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| | | [https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-threadripper-3970x AMD 3970X] | ||
| One of the finest packages of our era, at a fantastic price point. Thrashes the 3990X's 2.7GHz base clock with a 3.7. I furthermore believe the 64-core 3990X will be memory starved for most task sets large enough to engage all its cores, and thus not worth paying double. The 3990X is still an awesome chip, don't get me wrong, but it's strictly for suckers given the 3970X's existence---and you're talking to a man who was previously running the much-maligned Broadwell-E 6950X. | | One of the finest packages of our era, at a fantastic price point. Thrashes the 3990X's 2.7GHz base clock with a 3.7. I furthermore believe the 64-core 3990X will be memory starved for most task sets large enough to engage all its cores, and thus not worth paying double. The 3990X is still an awesome chip, don't get me wrong, but it's strictly for suckers given the 3970X's existence---and you're talking to a man who was previously running the much-maligned Broadwell-E 6950X. | ||
| [https://amzn.to/3c1Oxua $1950 Amazon] | | [https://amzn.to/3c1Oxua $1950 Amazon] | ||
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| | | [https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-velocity-str4-d-rgb-nickel-acetal EKWB EK-Velocity sTR4 Nickel+Acetal] | ||
| The "Full Nickel" sounds alluring, but so far as I'm aware, full nickel doesn't improve thermal characteristics (the heat-conducting area is of course metal), so the extra $30 is just for aesthetics. I'd rather the top be black in any case. Acetal is reportedly less brittle than plexi, and is the correct color. I might get the D-RGB variant, as it doesn't add much cost ($10), and that might be fun to play with. The EK-Velocity line seems the canonical choice for sTRX4/TR4 waterblocks. | | The "Full Nickel" sounds alluring, but so far as I'm aware, full nickel doesn't improve thermal characteristics (the heat-conducting area is of course metal), so the extra $30 is just for aesthetics. I'd rather the top be black in any case. Acetal is reportedly less brittle than plexi, and is the correct color. I might get the D-RGB variant, as it doesn't add much cost ($10), and that might be fun to play with. The EK-Velocity line seems the canonical choice for sTRX4/TR4 waterblocks. | ||
| [https://amzn.to/2T00qIk $123 Amazon] | | [https://amzn.to/2T00qIk $123 Amazon] | ||
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| | | [http://hardwarelabs.com/nemesis/gtr/gtr-360/ Hardware Labs Black Ice Nemesis GTR 360] | ||
| Without employing add-on components I don't have (and are no longer generally available), I can only put in 2x360s (with the CaseLabs pedestal, I could rock dual 560s, alas). I doubt that even 2x360 will be necessary for a quiet, cool build, and intend to start off with a single 360mm. Height is 54.7mm on the Nemesis, and an ultrathicc 60mm for the [https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-coolstream-xe-360-triple EK-CoolStream XE 360]. | | Without employing add-on components I don't have (and are no longer generally available), I can only put in 2x360s (with the CaseLabs pedestal, I could rock dual 560s, alas). I doubt that even 2x360 will be necessary for a quiet, cool build, and intend to start off with a single 360mm. Height is 54.7mm on the Nemesis, and an ultrathicc 60mm for the [https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-coolstream-xe-360-triple EK-CoolStream XE 360]. | ||
| [https://amzn.to/2TN3Uyf $129 Amazon] | | [https://amzn.to/2TN3Uyf $129 Amazon] | ||