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  1. CaliKeith

    12900k / z690: tech lust!

    You missed it a third time Ussie! I sold mine when I cancelled my Alderlake order. LOL. Don’t worry, I wasn’t going to sell it outside Ireland due to all the Customs paperwork anyway. Sold it quick to a fellow enthusiast up in Donegal. He got lucky finding me several pages deep into Google...
  2. CaliKeith

    What to sell my spare DDR5 for?

    Had a 12900K/Maximus Hero Z690 pre-ordered from OCUK and bought some Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB First Edition 5200Mhz/CL *36* from elsewhere. Cancelled the 12900K/Hero order once I read/watched some reviews on Thursday 4th. However the Corsair DDR5 had already shipped and been delivered to...
  3. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Haha. Good to be back. I was only going to get to wear that 12900K Golden Plastic Wafer Gaming Performance Crown for a few months till V-Cache Ryzen 9's came out anyway!! Short term pain for a 2022 gain!! AMD will likely hold the crown once V-Cache arrives till Raptor Lake launches at the end...
  4. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Same. LOL.
  5. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Well, I just Cancelled my 12900K and Maximus Hero !! LOL The Z690 Motherboard debacle was fortuitous as it gave me time to read and watch reviews before my order shipped. Original plan was to buy a 12600K/Z690 for a build for my brother, but the Alderlake Hype got to me and instead I ordered a...
  6. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Haha, I'm glad the motherboards aren't in stock as it gives me time to weigh up my options. I planned to order a 12600K and lower end DDR4 board for my brother to add to the RTX3070 I bought him as payback for all he's done for me over the years. His use case would be 4K60 gaming on his TV...
  7. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Well my DDR5 arrived anyway!!
  8. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Expect to wait 2 weeks!! J...F.....C. What a joke!!
  9. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Well I ordered at 4:19pm (41 minutes before pre-orders should have opened) so assume I bagged one of the apparently few Asus Maximus Hero's with my 12900K. I'll be very annoyed if not!! LOL
  10. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    If the standoffs appear first I'll pick them up as I have an Elite Capellix H150i that has LGA1200 Brackets and I also bought an Asus Z690 mobo that has LGA1200 holes as well as LGA1700. Technically thats all I need. However, I actually now plan to get the full Retention upgrade Kit and get...
  11. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    That kind of thing tipped me over the edge from buying my brother a cheaper 12600K and lower end board and DDR4 Ram and me keeping my 'still not finished building' 5900X/RTX3090 based system...over to deciding to give him my 5900X/X570/4x8GB 3600CL18 and instead buying a 12900K/Maximus...
  12. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    I paid €369 Euro's for 2x16GB 5200/CL36 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB from an EU site last Friday and that included Tax which is Irish VAT @ 23%. Have the DDR5 prices shot up so much already in the last week that you are paying £400/€472 and that only includes 20% UK VAT!!
  13. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    https://i.imgur.com/DmkoJvM.jpg Keep in mind that despite being a bloke I have lady sized small hands. Can't see an issue with most people finding room for one of these. What case doesn't have at least an 1.5 inch behind the motherboard tray for cable management these days?
  14. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Nope. Apparently the Corsair UK Site had them for all of 5 minutes around midnight before they immediately sold out!! Even more annoyingly, I was awake...at my PC...F5'ing the Corsair sites.....I just didn't happen to refresh within that tiny 5 minute window!! Arrgghhhh!! Corsair really have...
  15. CaliKeith

    Arpara 5K VR micro OLED headset

    The through the lens shots looked incredible. He says Vertical FOV looks taller than Quest but Horizontal about the same. The killer though is 120hz is only available at 1080p. At native res it can only do 30hz !!! No tracking. Sebastian says not to buy it and its merely interesting in that...
  16. CaliKeith

    what motherboard did you buy for your alderlake cpu.

    Initially was going to go with a Strix and the consensus was the E variant. Heard a few people mention the Hero. Then saw that all the Press Kits sent by Intel were 12600k's and 12900K's with Maximus Hero's so its obvious Intel would prefer reviewers use the Hero's for the Benchmarking tests. My...
  17. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Why does it matter what it looks like? It'll be hidden behind the motherboard tray with all the cables or in a Dual Chamber case, in the PSU side of the case.
  18. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    https://nzxt.com/product/internal-usb-hub-gen-3
  19. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    They'd be Elite ML120's Have the NZXT USB2 Mobo Header Hub too. Dreading the cable nightmare! LOL They saw that many more people where wanting to do Push/Pull on their rads and the 2 fan cables connected and powered direct from their older generations of pump units where no longer enough and...
  20. CaliKeith

    Alder Lake-S leaks

    Black and White for me like my 2016 Corsair Air540/6700K/Asus Z170-A/GTX1080 rig. Takes what ever RGB colour that my mood desires. Not a fan of being stuck with one colour theme forever because I used/chose a particular colour Extension cables at time of build. My O11 Dynamic XL is Black, Black...
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