PC upgrade after many years

[Elmo]

I have been using x299 platform for many years, i felt that it was time for an upgrade. I was hoping that intel hedt / amd tr would be affordable but guess not, so i have settled for this instead.

Spec -
CPU : intel ultra 9 285k
Motherboard : MSI z890 A Wifi
RAM : Gskill 64GB 6000mts @cl 28
GPU : MSI Gaming Trio RTX 5070ti
PSU : Corsair RM850x
SSD : Samsung 990 Pro , Samsung 970 Evo, Samsung 860 Evo
HDD : DC HC510 8TB
Case : Antec Flux Pro
AIO : Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro

Let me know if you have any suggestions on how i can improve my cable management.

 

[FreshDumbledore]

Your cable management is good enough. What do you want to change?

 

[Mr. Stein]

Nice Rig! Congrats on your new build!

 

[dgianstefani]

Good choices. I'd suggest opening the RAM heatsinks and placing a thermal pad or putty on the PMIC, since G.SKILL doesn't include and that section can get quite hot.

Make sure you enable Intel 200S boost or at least manually increase the internal tile to tile/D2D clocks. Fixes most of the latency/gaming performance regression from Raptor Lake and retains Intel warranty.

 

[Elmo]

Your cable management is good enough. What do you want to change?

I wasn't sure if it was good haha thats why i wanted to gauge some opinions here. but thank you. Not much to change at this time since i cant add anymore sata devices since all 4 used up. Might want to add an intel nic card in the future.

Nice Rig! Congrats on your new build!

Thank you!

Good choices. I'd suggest opening the RAM heatsinks and placing a thermal pad or putty on the PMIC, since G.SKILL doesn't include and that section can get quite hot.

Make sure you enable Intel 200S boost or at least manually increase the internal tile to tile/D2D clocks. Fixes most of the latency/gaming performance regression from Raptor Lake and retains Intel warranty.

I did! after watching a few videos on youtube everyone says to enable 200s as it fixes lots of performance issues. Regarding the ram heatsink, wouldn't opening it void warranty?

 

[dgianstefani]

I did! after watching a few videos on youtube everyone says to enable 200s as it fixes lots of performance issues. Regarding the ram heatsink, wouldn't opening it void warranty?

Perhaps, depending on consumer protection laws where you live, but the more important thing is that if certain parts of that memory cross 50 C, it's going to start being unstable. This is especially true if you've done any tuning. On a tightly tuned memory kit crossing 45 C will start to throw errors.
A bit flip here and there can quickly lead to OS corruption.

 

[_roman_]

Nice job on the build.

 

[Chomiq]

What's this cable?

 

[Elmo]

lol ive been caught. Its the USB C cable for the case.

What's this cable?
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Perhaps, depending on consumer protection laws where you live, but the more important thing is that if certain parts of that memory cross 50 C, it's going to start being unstable. This is especially true if you've done any tuning. On a tightly tuned memory kit crossing 45 C will start to throw errors.
A bit flip here and there can quickly lead to OS corruption.

will definitely check the temps now, i actually did oc the memory. The default kit is 6000 cl28. Now im running at 7000 cl34

 

[Elmo]

Nice job on the build.

thank you!

 

[dgianstefani]

lol ive been caught. Its the USB C cable for the case.



will definitely check the temps now, i actually did oc the memory. The default kit is 6000 cl28. Now im running at 7000 cl34

You need to check temps after GPU load for an hour or so.

 

[esserpain]

That build is killer. Congrats on all the upgrades.

Arrow Lake gets a bad rap in online tech circles, but the 285k is a good replacement for a genuine Intel HEDT CPU. Your cable management is also infinitely better than my nonexistent cable management, so don't sweat. it. And the 5070 Ti should carry you for the foreseeable future - so long as VRAM requirements don't balloon past 16GB at reasonable resolutions, anyhow.

 

[static_void]

The cable management is excellent and that rogue USB cable should be easy to fix. My only comment/suggestion is that I would prefer to see a black MB, because those white / light silver heatsinks on your current MB contrast with an overall dark-colored build.

 

[Splinterdog]

Excellent build!
Wish I could do similar but I'll have to wait

 

[Elmo]

That build is killer. Congrats on all the upgrades.

Arrow Lake gets a bad rap in online tech circles, but the 285k is a good replacement for a genuine Intel HEDT CPU. Your cable management is also infinitely better than my nonexistent cable management, so don't sweat. it. And the 5070 Ti should carry you for the foreseeable future - so long as VRAM requirements don't balloon past 16GB at reasonable resolutions, anyhow.

yes it does get a bad rap! But i decided my decision on two factors : My workload and price. AMD for some reason was more expensive by a large margin, not sure why. At the end of the day for creators work intel does really well - from what i saw on puget benchmarks.

The cable management is excellent and that rogue USB cable should be easy to fix. My only comment/suggestion is that I would prefer to see a black MB, because those white / light silver heatsinks on your current MB contrast with an overall dark-colored build.

Actually its aluminum, was going for a more workstation look than a gamer vibe haha ( my last build was completely blacked out ) wanted to try something different.

Excellent build!
Wish I could do similar but I'll have to wait

Your time will come! And if it doesnt come soon thats also fine, because new CPU are probably coming out q1 2026. I heard intel might be dumping the e-core idea and going back to HT.

 

[Macro Device]

Sick build. Proper cable management.

I'd get a 13900 instead of 285K despite the risks because it's >250 USD cheaper where I live tho.