Test System
| Test System Specs | ||||
| Mainboard | Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master Bios Version F10a |
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| CPU | Ryzen 9 7950X3D | |||
| GPU | Galax GeForce RTX 4060 EX | |||
| NVMe | XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 1TB | |||
| RAM | XPG Lancer DDR5 (2 x 16GB) 6000MHz | |||
| Power Supply | EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G7 | |||
| CPU Cooler | NH-D15S chromax.black | |||
| Case | What is under test! | |||
| Ambient Temperature | 25°C ±0.1°C | |||
| Drivers | AMD Chipset: 5.11.02.217 NVIDIA: 551.15 WHQL |
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I used a modded Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master as the testing mainboard, with three thermal probes (K-Type) installed on its VRMs, chipset, and NVMe drive. Although I use a climate chamber, I also monitor the ambient temperature and have another thermal probe at the PSU’s exhaust and one at the chassis’ exhaust. I obtain the rest of the system temperatures, CPU, and GPU through the custom-made software I use for conducting all thermal measurements.
Please note that I use a different system for shooting photos, for the assembly page, and the aforementioned one for thermal testing.
I use a Powenetics v2 kit to monitor power consumption and every other important aspect of the system.
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