**Overclocking and Power Dumping with 13th Gen Unlock CPUs**

When it comes to overclocking and pushing the limits of computer performance, some enthusiasts are willing to take risks and experiment with unconventional methods. One such approach involves using unlocked CPUs from Intel's 13th gen series, which can be found on AliExpress or other online marketplaces. These CPUs have been soldered onto a carrier chip that wasn't intended for use in this way, but it seems to work surprisingly well.

For those who are adventurous and willing to experiment, these CPUs offer a unique opportunity to unlock their full potential. The problem is that they require specific motherboard support, which can be problematic if the motherboard doesn't have the necessary slots or features. However, some motherboards with only two DDR4 slots seem to work just fine, as long as you only use them for one slot at a time.

Another consideration is the memory configuration, as these CPUs need to be paired with a compatible DDR5 module. Some motherboards have four DDR4 slots, which can be problematic if not used carefully. However, in my testing, two slots or four slots didn't seem to make much of a difference, as long as you only use two slots.

One potential benefit of these CPUs is their ability to handle high power loads and voltage dumping, making them suitable for overclocking enthusiasts who don't mind pushing the limits of their systems. However, it's essential to note that these CPUs can be finicky and may require some tweaking to get working properly.

**PC 4.0 and DDR5 Support**

In a surprising twist, these 13th gen unlock CPUs seem to have full support for PC 4.0 x16 graphics, with one PCIe 4.0 X4 slot on the M.2 chip. This feature is particularly exciting, as it suggests that these CPUs can handle high-speed graphics workloads without any issues.

Another notable aspect of these CPUs is their ability to disable all ecores and enable AVX-512 instructions. While this may seem like a minor detail, it's essential for certain applications or experiments that require the highest level of performance.

**Bare Bones Kits and System Building**

For those who want to build a system using these CPUs, one option is to purchase a bare bones kit that includes a modest power supply and motherboard. These kits can be an excellent way to get started with building a custom PC without breaking the bank.

In my experience, one of the best options for building a system around these CPUs is to use a desk meet kit, which comes with a compact power supply and motherboard. This setup is perfect for those who want a solid, no-frills system that can handle demanding workloads.

**Price and Availability**

The price of these CPUs can vary depending on the source and availability. In my experience, they tend to be quite affordable, especially when compared to other high-end CPU options on the market.

However, it's essential to note that these CPUs may not be suitable for everyone, especially those who want a reliable and hassle-free computing experience. If you're looking for a system that can handle demanding workloads without any issues, you may want to consider more conventional options.

**Conclusion**

Overall, Intel's 13th gen unlock CPUs offer an exciting opportunity for overclocking enthusiasts who are willing to experiment and push the limits of their systems. While they may require some tweaking and fine-tuning to get working properly, these CPUs can provide excellent performance and value for those who are willing to take on the challenge.

As I continue to explore and test these CPUs, it's clear that they offer a unique combination of power, flexibility, and affordability. Whether you're a seasoned overclocker or just starting out, these CPUs are definitely worth considering – as long as you're aware of their limitations and potential quirks.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwell chat this one is absolutely ridiculous just insane but this is the most fun that I've had in a long time ordering random stuff from China oh boy I'm having fun with AliExpress again this is the box that you get it's 13th gen okay it's going to be a processor right I promise you this isn't like a processor you've seen before I hold in my hand a mobile HX processor but soldered onto this BGA processor is an LGA adapter what a notebook processor was never meant to be used in a desktop motherboard like a pro z690 a ddr4 and yet and yet that is exactly how far we've come or like the full circle I mean this is a notebook CPU it's designed for Notebook notebook they don't have sockets it gets soldered but soldered to this is an adapter to be able to use it in an LGA socket but you won't be able to use it in an ordinary LGA socket you must also have a mounting bracket and conveniently enough it was a seller on AliExpress that's making these and the price on these processors at the time that I'm making this video is a steel now that might change if a thousand of you show up to just buy these the processors that are there now are the 13950 HX and the 13850 HX it's a 5.0 GHz and a 4.8 GHz variant basically but yes 24 cores 32 threads PE cores overclockable there are some quirks because it is a notebook processor one of the biggest quirks is ddr5 motherboards that have four dim slots are very strongly not recommended you probably are not going to be able to get ddr5 Post in that scenario but I have a variety of ddr4 machines including very affordable the h610 M motherboard as well as a desk mini and this is direct die cooling so if you are interested in overclocking this is going to overclock like a champ now these are mobile CPUs that come from the same dies as desktops there is the whole degradation thing that might be happening but if you use these with new micro code and theoretically that won't happen I don't know and that's part of the testing that I'm going to do on these but I just got these and so we won't know for 3 to six months probably it's like oh yeah it turns out if you run a Minecraft server on these we'll see we'll see we'll see but for now let's take a closer look at these and see what we get all right so first up if you order one of these it doesn't necessarily come with the mounting bracket and it does need a special mounting bracket you can see there's a small cutout here that is for the die and so this is again for direct die Cooling and the mounting pressure depends entirely on the mounting screws for your mounting plate the cooling uh clearances are a little different so some coolers will not put enough pressure on the die as others that's a thing that that we will get to but look at this look at the CPU look at the edges of this you can see the little solder BGA balls in this I love it when technology is not used in the way that it is intended and you can get a really good deal for something that runs really well a low power is notebook CPU running in something like the desk mini but it's still socketed and replaceable and upgradeable I'm going to be upgrading from the 12th gen CPU that's in this this thing has been running continuously since forever we're going to replace it with a 13th gen because it's a small compact design I don't need overclocking I'm not going to push the envelope it's fine it's totally fine but if you do want to push the envelope and do some overclocking I'm going to try it in a z690 motherboard as well this is a ddr4 z690 motherboard so it has four slots we'll see how that goes but if you're going to go ddr5 you probably should do two slots and everything is pcie4 across the board x16 slot at pcie Gen 4 and your gen for nvme so in the Box you get the BGA processor the BGA to LGA adapter processor pre-soldered you get some handy dandy mounting screws because I also ordered the mounting plate and then you've got a cover now they're working on a version where they have a built-in IHS if you wanted to use it uh you know in a standard motherboard maybe that would be an option someday but if there's no cost to just get a direct die cooler and you get you know the little aluminum mounting plate just go for the mounting plate mounting plate is going to be better than the retention mechanism anyway the retention mechanism has never been fabulous so don't you know whenever they get that up on AliExpress I would I'd say don't bother with it these CPUs are also I mean there there's there's no way around it they're they're sketch they're they're engineering samples or their you know notebook CPUs repurposed this is coloring outside the lines but you know in chasing a deal save hundreds of dollars on a machine to experiment and just have and I you know I did stuff like this in college and the you know whole computer science department would end up with uh machines that I put together that were never supposed to run the way that they did and so it's fun there's less and less and less opportunity for that like when people enough people notice like hey here's a way that I can get the same performance and save a whole bunch of money uh those Pathways tend to be closed after a time and so it's always fun when new Pathways pop up that are like that also in the package you get this hand Dandy screwdriver for unscrewing the mounting situation on LGA 1700 now this is the most dangerous part of this operation because you don't want any screws or debris to fall into your socket if literally anything falls in the socket you've probably ruined the motherboard don't even trans it over the motherboard when you remove those just just don't do it that's what the motherboard looks like with the retention mechanism removed and then you got this little this little bracket on the back for holding the screws these even come with a little piece piece of protective tape installed on the CPU It's Magic so basically you use the orange screwdriver to remove the socket and the black screwdriver to use your own mounting screws now I thought that the plastic washers would be useful for spacing out so you don't dig into the motherboard potentially with the mounting bracket but that doesn't put enough pressure on the CPU so I uh didn't use them I think now's probably the time that you would actually take off that protective piece of Captain tape and not before cuz you don't want to scratch the die this is literally the naked transistors the stack of naked transistors that are actually doing the computation this is the the actual CPU so when you open the box in the Box you have this metal IHS but it's not integrated it's separate and there are screws in the Box what the screws are for is if you have your LGA 1700 cover like this you can unscrew it take the screws out and use the longer screws that are in the box with the plastic spacers which gives this a little bit more height because you might notice the edge of these things is pretty thick and the reason the edge of these things is pretty thick is because it's a laptop CPU soldered to an adapter to make it go into LGA 1700 so it's a little thicker it's not going to work with the built-in IHS like you can't just snap it down it's not it's going to break something so you can't use this as is the screws in here fit this socket more precisely the back plate so that you can have a slightly different setup and that does make your CPU a little taller when you use the IHS and so you have to be sure that your cooling solution supports slightly higher CPU generally AO coolers will do that but if You' got a cooler like you know your notra LGA 1700 uh it's pushing it a little bit because the the threads don't quite want to catch on the edge of this taller standoffs like you would have an a generally work so cooler compatibility suffers a little bit there the other option is the mounting frame the mounting frame doesn't use screws from the box don't be tempted to use the screws or the washers or anything like that from the box if you get the mounting frame you will use only the orange screwdriver and you will reuse the screws that came from the socket with your CPU when you're mounting it and that's it and that's the magic and I found that actually worked better in that scenario you are basically doing direct die cooling with what is essentially a desktop class CPU now if we look at our Hardware info 64 capture here we can see that our voltage requests from Hardware info 64 are going up to like 1.4 volts and change this is a 5.0 GHz processor out of the box or 4.8 GHz processor out of the box which is kind of wild because you know HX CPUs but uh there's a lot of interesting things that this opens up in terms of possibilities spoiler alert as as soon as I said BGA to LGA adapter uh someone inside of intel was nervously calling somebody else because they said wait a minute you know we're saying that our laptop chips don't have the degradation problem and here some crazy randos are uh soldering laptop chips to BGA carriers in order to test them does that also mean that they'll be able to desolder laptop CPUs that may be failing them solder them to an adapter board and then do diagnostics in a desktop motherboard and I say yes as they chuckle nervously into the phone anyway Steve call me no just kidding we're already talking anyway we're nervous laughter now when you're testing it for the first time I recommend making absolutely sure your cooling is secure and starting with one dim at a time okay wow what a fascinating Adventure if you decide to embark on this remember these are basically engineering sample CPUs so like this isn't the price should make sense versus you know a traditional retail CPU or one that you would buy off of eBay secondhand Market as in very very aggressively priced because there are some downsides but it is fun if you have a relatively lowcost motherboard like this h610 m which you can't actually run overclock to ddr4 memory and it is only two slots which works out best this board only supports up to ddr4 3200 theoretically the CPUs should work with the ER 4 4000 for this to make sense these CPUs have to be insanely dirt cheap but you should know I tested them in w680 worked fine I tested them in the azck h1610 M this is a particularly good choice for this worked fine tested it in the the desk meet the big old desk meet adding a GPU worked fine our performance was basically about where you'd expect from a desktop class CPU where there Plucky little Tower cooler here it's it's not really going to do it the out-of- thebox wattage configuration for these is also 55 Watts for pl1 and 125 watts for pl2 and so for something like your desk meat this can make a lot more sense than the normal desktop class CPU because the laptop class CPUs need less power to perform well they're Bend for that which incidentally is why they have a lower probably failure rate than their desktop counterparts it's going to be on the order of like the I5 or maybe even better than the I5 because they're generally bended better to require less power and there's some other inside baseball that I know that suggests that laptop CPUs may not suffer from the same bugs that lead to degradation as their desktop counterparts but that'll be a video for a future day 55 watts is a lot e easier to manage now that that said that doesn't mean you can't overclock them if you use this in a board like z690 or z790 you absolutely can't overclock them they are not locked so if you wanted to dump 200 watts and have direct die cooling that is an option and so if you are an overclocker and you're chasing records and you don't care about dumping too much voltage into your CPU this seems like a no fuss no mus way to have a lot of power dumped into your CPU the caveats are about the memory still remain though really these CPUs are going to be problematic in ddr5 motherboards that have four slots even if you don't intend to use four slots you really need a ddr5 motherboard that only has two slots for ddr4 in my testing two slots or four slots didn't really matter as long as you only used two slots it's a little sketchy having all four ddr4 dims but that was true of even Alder Lake using all four dims on Alder Lake tended to be a little sketchy when the setup here also do you 4 4000 is something the uh person selling these CPUs says is okay I didn't it was not super okay in the systems that I tested it in I could get it to work with some fiddling but it wouldn't necessarily work out of the box so if you're going to embark on this I recommend configuring one dim getting that one dim working and then add your second dim and that's probably going to be a little bit uh of an easier process to get it all working for you these do have full support for PC 4.0 x16 Graphics much to my surprise and you get one PC I 4.0 X4 direct for the m.2 that is all Gen 4 and that all worked pretty well another potentially exciting side feature with these CPUs is that if you disable all your ecores you do actually get AVX 512 these are 13th gen they don't seem to be uh CPUs that have the AVX 52 functionality fused off so if you really needed eight pees of AVX 512 for some uh unruly experiment that you have going like does the CPU destroy itself even quicker under AVX 512 workloads and nobody noticed that before then these are great CPUs for testing that huh if you do decide to opt for the 13850 don't forget that is 20 core it's 8 plus 4 ecores plus eight PES versus 16 and eight for the higher end model that will also clock a little higher but yeah this was a lot of fun and I you know in my mind one of your your best options is something like the desk meet which comes with a modest power supply and a modest motherboard I mean it's a Bare Bones kit you just add a CPU to it and a low profile cooler and that is a pretty solid system for not a lot of money now as I do the video on this the price of these CPUs May fluctuate a lot I I don't know just in the back of your mind look at the used market for like an i7 versus this it has to be priced really aggressively for it to make sense and it also has to be like a side fund project for you or something that you're you know don't make this your main computer like this is I I I don't really know how to explain it but you're you're taking laptop chips that are soldered onto a carrier which it just so happens to work and it it's exciting because these parts were never intended to work this way and there's something amazing about getting parts that were never designed to work this way to work this way it's incredible I love it but you know caveat mtor and all that I'm world this is level one this has been a quick look at 10729 13th gen unlock CPUs you can get them on AliExpress that seem to actually go according to plan if you're little less adventurous this is also available in super inexpensive motherboard uh variants and by super inexpensive motherboard I mean did they figure out a way to do this in just four PCB layers this thing is as thin as a sheet of paper it's soldered there's no socket two dim slots ddr4 and that's yeah that's going to be in another video there's not a lot of there's like six USB ports back here and two of them USB 2.0 there's not this is going to be another video all right I'm signing out you find me in the level one forums if you want to take this for a spin or let me know or whatever this is this is like a 6 plus1 plus1 vrm this is definitely in that you know 150 watt country well you know I what this level one I'm you find me level one forums let's dance and by Dance I mean build computers out of things that would have ended up as E-Waste but this is much more useful than E-Waste this is actually legit bananas I mean this this thing is maxing out a 4090well chat this one is absolutely ridiculous just insane but this is the most fun that I've had in a long time ordering random stuff from China oh boy I'm having fun with AliExpress again this is the box that you get it's 13th gen okay it's going to be a processor right I promise you this isn't like a processor you've seen before I hold in my hand a mobile HX processor but soldered onto this BGA processor is an LGA adapter what a notebook processor was never meant to be used in a desktop motherboard like a pro z690 a ddr4 and yet and yet that is exactly how far we've come or like the full circle I mean this is a notebook CPU it's designed for Notebook notebook they don't have sockets it gets soldered but soldered to this is an adapter to be able to use it in an LGA socket but you won't be able to use it in an ordinary LGA socket you must also have a mounting bracket and conveniently enough it was a seller on AliExpress that's making these and the price on these processors at the time that I'm making this video is a steel now that might change if a thousand of you show up to just buy these the processors that are there now are the 13950 HX and the 13850 HX it's a 5.0 GHz and a 4.8 GHz variant basically but yes 24 cores 32 threads PE cores overclockable there are some quirks because it is a notebook processor one of the biggest quirks is ddr5 motherboards that have four dim slots are very strongly not recommended you probably are not going to be able to get ddr5 Post in that scenario but I have a variety of ddr4 machines including very affordable the h610 M motherboard as well as a desk mini and this is direct die cooling so if you are interested in overclocking this is going to overclock like a champ now these are mobile CPUs that come from the same dies as desktops there is the whole degradation thing that might be happening but if you use these with new micro code and theoretically that won't happen I don't know and that's part of the testing that I'm going to do on these but I just got these and so we won't know for 3 to six months probably it's like oh yeah it turns out if you run a Minecraft server on these we'll see we'll see we'll see but for now let's take a closer look at these and see what we get all right so first up if you order one of these it doesn't necessarily come with the mounting bracket and it does need a special mounting bracket you can see there's a small cutout here that is for the die and so this is again for direct die Cooling and the mounting pressure depends entirely on the mounting screws for your mounting plate the cooling uh clearances are a little different so some coolers will not put enough pressure on the die as others that's a thing that that we will get to but look at this look at the CPU look at the edges of this you can see the little solder BGA balls in this I love it when technology is not used in the way that it is intended and you can get a really good deal for something that runs really well a low power is notebook CPU running in something like the desk mini but it's still socketed and replaceable and upgradeable I'm going to be upgrading from the 12th gen CPU that's in this this thing has been running continuously since forever we're going to replace it with a 13th gen because it's a small compact design I don't need overclocking I'm not going to push the envelope it's fine it's totally fine but if you do want to push the envelope and do some overclocking I'm going to try it in a z690 motherboard as well this is a ddr4 z690 motherboard so it has four slots we'll see how that goes but if you're going to go ddr5 you probably should do two slots and everything is pcie4 across the board x16 slot at pcie Gen 4 and your gen for nvme so in the Box you get the BGA processor the BGA to LGA adapter processor pre-soldered you get some handy dandy mounting screws because I also ordered the mounting plate and then you've got a cover now they're working on a version where they have a built-in IHS if you wanted to use it uh you know in a standard motherboard maybe that would be an option someday but if there's no cost to just get a direct die cooler and you get you know the little aluminum mounting plate just go for the mounting plate mounting plate is going to be better than the retention mechanism anyway the retention mechanism has never been fabulous so don't you know whenever they get that up on AliExpress I would I'd say don't bother with it these CPUs are also I mean there there's there's no way around it they're they're sketch they're they're engineering samples or their you know notebook CPUs repurposed this is coloring outside the lines but you know in chasing a deal save hundreds of dollars on a machine to experiment and just have and I you know I did stuff like this in college and the you know whole computer science department would end up with uh machines that I put together that were never supposed to run the way that they did and so it's fun there's less and less and less opportunity for that like when people enough people notice like hey here's a way that I can get the same performance and save a whole bunch of money uh those Pathways tend to be closed after a time and so it's always fun when new Pathways pop up that are like that also in the package you get this hand Dandy screwdriver for unscrewing the mounting situation on LGA 1700 now this is the most dangerous part of this operation because you don't want any screws or debris to fall into your socket if literally anything falls in the socket you've probably ruined the motherboard don't even trans it over the motherboard when you remove those just just don't do it that's what the motherboard looks like with the retention mechanism removed and then you got this little this little bracket on the back for holding the screws these even come with a little piece piece of protective tape installed on the CPU It's Magic so basically you use the orange screwdriver to remove the socket and the black screwdriver to use your own mounting screws now I thought that the plastic washers would be useful for spacing out so you don't dig into the motherboard potentially with the mounting bracket but that doesn't put enough pressure on the CPU so I uh didn't use them I think now's probably the time that you would actually take off that protective piece of Captain tape and not before cuz you don't want to scratch the die this is literally the naked transistors the stack of naked transistors that are actually doing the computation this is the the actual CPU so when you open the box in the Box you have this metal IHS but it's not integrated it's separate and there are screws in the Box what the screws are for is if you have your LGA 1700 cover like this you can unscrew it take the screws out and use the longer screws that are in the box with the plastic spacers which gives this a little bit more height because you might notice the edge of these things is pretty thick and the reason the edge of these things is pretty thick is because it's a laptop CPU soldered to an adapter to make it go into LGA 1700 so it's a little thicker it's not going to work with the built-in IHS like you can't just snap it down it's not it's going to break something so you can't use this as is the screws in here fit this socket more precisely the back plate so that you can have a slightly different setup and that does make your CPU a little taller when you use the IHS and so you have to be sure that your cooling solution supports slightly higher CPU generally AO coolers will do that but if You' got a cooler like you know your notra LGA 1700 uh it's pushing it a little bit because the the threads don't quite want to catch on the edge of this taller standoffs like you would have an a generally work so cooler compatibility suffers a little bit there the other option is the mounting frame the mounting frame doesn't use screws from the box don't be tempted to use the screws or the washers or anything like that from the box if you get the mounting frame you will use only the orange screwdriver and you will reuse the screws that came from the socket with your CPU when you're mounting it and that's it and that's the magic and I found that actually worked better in that scenario you are basically doing direct die cooling with what is essentially a desktop class CPU now if we look at our Hardware info 64 capture here we can see that our voltage requests from Hardware info 64 are going up to like 1.4 volts and change this is a 5.0 GHz processor out of the box or 4.8 GHz processor out of the box which is kind of wild because you know HX CPUs but uh there's a lot of interesting things that this opens up in terms of possibilities spoiler alert as as soon as I said BGA to LGA adapter uh someone inside of intel was nervously calling somebody else because they said wait a minute you know we're saying that our laptop chips don't have the degradation problem and here some crazy randos are uh soldering laptop chips to BGA carriers in order to test them does that also mean that they'll be able to desolder laptop CPUs that may be failing them solder them to an adapter board and then do diagnostics in a desktop motherboard and I say yes as they chuckle nervously into the phone anyway Steve call me no just kidding we're already talking anyway we're nervous laughter now when you're testing it for the first time I recommend making absolutely sure your cooling is secure and starting with one dim at a time okay wow what a fascinating Adventure if you decide to embark on this remember these are basically engineering sample CPUs so like this isn't the price should make sense versus you know a traditional retail CPU or one that you would buy off of eBay secondhand Market as in very very aggressively priced because there are some downsides but it is fun if you have a relatively lowcost motherboard like this h610 m which you can't actually run overclock to ddr4 memory and it is only two slots which works out best this board only supports up to ddr4 3200 theoretically the CPUs should work with the ER 4 4000 for this to make sense these CPUs have to be insanely dirt cheap but you should know I tested them in w680 worked fine I tested them in the azck h1610 M this is a particularly good choice for this worked fine tested it in the the desk meet the big old desk meet adding a GPU worked fine our performance was basically about where you'd expect from a desktop class CPU where there Plucky little Tower cooler here it's it's not really going to do it the out-of- thebox wattage configuration for these is also 55 Watts for pl1 and 125 watts for pl2 and so for something like your desk meat this can make a lot more sense than the normal desktop class CPU because the laptop class CPUs need less power to perform well they're Bend for that which incidentally is why they have a lower probably failure rate than their desktop counterparts it's going to be on the order of like the I5 or maybe even better than the I5 because they're generally bended better to require less power and there's some other inside baseball that I know that suggests that laptop CPUs may not suffer from the same bugs that lead to degradation as their desktop counterparts but that'll be a video for a future day 55 watts is a lot e easier to manage now that that said that doesn't mean you can't overclock them if you use this in a board like z690 or z790 you absolutely can't overclock them they are not locked so if you wanted to dump 200 watts and have direct die cooling that is an option and so if you are an overclocker and you're chasing records and you don't care about dumping too much voltage into your CPU this seems like a no fuss no mus way to have a lot of power dumped into your CPU the caveats are about the memory still remain though really these CPUs are going to be problematic in ddr5 motherboards that have four slots even if you don't intend to use four slots you really need a ddr5 motherboard that only has two slots for ddr4 in my testing two slots or four slots didn't really matter as long as you only used two slots it's a little sketchy having all four ddr4 dims but that was true of even Alder Lake using all four dims on Alder Lake tended to be a little sketchy when the setup here also do you 4 4000 is something the uh person selling these CPUs says is okay I didn't it was not super okay in the systems that I tested it in I could get it to work with some fiddling but it wouldn't necessarily work out of the box so if you're going to embark on this I recommend configuring one dim getting that one dim working and then add your second dim and that's probably going to be a little bit uh of an easier process to get it all working for you these do have full support for PC 4.0 x16 Graphics much to my surprise and you get one PC I 4.0 X4 direct for the m.2 that is all Gen 4 and that all worked pretty well another potentially exciting side feature with these CPUs is that if you disable all your ecores you do actually get AVX 512 these are 13th gen they don't seem to be uh CPUs that have the AVX 52 functionality fused off so if you really needed eight pees of AVX 512 for some uh unruly experiment that you have going like does the CPU destroy itself even quicker under AVX 512 workloads and nobody noticed that before then these are great CPUs for testing that huh if you do decide to opt for the 13850 don't forget that is 20 core it's 8 plus 4 ecores plus eight PES versus 16 and eight for the higher end model that will also clock a little higher but yeah this was a lot of fun and I you know in my mind one of your your best options is something like the desk meet which comes with a modest power supply and a modest motherboard I mean it's a Bare Bones kit you just add a CPU to it and a low profile cooler and that is a pretty solid system for not a lot of money now as I do the video on this the price of these CPUs May fluctuate a lot I I don't know just in the back of your mind look at the used market for like an i7 versus this it has to be priced really aggressively for it to make sense and it also has to be like a side fund project for you or something that you're you know don't make this your main computer like this is I I I don't really know how to explain it but you're you're taking laptop chips that are soldered onto a carrier which it just so happens to work and it it's exciting because these parts were never intended to work this way and there's something amazing about getting parts that were never designed to work this way to work this way it's incredible I love it but you know caveat mtor and all that I'm world this is level one this has been a quick look at 10729 13th gen unlock CPUs you can get them on AliExpress that seem to actually go according to plan if you're little less adventurous this is also available in super inexpensive motherboard uh variants and by super inexpensive motherboard I mean did they figure out a way to do this in just four PCB layers this thing is as thin as a sheet of paper it's soldered there's no socket two dim slots ddr4 and that's yeah that's going to be in another video there's not a lot of there's like six USB ports back here and two of them USB 2.0 there's not this is going to be another video all right I'm signing out you find me in the level one forums if you want to take this for a spin or let me know or whatever this is this is like a 6 plus1 plus1 vrm this is definitely in that you know 150 watt country well you know I what this level one I'm you find me level one forums let's dance and by Dance I mean build computers out of things that would have ended up as E-Waste but this is much more useful than E-Waste this is actually legit bananas I mean this this thing is maxing out a 4090\n"