Test Setup
For testing, I used the Intel Core i9-12900K which was sent to us by Intel. The motherboard used included the ASRock Z690 Aqua OC.
| Processors | Intel Core i9-12900K |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | ASRock Z690 Aqua OC ASRock Z690 Taichi ASRock Z690 PG Veloctia Z690 AORUS Master MSI MEG Z690 ACE MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WIFI |
| Power Supply | ASUS ROG THOR 1200W |
| Solid State Drive | Samsung SSD 980 PRO M.2 (1 TB) |
| Memory | G.SKILL Trident Z5 32 GB (2 x 16GB) CL36 6000 Mbps |
| Video Cards | MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X |
| Cooling Solutions | Corsair Hydro X Series Custom-Cooling Kit MSI MEG S360 AIO Cooler Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Black (LGA 1700 Mounting Kit) Corsair H115i (With LGA 1700 Mounting Kit) |
| OS | Windows 11 64-bit |
Our test rig includes the Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB SSD that boots up our main OS while a 2 TB Seagate HDD is used for the storage of games and applications. In addition to these, we are running an MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X graphics card, an ASUS ROG Thor 1200W power supply. For this specific review, we used the Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 (16 GB x 2/6000 Mbps) memory kit.
For cooling, we used a variety of different coolers such as the pre-equipped water block on the Z690 Aqua OC, the Hydro XC7 RGB water block from Corsair, the MEG S360 AIO from MSI, and a Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Black.
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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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