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23 Followers  |  26 Following  |  88 Posts  |  Joined: 23.01.2025  |  1.9255

Latest posts by nutsandvolts.bsky.social on Bluesky

Detained by a Government & Probably Blacklisted by NVIDIA for Our Next Investigation
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus Detained by a Government & Probably Blacklisted by NVIDIA for Our Next Investigation

We've spent 3 weeks in Asia investigating the AI GPU Black Market. We need your help finalizing this crazy story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltgy...

09.08.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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MORE PHASES!!! MORE BETTER!!!

01.08.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Silicon is so pretty | Delidded i7 860 with a broken P7P55D-E Premium

30.07.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bi

Bi

Bi

Bi

Bi

Bi

Bi

Bi

Can’t get enough of these pics… wish blue skoo didn’t limit it to only 4…

25.07.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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gay ass gpu #bi

25.07.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I regret nothing making this...

25.07.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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-17c on the coolant!!! The "Chiller" 9000 works.

Re-benched the 2600K despite it slowly degrading in real time.

23.07.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Ozzy πŸ˜’πŸ€˜πŸ¦‡

22.07.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Wet

Wet

Wide

Wide

Wide open

Wide open

Dry

Dry

The β€œchiller” works!

Got down to -2c with a little bit of salt and some ice I had frozen.

22.07.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what happens to bad robot girls who misbehave

19.07.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gave a Viking funeral to the Rampage III Black Edition since the gamble did in fact not pay off.

Socket had turned green from corrosion, countless ripped pads and missing SMDs, fucked BGA etc. Worth it for some pretty pics though.

19.07.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Well, i7 2600K hasn't always been this glam
I was a drab little CPU once"

"Lapped" i7 2600K in a Maximus IV Extreme, going to be running ice water at some pointβ„’

17.07.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hwbot me!

Hwbot me!

Completely skipped that HWBot added banners… guess I can make my page look a lil more snazzy ✨

14.07.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cursed ass timings

Cursed ass timings

Benching!

Benching!

Tried my hand at tuning up 3000 C15, 4x8gb, SR, A2 8gbit Hynix MFR, on a Strix Z370 Gaming F (t top) mobo.

Holy shit these ICs are a joke… can’t even run 4 6 20 at 3000…

11.07.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heavy metal 🀘

10.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Z790 MPOWER Acquired, baby's first time trying DDR5...
Only paid 170 euros inc shipping!

02.07.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Extremely dusty condition rampage III black edition

Extremely dusty condition rampage III black edition

Faded Maximus IV extreme

Faded Maximus IV extreme

Turns out I should have looked past the first photo on this listing...
Managed to snag a possibly working Rampage III Black Edition! The Maximus IV Extreme is just a bonus at this point lmao, 80 nzd for the lot!

www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplac...

29.06.2025 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Long bois

Long bois

Why can’t DDR5 be this cool…

HyperX knew what was up with heatsinks

28.06.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025 Team Hardware Reaktor Reloaded Benchmeet | Montage
YouTube video by Vi 2025 Team Hardware Reaktor Reloaded Benchmeet | Montage

Montage of the team Hardware Reaktor Reloaded benchmeet a couple weeks back. Over 1600 liters of liquid nitrogen! πŸ’ͺ

youtu.be/7jMNjxNoKZs

28.06.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Always fun playing dress up when new hardware turns up.
I miss this ✨A E T H E T I C✨ of computers...

26.06.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can take a guess where that's inspired from lol.

Northwestrepair?

21.06.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ice ice baby

Ice ice baby

When this baby hits -196c you’re going to see some serious shit!

12.06.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
8ghz

8ghz

8ghz

8ghz

8ghz

8ghz

8ghz

8ghz

7.425 GHz on a A10-5800K on LN2, windows ended dying so best I got was the BIOS splash screen…

Didn’t help that the max voltage I could set was only 1.85v

12.06.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SEX!

SEX!

SEX!

SEX!

PURE SEX!
Perfect god dam mount!

Pretesting a GTX 560 SOC on liquid nitrogen. 1165 MHz on core and 1250 on memory both at stock volts (1.087v Vcore) and only -68c

05.06.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me over here ignoring the fact that recently I’ve installed Linux…

06.05.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two New Memory Overclocking World Records in 1 day!

May 3, 1PM: 6386.8 MHz by Blackdot
May 3, 10PM: 6402.7 MHz by Saltycroissant

Chart: skatterbencher.com/memory-overc...
Details: hwbot.org/benchmarks/m...
Validation: valid.x86.fr/fl4te2
Validation: valid.x86.fr/6cuwgd

04.05.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I swear if I hear someone say "I asked ChatGPT" one more time I'm gonna lose it

04.05.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
B the

B the

Bios bricked

Bios bricked

Coming up with some ideas for OC themed stickers

01.05.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Soonβ„’ πŸΉπŸŒŠπŸ‘€

19.04.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a 5gal bucket of icewater with a pump apparatus, and a large plastic bag of ice

a 5gal bucket of icewater with a pump apparatus, and a large plastic bag of ice

a Radeon HD7750 graphics card mounted on a riser and featuring liquid cooling

a Radeon HD7750 graphics card mounted on a riser and featuring liquid cooling

a screenshot of the Radeon control panel showing 1337Mhz on GPU core, 1337Mhz on VRAM, and a chilly 19C temperature under 3D load

a screenshot of the Radeon control panel showing 1337Mhz on GPU core, 1337Mhz on VRAM, and a chilly 19C temperature under 3D load

<dracula flow voice>
i'm addicted to the ICEBUCKET, i can't stop BENCHMARKIN 🧊

16.04.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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