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5.3ghz paired with gen 4 nvme is pure speed
If seen too many of these new i9's and i7's put in b550 boards or anything with an LGA 1200 slot and its a waste! This is the newest of the new guys, if you get this cpu do it proper, if youre not gonna shoot for utilizing its capabilities then get a 10th gen and save money. Youre gonna need a new board, water cool this thing, gen 4 nvme drive, new 30 series gpu's (cause they utilize gen 4 pci-e slots) heres a simple breakdown of a good starting point when getting this cpu:
Step 1: get an 11th gen processor (this i9 if its in your budget)
Step 2: get a motherboard with gen 4 pcie slots (z590-e was my go to)
Step 3: obviously water cool this unlocked beauty cause it'd be a shame not to get it to 5.3ghz (done safely with corsair's H150i elite capellix; hovers around 40's in degrees Celsius)
Step 4: get a gen 4 nvme solid slate drive (might as well go samsung 980 pro for the 7000mb/s reads)
Step 5: enjoy windows booting and being able to start opening webpages and games within 5 seconds of pressing the power button and never waiting for anything to load ever again 🙌🙏
⚡ This is the future ⚡
July 2021 · Electronics · verified purchase