Yeah, the fact that they use off the shelf parts was definitely a deciding factor. It also uses a Lian Li case and PSU, and a WD SN580 drive. I was looking at that RAM kit earlier. Might end up going with that. Found a few single matching sticks on eBay for about $60 shipped, but for that I think I'll just buy a 32GB kit and keep this stick for a spare or test stick.Sweet! And PowerSpec uses off-the-shelf Gigabyte boards with BIOS available from Gigabyte (rather than depending on the system builder for them). Latest BIOS is May 30, 2025.
These are little cheaper and run at lower 'overvolt' (1.25V) than the G.Skill part (1.35V):
Does the motherboard allow you to use XMP, or do you have to manually overclock the RAM? PowerSpec is their house brand; not sure how flexible they are but if you have to manually set timings on the RAM, you could make a fair argument that they should upsell you to an EXPO kit and you pay the cost difference.I planned to add another 16GB of RAM to the office PC by picking up a matching stick, but it looks like the G Skill RAM they use is a special part number and only sold in pairs in the DIY segment. Here's the part number on the stick: f56000j3238f16gx1rs5k Searching on Google only brings up the 2 stick kit. WTF. A 32GB Kit will run about $80. By the time I do that I might as well paid another $40 for the 7700X. Might run it at 16GB for now and keep looking for a matching stick. Also just noticed the RAM isn't even EXPO, it's XMP.
I didn't check to see if the RAM was running at XMP or not yet, but I will. Already powered that one down for today to hook up the CAD PC.Does the motherboard allow you to use XMP, or do you have to manually overclock the RAM? PowerSpec is their house brand; not sure how flexible they are but if you have to manually set timings on the RAM, you could make a fair argument that they should upsell you to an EXPO kit and you pay the cost difference.
What RAM kit did they install in the CAD PC? Hopefully not the same Ripjaws S5 sticks?
If nobody else bids this evening, you can have this for $40 shipped:
Might have to look at swapping this Wraith cooler out for something else. CPU was 90-95C and the fan going nuts just installing AutoCAD. Even at idle the CPU sits around 60C with PPT around 23W. Playing around with fan curves and I might give curve optimizer a shot with like a -15 offset.