Project: Arctic Azure Mk V - i7 3930K + Asus Rampage IV Extreme + 3-Way GTX 580 SLI -

15th Warlock · Nov 22, 2011

Took a while, but I finally got my Asus RIVE today:

Got my 3930K a week ago, been waiting for this board to finally test it:

All the goodies included:

A closer look of the board:

I will tear apart my current rig and move my 580s to this rig, hopefully I can upload more pictures tonight, will keep you guys posted

Cold Storm · Nov 22, 2011

jelly....

15th Warlock · Nov 22, 2011

Had some technical difficulties due to a noob mistake: I had assembled everything and was about to start the PC, and when I hit the power button nothing happened!

I started checking everything and noticed the 24 pin power cable was loose on my PSU, fixed it and still nothing! :twitch:

not even the PSU seemed to work

My brain got into panic mode: what if the board was DOA? Or worse, the CPU? What if I had damaged anything during installation? :eek:

I removed the PSU from the case, thinking it was the culprit, and plugged it in to my old board with the 2600K and a couple sticks of RAM, and it didn't work either, at this moment I started sweating, and ran upstairs to grab my HTPC and try its PSU on both boards :cry:

I connected my Silverstone PSU to my old 2600K board, hit the power button and still nothing! That moment it dawned on me that I had probably damaged both boards! :twitch:

Then I thought: "wait a sec, I was just using this board before tearing my PC down, and rebuilding it, and I know for a fact that the Silverstone PSU is working!" :wtf:

Then, the moment I realized my utter stupidity: "why didn't I check the power cable to begin with...?" :slap:

and lo and behold, the cable had come loose from the outlet sometime during the building process.... :nutkick:

I tried my PSU on the 2600K board and it worked! Halleluiah!! :rockout:

Then I plugged everything back again on the new rig, and the moment of truth: All the LEDs turned on as soon as I flipped the switch on the PSU on! I pressed the power button and the computer booted into the UEFI BIOS to the sweet humming sound of all the system fans spooling, to me it sounded like a chorus of angels! I left out a big sigh of relief!

Now windows is installing and I'll upload some more pics as soon as I can!! :toast:

It is 4am and I'm exhausted... serves me right for being such a noob

the54thvoid · Nov 22, 2011

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15th Warlock · Nov 22, 2011

OK, as promised, some pics, First, my poorly lapped 2600K next to its big brother:

My old MIVE rig next to the RIVE, I'll try to cram it into my HTPC case, hope it fits!

Some parts that went in the new rig:

My new rig assembled, I think this was before the whole episode with the PSU, but I'm not sure

It's alive!!! It's ALIVE!!!!

Finally was able to turn it on after some trouble shooting, it looks so crammed with parts that you can just barely see the board! Thanks to the excellent air circulation inside the HAF X, the temps are nice and cool

Installing Win7, right now I'm in the process of installing all the system drivers

Doesn't she look lovely in the dark?

OK, time for me to get some rest, I'll try and update this thread as soon as possible, as tomorrow I have to work

Man it's going to be a long day! If you guys have any comments, suggestions, or just want to share your thoughts, you're more than welcome to do so :toast:

LiveOrDie · Nov 22, 2011

Nice i should be getting my Asus Rampage IV Extreme next week along with my ram.

Shou Miko · Nov 22, 2011

looks nice, but a little bit too filled but i guess that works fine ^^

ChristTheGreat · Nov 22, 2011

OMG, I like the board

If only I could have money to get extreme computer.. I still have a i5 2500k haha!

Nice build!

TRWOV · Nov 22, 2011

You're going to run it through its paces, right? subbed for benchmarks :rockout:

stefanels · Nov 24, 2011

That's an AWESOME build you have there... PURE GAMING POWER

15th Warlock · Nov 24, 2011

Thanks for your replies guys, I managed to get 5Ghz stable, just a few benchmarks, I haven't had much time to play with the voltage, with the family here and all:

Intel Burn Test:

Super Pi:

3DMark Vantage:

Unigine 2.5

I will upload more benchies later, I also have to work on the voltage as temps are not ideal now.

p3gaz_001 · Nov 25, 2011

tuned in

cadaveca · Nov 25, 2011

Looks awesome. But those blue Dominator fans are killing me! :laugh:

Needs the black/red ones!!

I'll have X79 running soon enough, but no tri-580's!!! Maybe I can try tri-6950's.

Phatboy69 · Nov 25, 2011

15th Warlock said:
Thanks for your replies guys, I managed to get 5Ghz stable, just a few benchmarks, I haven't had much time to play with the voltage, with the family here and all:

Intel Burn Test:

http://img.techpowerup.org/111124/IBT.jpg

Super Pi:

http://img.techpowerup.org/111124/SuperPi.jpg

3DMark Vantage:

http://img.techpowerup.org/111124/vANTAGE.jpg

Unigine 2.5

http://img.techpowerup.org/111124/Unigine.jpg

I will upload more benchies later, I also have to work on the voltage as temps are not ideal now.

How about a Vantage run without GPU physics?

P.S. Very nice upgrade and "workstation" there!

15th Warlock · Nov 25, 2011

cadaveca said:
Looks awesome. But those blue Dominator fans are killing me! Needs the black/red ones!!

I'll have X79 running soon enough, but no tri-580's!!! Maybe I can try tri-6950's.

LMAO! I know, those blue sticks are still rocking, but the black airflow fans are doing a good job covering them

Good luck with your X79

Phatboy69 said:
How about a Vantage run without GPU physics?

P.S. Very nice upgrade and "workstation" there!

Sure thing, right now am about to have dinner with the family, but I'll try to update the benches as soon as I can

Happy thanksgiving everyone! :toast:

Darkleoco · Nov 25, 2011

I've said it before but i really do love your HAF-X especially with all the new parts inside of it :toast:

p3gaz_001 · Jan 26, 2012

so any updates?

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Case	Asus ROG Helios EVA Edition
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Keyboard	Asus ROG Strix Scope EVA Edition
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey VR
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64bit

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Case	Cooler Master Cosmos II
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Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 500
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Processor	Intel Core i9 13900KF
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Cooling	Asus Ryujin II 360 EVA Edition
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Keyboard	Asus ROG Strix Scope EVA Edition
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey VR
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64bit

Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI MAG Mortar B650 (wifi)
Cooling	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4
Memory	32GB Kingston Fury
Video Card(s)	Gainward RTX4070ti
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 530 M.2 1TB / Samsumg 960 Pro M.2 512Gb
Display(s)	LG 32" 165Hz 1440p GSYNC
Case	Asus Prime AP201
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure POwer M12 850w Gold (ATX3.0)
Software	W10

Processor	Intel Core i9 13900KF
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Hero EVA Edition
Cooling	Asus Ryujin II 360 EVA Edition
Memory	4x16GBs DDR5 6800MHz G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo Series
Video Card(s)	Zotac RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo
Storage	2TB Samsung 980 Pro OS - 4TB Nextorage G Series Games - 8TBs WD Black Storage
Display(s)	LG C2 OLED 42" 4K 120Hz HDR G-Sync enabled TV
Case	Asus ROG Helios EVA Edition
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-S910W - 7.1 Klipsch Dolby ATMOS Speaker Setup - Audeze Maxwell
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 1300W
Mouse	Asus ROG Keris EVA Edition - Asus ROG Scabbard II EVA Edition
Keyboard	Asus ROG Strix Scope EVA Edition
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey VR
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64bit

Project: Arctic Azure Mk V - i7 3930K + Asus Rampage IV Extreme + 3-Way GTX 580 SLI -

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