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I recently built myself a new personal rig with some new "old-ish" parts.

12900K - Delid
6950XT
EVGA Z690 Dark
32GB DDR5 6800MHZ
WD Black 1TB SN850X - 3
Noctua NH-U9S
O11 Mini Air/Glass\
Corsair RM1000X

The computer is used mainly for gaming, but also graphic design work. I love small form factor builds, but have fallen in love with EVGA's Dark series motherboards, so the whole build revolved around that piece of hardware. It's my third Dark board and I couldn't be happier with it.

I'm very happy with the performance and the cooling. I was a little nervous using a 92mm cooler on the 12900K, but it handles it perfectly after the delid. I'm rocking a 5.3Ghz all core OC with a small undervolt. Stability and temps have been fantastic. Below is a link to my 3D Mark results.

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/38811493
Color(s): Black Orange Pink Purple
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: E-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 299.99
Intel - Core i9-12900K
Socket: LGA 1700
Cores: 16
Motherboard
$ 412.92
EVGA - Dark K|NGP|N
Chipset: Z690
CPU Socket: LGA 1700
Size: E-ATX
Memory
$ 124.99
G.Skill - Trident Z5 (6600MHz) (Black/RGB)
Type: DDR5
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
$ 649.99
AMD - Radeon RX XT
Chip Manufacturer: AMD
Chip: 6950
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 470.97
Western Digital - WD_Black SN850X (3x)
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: PCIe x4
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
$ 299.77
Corsair - RM1000x
Wattage: 1000
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
Lian Li - O11 Air Mini
Type: Mini-Tower
Side Panel: Mesh
Case Fan
$ 137.40
Cooling
$ 69.95
Noctua - NH-U9S chromax.Black
Type: Air Cooler
Size (WxHxD): 92 mm
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