Hardware too rare
to leave in a landfill
Collectible CPUs, legendary GPUs, and enthusiast boards — every piece I come across gets sourced, tested, and documented. This is where I keep the record.
Marks Finds
Recently Documented
RAM Micron 64GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM Kit (4x 16GB)
Matched 64GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM kit pulled from a working ASUS Z10PE-D16 dual-socket system. All 4 sticks confirmed in BIOS before removal.
Cooler Noctua NH-D9DX i4 3U — LGA 2011 Square-ILM
Used Noctua NH-D9DX i4 3U server CPU cooler with NF-A9 fan and Square-ILM mounting hardware. Pulled from a working dual-socket Xeon workstation.
Motherboard
Hall of Fame
ASUS ROG Rampage V Extreme + Bitspower ROG Certified Monoblock
X99 flagship that came in showing POST code 53 and turned out to be fine the whole time — with an i7-6950X and one of the rarest ROG Certified cooling pieces ever made already mounted on it.
Blog
Recent Posts
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What Phase Shedding Is — and Why I Turned It Off on the Dominus
Phase shedding parks most of your VRM at idle to save a few watts. On a board with 32 teamed power stages, that's oddly fascinating — here's what it does, how the Dominus Extreme handles it, and why I run all 32 stages all the time anyway.
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Why the ROG Dominus Extreme VRM Will Basically Last Forever
32 teamed IR3555 power stages, a CPU that pulls 400 watts, and barely 12 amps per phase. The Dominus Extreme power delivery is so overbuilt it can't really wear out — here's the math, the board, and why nothing current touches it.
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The Water Block That Was Never Sold in America
A Washington pawn shop. A "broken" X99 flagship. One full-cover monoblock that ASUS officially certified and Bitspower never distributed in North America. How I ended up with one of three cooling products ever certified by the ROG program.
asus rog water-cooling x99 lga2011 hedt deal
About Mark
Collector. Tinkerer. Documenter.
Based in Redlands, CA — I source rare and enthusiast PC hardware and document it properly: full specs, condition notes, and the backstory behind how it ended up on my bench. Follow the builds and finds on TikTok.
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