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Intel 270k Plus Mini-ITX Workstation Build (96GB RAM)

solveopti / May 27, 2026

Intro The following build is a proposed build for the youtuber James Rich Young (JRY). James is a (financial) trader

solveopti / September 17, 2025

Intro The last build I posted was for Intel’s latest LGA1851 socket, so it feels appropriate to also post an

solveopti / August 21, 2025

IntroI recently decided to upgrade my personal workstation that was based on an AMD Ryzen 9 5950x CPU. When the

solveopti / November 8, 2023

This is the Q4 2023 update to our Monkersolver server guide with Contabo. Part of Contabo‘s current server offerings include

solveopti / September 14, 2023

Update 21.10.23: The build description has been updated to be applicable to an i9-14900k CPU as well as an i9-13900KS.

solveopti / June 10, 2023

Due to the recent AGESA 1.0.0.7 update on the AM5 platform, there is now support for high density RAM modules

solveopti / August 7, 2020

This is the Q3 2020 update to our Monkersolver server guide with Contabo. In the past month, Contabo upgraded it’s

solveopti / November 24, 2019

After an unexpected delay of the launch of the Ryzen 9 3950x, the 16-core, 32-thread monster is finally here. The

solveopti / April 2, 2019

Intro It’s been a while since we’ve posted a consumer platform build for working with solvers. AMD’s Zen architecture was

solveopti / March 8, 2019

In our previous Threadripper 2 build we recommended to build your Threadripper 2 system with AMD’s 2950X CPU. At the