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Only thing I changed was swapping out an MSI B550M for an Asus B550M Motherboard. I tried 3 different BIOS versions with the MSI and none of them did the trick. With the Asus one it didn't work out of the box, showing a DRAM error this time instead of CPU/VGA that the MSI did. But after flashing the latest BIOS it was up and running.
The cooler is a Noctua NH-D15, by the way. Symmetrical version. It is huge! But clears my RAM fine, they're pretty low profile sticks thankfully.
Might have to get one of the new Noctua + Asus 3070s to complete the look ... if it'll fit
exteroceptive
Postin guts because we have a successful build
Asus mobo seems to be working fine, after flashing the latest BIOS. Very relieved. The layout of the board is also a bit better in terms of space between the HSF and case top, and HSF and GPU.