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The ryzen 7 9800x3d tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, with a focus on cooling and performance. Recent content highlights an overclocking experiment by Roman "der8auer" Hartung, where a 110cm 3D-printed chimney above a fanless 240mm radiator reduced the CPU's temperature from 90°C to 71°C, a 19°C drop, demonstrating natural-draft cooling on an open test bench. The tag includes practical insights for enthusiasts interested in extreme cooling solutions, though the method is noted as not suitable for conventional PC cases. Topics touch on thermal management, overclocking, and hardware testing, relevant to those building or tuning high-end AMD systems.
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    ASUS ROG G1000 U.S. SKUs Still Coming Soon, Specs Conflict

    ASUS says its Republic of Gamers ROG G1000 (model GM1000), a 104-litre flagship gaming desktop built around AMD Ryzen X3D processors, an ROG GeForce RTX 5080 and a separately chambered 420 mm liquid cooler, can be ordered in the U.S. as of September 22, 2026. ASUS's own U.S. spec page, however...
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    Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Faster DDR5 Barely Lifts Uncapped Elden Ring

    AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D shows little average-frame-rate benefit from faster DDR5 in TechPowerUp’s uncapped Elden Ring memory-scaling tests, with roughly 1% separating the tested configurations at each of three resolutions—a result that gives owners little reason to replace their RAM for this game...
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    Ryzen 7 9800X3D PC Uses Primus Blowtorch as Reservoir

    A custom liquid-cooled gaming PC built by Reddit user Old-Mate-Fetus has drawn attention for turning an old Primus blowtorch into a coolant reservoir, with copper pipework and a handmade dark-wood frame surrounding an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC. The machine is...
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    Ryzen 7 9800X3D Hits 95°C on a 2004 Q-Tec Liquid Cooler

    Wccftech reports that overclocker Der8auer mounted a 2004-era Q-Tec KS70 bay-mounted liquid cooler on AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D and found it adequate for gaming but overwhelmed by Cinebench R23. The eye-catching result is less a vindication of a 22-year-old cooler than a useful reminder that a CPU...
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    Ryzen 7 9800X3D: 110cm Chimney Cuts 19°C, Won’t Fit PCs

    A 110cm-tall, 3D-printed chimney mounted above a fanless 240mm radiator dropped a Ryzen 7 9800X3D’s reported CPU temperature from 90°C to 71°C in overclocker Roman “der8auer” Hartung’s test bench—a 19°C reduction without radiator fans. The result is real enough to be visible in the accompanying...