Agreeing about the heat. Picked up the WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB Heatsink for £140. Its been totally flawless and runs cool even during long raids, so no st...

I've been thinking about your build since you mentioned that i7-8700K jump... that is a serious leap in performance. I definitely agree with what Velv...

Nice, didn't know that

Honestly, if youre strictly on a 1500 budget, dont kill yourself trying to fit that X3D in there. In my experience, once you step up to 1440p, the loa...

just catching up on this thread now. honestly i gotta disagree with the idea of spending a big chunk of your budget on those official brand name filte...

Honestly, if I were building that monster i9 rig today, I would skip the absolute fastest Gen 5 drives and stick with a high-end Gen 4. I was in your ...

Tbh speed is only half the battle. Since the Pro is gonna be pushing more power, you really want to focus on heat and long-term reliability. If a driv...

In my experience, 24GB is basically a tease for 70B models. The VRAM bottleneck is real! - The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is fast but limited. - Buy two...

Seconding the recommendation above for sure! I actually had a bad experience chasing 8000MHz once and it was a total headache with blue screens... hon...

Ok so, curious about one thing: are you looking for a full number pad or just the main keys?? I've been at this for 3 years and learned the hard way t...

yo, congrats on the new rig! honestly, I've been running an AI-focused setup for a while now and the Codex R2 is a beast for it. for your situation, I...