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In terms of D5 boards, the Taichi is the only sensible option in ZA right now. The 12900KF for R10700 is what I'd personally buy being me (actually the 12900K), but the i7 is objectively much better value. If you can, try to ask a distributor for old stock as chips manufactured in January onwards don't support 512. I have the ASRock AVX512 BIOS saved to my Onedrive because I know they're going to pull it. In terms of RAM, you can have your pick between the Caster's and the HyperX Fury kits. If you overclock then I'd suggest the HyperX kit for the Hynix ICs. If not I'd just grab the Caster kit because it's likely going to have a better quality bin of Samsung or Hynix chips depending on which you get.
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In terms of D5 boards, the Taichi is the only sensible option in ZA right now. The 12900KF for R10700 is what I'd personally buy being me (actually the 12900K), but the i7 is objectively much better value. If you can, try to ask a distributor for old stock as chips manufactured in January onwards don't support 512. I have the ASRock AVX512 BIOS saved to my Onedrive because I know they're going to pull it. In terms of RAM, you can have your pick between the Caster's and the HyperX Fury kits. If you overclock then I'd suggest the HyperX kit for the Hynix ICs. If not I'd just grab the Caster kit because it's likely going to have a better quality bin of Samsung or Hynix chips depending on which you get.