) would be the type to not question it and just eat the faulty board. Screw you man. Not my first rodeo and not my circus, not my monkeys.

So returned it, but then, the next closest decent board of any chipset worth buying for LGA 1700 that's actually available in an ATX form factor is a Z790 board that's 45 bucks more. Customer isn't happy but being as the whole rest of the system is already built other than the case fans which arrive today, what can they really do? What can I really do for that matter. I can't make Amazon give me another suitable board for the same price if one isn't available.

Gonna look good though, as I'm ordering an ASRock Z790 Pro RS D4, which will still match the case and is probably fairly close in quality to the Steel Legend that failed, plus being a Z board likely has some features that the H board didn't.

This system. I gotta say, I've never really been a big fan of white builds, but this is the second one I've done recently and they really do look nice. Pics coming after the new board arrives as it will look different than the pics I took with the original board, and no fans, installed.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-14400 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor ($169.96 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Pro RS/D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($139.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory ($35.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 PRO 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($36.89 @ Amazon)
Storage: Patriot Burst Elite 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake S300 Tempered Glass Snow Edition ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: ADATA XPG Core Reactor II 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12W-S V3 X3 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack ($12.90 @ Amazon)
Monitor: MSI Pro 27.0" 1920 x 1080 100 Hz Monitor ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech MK235 Wireless Standard Keyboard With Optical Mouse ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $688.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-12 15:19 EDT-0400
 
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I guess the moral to the story is that, these days, no matter where or who you get a board from, if it's an LGA socket which NOW all modern boards are since AMD has gone to LGA as well, CHECK the socket first. If ANYTHING doesn't look exactly uniform, use a magnifying glass and confirm BEFORE you install anything so that you might save yourself some assembly, and re-assembly time, if you can clearly see there is an issue. Which, after looking, I could. Even though it was only a single pin, that is enough to bork the entire build. And my advice is this, I'm pretty sure whoever bought this originally simply accidentally bent a pin prior to installation of the CPU because it's EASY to do. Do not remove the protective socket cover UNTIL you are ready to install the CPU. If they had installed it wrong, MANY more pins would have been bent, but it was only one, so it was an installer issue, not an orientation issue.

And yes, I should have looked at it closer before I moved to even installing the motherboard. Years of no problems can make you complacent though.
 
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williamjeremiah said:
Two most recent builds.

No. 1

SFF Accounting Desktop for a Parental Unit:

Gigabyte A620i AX
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
16 GB Kingston Fury DDR5 6000 MHz
1 TB M.2 Team Group DRAM-less NVMe SSD
FSP Flex ATX 300W PSU
Goodisory A09 usbType-C case

https://flic.kr/p/2qQ7deR
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQ7deR

https://flic.kr/p/2qQdKjN
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQdKjN

https://flic.kr/p/2qQbGH5
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQbGH5


No. 2

MicroATX iSIM-Racing build with Partial (cpu) open-loop:

https://flic.kr/p/2qQcNcg
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQcNcg

https://flic.kr/p/2qQcN9W
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQcN9W

https://flic.kr/p/2qQcKJa
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQcKJa

https://flic.kr/p/2qQdCid
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQdCid

https://flic.kr/p/2qQcKQH
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQcKQH

https://flic.kr/p/2qQbzB6
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQbzB6

https://flic.kr/p/2qQcLud
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQcLud

https://flic.kr/p/2qQcMar
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQcMar

https://flic.kr/p/2qQdDie
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQdDie

https://flic.kr/p/2qQbAC4
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQbAC4

https://flic.kr/p/2qQdEcJ
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQdEcJ

https://flic.kr/p/2qQcN83
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQcN83
https://flic.kr/p/2qQdEGg
View: https://flic.kr/p/2qQdEGg
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interesting way to mount the reservoir for you CPU block.

Very smart you could use the same method for a custom loop with GPU as well in a smaller form factor case ..

got me interested in how i could use the same method to fully liquid cool my tower 300 7800x3d 7900xtx
 
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ilukey77 said:
interesting way to mount the reservoir for you CPU block.

Very smart you could use the same method for a custom loop with GPU as well in a smaller for factor case ..

got me interested in how i could use the same method to fully liquid cool my tower 300 7800x3d 7900xtx
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Thank you. Yes, there are smaller reservoirs available, such as the FLT series from EK, but the smaller options aren't as convenient to fill and maintain, and this build was for a friend which has never owned a DIY PC before.
While I did splurge a bit on some of the fittings, I also wanted to keep cooling costs down while also avoiding the use of an AIO.
Doing it this way allowed the use of a relatively inexpensive reservoir, and the system can be serviced without worrying about spillage onto components.
 
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Darkbreeze said:
Complaints by who?
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Few pages back someone, not stirring that back up, with some merit had a fit about how this thread has become a "post the most meanieal upgrade" (like changing a single fan).

I disagreed fairly aggressively as their stance was against the ethos of this thread but agreed on the point that this thread should really be what the title suggests, a Member System Gallery, completed PCs and not every little upgrade.

Ergo, the thread I made for looser discussion about smaller less specific day to day PC upgrades and discussion. Is it needed? Maybe. Maybe Not. Maybe eventually, maybe never.

Nevertheless, I reflected on my stance above and think the thread should focus on people postings pics of their completed PCs be they a budget build or multi-thousand dollar theme PC.
 
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SyCoREAPER said:
Few pages back someone, not stirring that back up, with some merit had a fit about how this thread has become a "post the most meanieal upgrade" (like changing a single fan).

I disagreed fairly aggressively as their stance was against the ethos of this thread but agreed on the point that this thread should really be what the title suggests, a Member System Gallery, completed PCs and not every little upgrade.

Ergo, the thread I made for looser discussion about smaller less specific day to day PC upgrades and discussion. Is it needed? Maybe. Maybe Not. Maybe eventually, maybe never.

Nevertheless, I reflected on my stance above and think the thread should focus on people postings pics of their completed PCs be they a budget build or multi-thousand dollar theme PC.
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Ok.
 
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PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qxWXWc

CPU: Intel Core i5-14600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£196.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora 280 41.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£170.14 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 LiveMixer ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£203.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-7000 CL32 Memory (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Silicon Power A55 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£66.84 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£79.99 @ AWD-IT)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Acer FA200 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive (£94.81 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (£774.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Antec NX416L ATX Mid Tower Case (£118.16 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850GF 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Monitor: MSI MAG 325CQRF-QD 31.5" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Curved Monitor
Mouse: Razer Viper V3 Pro Wireless/Wired Optical Mouse (£127.39 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1923.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-24 20:11 BST+0100
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Kreploon9 said:
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PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qxWXWc

CPU: Intel Core i5-14600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£196.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora 280 41.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£170.14 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 LiveMixer ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£203.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-7000 CL32 Memory (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Silicon Power A55 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£66.84 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£79.99 @ AWD-IT)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Acer FA200 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive (£94.81 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (£774.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Antec NX416L ATX Mid Tower Case (£118.16 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850GF 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Monitor: MSI MAG 325CQRF-QD 31.5" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Curved Monitor
Mouse: Razer Viper V3 Pro Wireless/Wired Optical Mouse (£127.39 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1923.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-24 20:11 BST+0100
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That's a very impressive build you got right there!
 
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valthuer said:
Sounds like your situation is a lot better than mine.

I have seen my 13900K repeatedly hitting 100 °C, during building shaders in games.

Yikes!😳
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Did you ever fix this?

No idea if the 14600K is "Significantly" cooler, but building shaders won't even get my chip above 70C and I run a very lax curve on the cooler.
Though under an extreme example like AVX load it will get up to about 84C, at that point loading the pump to max and allowing the fans to max out will drop it to about 81c.

My CPU is a bit of a dud though, won't clock much, so I keep it stock.
 
valthuer said:
Nope.

From what I’ve read so far, it seems that those kinds of temperatures are normalish for my processor.
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You should search out some of the posts by @rluker5 or ask him for advice. IIRC, he has a i9-13900KF and gets much lower temperatures on it.

Here are some I found with a quick search:
 
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