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I hear ya. There's nothing as easy and clean as dropping in a Noctua Chromax heatsink. Altho, if I were to need another heatsink at some point. That's probably not going to happen anytime soon...kinda moving back into a full on wcing kick...

Th I would debate the "way better" part. The 12A is by default configured to be quiet. I upgraded the fans... it's a bit louder but it does the job up to and past 220 watts. I'm not fighting against normal operation... I just want more...

I have an AMD 5900X currently cooled by a Noctura nh-u12a. It's barely enough. The processor hits its limits while leveraging precision boost. TDP exceeds 260 watts in that condition, even while undervolting. I'm switching over to a ARCTIC...

I have a DFI NF4 Infinity socket 939 board with a dual core opteron 165, nice board back in the day.

People who have played D&D forever are standing on solid ground. 2.5 was the best version by far, it just had weak mechanics. 3 added good mechanics but broke the experience system. 3.5 tried to fix the experience system but ultimately got too...