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and assembled, I don't really like the cpu cooler aesthetics (or the ram led diffusers) but the temps are great. I wish monoblocks were still a thing, probably wouldn't be good for direct die even if they made them. big'ol slab of nickel plated copper just hits different

with a quick and dirty pbo oc the 9950x3d pulled 270w in cinebench with a max cpu temp of like 74c, 47k score. My previous liquid metal 5950x would have thermal shutdown before the run even ended. \

Also i'm getting 90+fps in modded assetto corsa highway servers in VR now up from like 55fps with the 5700x3d i was running before