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System Name | ROG 7900X3d By purecain |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 7900X3D |
Motherboard | ASUS Crosshair X670E Hero |
Cooling | Noctua NH U12A |
Memory | 64Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 neo RGB 6400@6000mhz@1.41v |
Video Card(s) | Aorus RTX4090 Extreme Waterforce |
Storage | 990Pro2Tb-1TbSamsung Evo M.2/ 2TbSamsung QVO/ 1TbSamsung Evo780/ 120gbKingston Now |
Display(s) | LG 65UN85006LA 65" Smart 4K Ultra HD HDR LED TV |
Case | Thermaltake CoreX71 Limited Edition Etched Tempered Glass Door |
Audio Device(s) | On board/NIcomplete audio 6 |
Power Supply | Seasonic FOCUS 1000w 80+ |
Mouse | M65 RGB Elite |
Keyboard | K95 RGB Platinum |
Software | Windows11pro |
Benchmark Scores | [url=https://valid.x86.fr/gtle1y][img]https://valid.x86.fr/cache/banner/gtle1y-6.png[/img][/url] |
CPU-1800x
DDR4-F4-4000C18D-16GTZR 4000mhz pc3200 g.skill trident.
motherboard-Asus Crosshair IV Hero
front base- asus gaming panel
GPU-TitanXpascal- going under water (kraken x41) may be replaced with amd's new offering.
cooling-TTwater 3.0 360ml-temporary
case-TTCore X71
hard drive-1Tb Samsung 960evoM.2 NVME
Storage-1Tb Samsung 850 EVO ssd + 64gb CorsairForce ssd + 1Tb and a 2Tb Seagate mechanical hd
750Gb Hitachi Deskstar mechanical hd
psu-TT Toughpower 1200w with modded fan
here are the picks of the unboxing and initial installation of cpu ram and m.2 drive.
more to come in the morning
I just spotted I have the connectors on wrong... lucky I checked...
waiting for new am4 bracket.
viola!
the corsair bracket will fit any modern aio cooler as all use the same design for bracket attachment. here's the fit of the corsair bracket on my thermaltake cooler.
heres the close up.
although coverage of the thermal paste needed to have a much wider circumference.
this was the coverage after being uninstalled. the difference compared to arctic silver was 45c for AS and 51c for the stock tt water3.0.
the system was ready after having the cabling installed
first thing I did was update the bios to 1002 as recommended
I then installed a dvdburner to read the cd that came with the motherboard as windows hadn't automatically loaded a temporary driver. this was worrying as I have seen the driver in the package. anyway I installed the drive and started to install the Ethernet drivers when everything stopped with code21 and others. I tried over and over using my note 4 edge to download all the drivers. after 8hours of trying everything I know how, right down to looking through the registry and changing one or two values, the best I could do was install a driver that windows would never run. not under any circumstances. the reason being the hardware was only partly functioning.so in effect it functioned enough to say what it was to the system bus. the Ethernet port also had a solid orange light and a solid green light at either side of the connection and my router couldn't see my computer at all. I started thinking about the case giving me a static shock when I put it on the desk, and here in lies my problem. the case was live and had damaged the motherboard. a total disaster. luckily my new board arrives in the morning.
the saga continues!
new rgb led strips for nightrider effect across side of case.
new board arrived within 3 days
now that I know this memory runs very well straight out of the box i'll post a pic of the exact module I'm using.
first of all I needed to find out if my psu was ok. it worked fine on my other pc but hardware can be finicky at times. so uninstalled it and took the top off and cleaned the new corsair fan I added a while back and get rid of very little dust. the psu is still in perfect condition.
I carefully installed the motherboard and powered on the system without any fans apart from the cpu and there was no feedback. praise the lord!!!!
I'm using the original acrylic side door as a temporary measure while I etch the new tempered glass door...
I havnt set up the rgb's yet but from what ive found so far. the hardware/software is a little new, and is going to take up at least until the next bios to work properly. I don't fancy setting them all up only to reboot and have a disco on my hands...
the front base no longer works with the latest bios 1201 although you can see we have basic functionality if were lucky... I may go back to the other bios if this isn't sorted quickly as I'm used to having a front base and referencing temps etc...
next is to get some new cables and finish the etching....
meanwhile I can save for the new water cooling parts...
heres what the rgb's on board look like. I have two, one blue riing fan plugged in being replaced in the morning with the red corsair magnetic fans. I still need another 5 of those to comlete the build as i'll put the h100i or the kraken x41 on my titan Xpascal.
so today ive been researching the bios, the memory needs a certain amount of power in the line measured in ohms. this setting is worked out by the cpu/chipset. this is the reason some people are having a hard time getting there ram to 3200 and beyond. this and the timings. you have to relax the timings.
my chip sits at 4.1 under load stock on the latest ch6 bios.
from my general observations of cpuz voltage... ive noticed that the chip will sit at 1.417@4.1ghz before spiking to 1.5v then instantly dropping... this spike necessitates the need for an overclock. I'm hoping we get the new dividers soon as I hate overclocking with base clock. id rather leave that as close to 100 as possible. there is supposed to be a divider so that when you set 125base clock. the cpu uses the divider to allow the rest of the system to run @100 so you don't get any wonky behavior... I'm not sure if this is even implemented and working on the ch6.yet.
I updated my chipset from the AMD site to the latest adding a new power plan to w10.
I also found a serious FIRE RISK using RGB STRIPS from the mainboard.
I tested the additional rgb lights using the supplied usb connection with ir controller. the strips didn't even become war.
when I plugged them into the ch6 they seemed to be functioning. I opened up aura and as usual there was no added option. so I couldn't control the colour of the added rgb lights. so I went to move one and the heat was immense. I could smell the glue melting on the back of the strip. I quickly unplugged them and literally threw them onto my desk. I think if i'd nipped out for 10 minutes I would of burnt the house down. luckily that didn't happen. I was making a review which I aborted as a result. it looks like I'm gonna have to wait for asus to catch up with their bios implementation on this board. apart from that games are running really well. as a test the first game I ran was Tom Clancy Wildlands. it was way smoother than it had been on the 4770k. benchmarks would indicate they are virtually even but the amd system just feels smoother. I cant explain it. yet.
while I get the etching out of the way to avoid that 1.5v spike I'm going to work on an oc so will update on any tips people may find useful.
solved the spike issue without effecting the boost up to 4.1ghz. which is where it sits @ most of the time unless I set the power plan to a lower minimum like 50%. on the AMD power plan for w10 this setting is 70%.
the spike to 1.5+v was solved using asus ai suite 3. and using p-states.
I wasn't going to install this program as its been dodgy in the past, but in the end I wanted to see what kind of numbers it gave in comparison to cpu-z/task manager etc.
I was surprised to find I could click on the voltage controls and limit the power to 1.417. keeping the other p.states working normally. ive noticed the bus speed jumps around in cpu-z. I'm going to set this to 100 in the bios and see how the core logic handles the change and the difference if any in temps.
Since updating to 9945 I have been playing around with custom P-states.
by leaving the main settings for oc and then going into amd zen settings. I was able to add 4 p-states. in total I think there are 8 p-states available.
I managed to set my cpu to 1.35-1375v with it dipping down to 0.8v. the lowest clocks the cpu will use is 2682mhz and it will switch between that and 3199mhz.
overclocking has been performed using the bios only. I havnt even looked at ryzen master.
I don't want to introduce any more unknowns while new bios are still coming.
I'm still testing but this is a fast cpu... ram is @3499mhz+(I hit the imc lotto)
I also got my lighting to work this is THE FIX FOR AURA!!!!!!!!
TO FIX AURA YOU MUST INSTALL OUT OF PROGRAM FILES LIKE DOCUMENTS. or go into task manager and make sure you don't have a previous install still running.
heres a cpu-z screen shot
2 corsair magnetic ml140's with red led are on the way. I also bought a 24pin extension from cablemod. its a combination of red and black. so should look well on the board. I forgot the 6 and 4 pin connectors. I'll have to have another look.
and here they are installed, the build still has the acrylic door and aio water cooling. the gpu needs cooling aswell.
I'm just working on the art for the tempered glass door while I get my ram corruption issues sorted. (turns out aura can edit your spd's corrupting them with inadequate use of the smBus)
so my new 3466mhz trident arrived... they immediately went to 3200mhz mixed with my other pair of 4266mhz trident. they are both gtzr b-die and are literally the same. so running well together.
heres some pics..
WHAT IS IIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????
ram
3466mhz
just hit 3333mhz with 32gb ddr4 3266mhz trident rgb... result!!!!!!
DDR4-F4-4000C18D-16GTZR 4000mhz pc3200 g.skill trident.
motherboard-Asus Crosshair IV Hero
front base- asus gaming panel
GPU-TitanXpascal- going under water (kraken x41) may be replaced with amd's new offering.
cooling-TTwater 3.0 360ml-temporary
case-TTCore X71
hard drive-1Tb Samsung 960evoM.2 NVME
Storage-1Tb Samsung 850 EVO ssd + 64gb CorsairForce ssd + 1Tb and a 2Tb Seagate mechanical hd
750Gb Hitachi Deskstar mechanical hd
psu-TT Toughpower 1200w with modded fan
here are the picks of the unboxing and initial installation of cpu ram and m.2 drive.
more to come in the morning
I just spotted I have the connectors on wrong... lucky I checked...
waiting for new am4 bracket.
viola!
the corsair bracket will fit any modern aio cooler as all use the same design for bracket attachment. here's the fit of the corsair bracket on my thermaltake cooler.
heres the close up.
although coverage of the thermal paste needed to have a much wider circumference.
this was the coverage after being uninstalled. the difference compared to arctic silver was 45c for AS and 51c for the stock tt water3.0.
the system was ready after having the cabling installed
first thing I did was update the bios to 1002 as recommended
I then installed a dvdburner to read the cd that came with the motherboard as windows hadn't automatically loaded a temporary driver. this was worrying as I have seen the driver in the package. anyway I installed the drive and started to install the Ethernet drivers when everything stopped with code21 and others. I tried over and over using my note 4 edge to download all the drivers. after 8hours of trying everything I know how, right down to looking through the registry and changing one or two values, the best I could do was install a driver that windows would never run. not under any circumstances. the reason being the hardware was only partly functioning.so in effect it functioned enough to say what it was to the system bus. the Ethernet port also had a solid orange light and a solid green light at either side of the connection and my router couldn't see my computer at all. I started thinking about the case giving me a static shock when I put it on the desk, and here in lies my problem. the case was live and had damaged the motherboard. a total disaster. luckily my new board arrives in the morning.
the saga continues!
new rgb led strips for nightrider effect across side of case.
new board arrived within 3 days
now that I know this memory runs very well straight out of the box i'll post a pic of the exact module I'm using.
first of all I needed to find out if my psu was ok. it worked fine on my other pc but hardware can be finicky at times. so uninstalled it and took the top off and cleaned the new corsair fan I added a while back and get rid of very little dust. the psu is still in perfect condition.
I carefully installed the motherboard and powered on the system without any fans apart from the cpu and there was no feedback. praise the lord!!!!
I'm using the original acrylic side door as a temporary measure while I etch the new tempered glass door...
I havnt set up the rgb's yet but from what ive found so far. the hardware/software is a little new, and is going to take up at least until the next bios to work properly. I don't fancy setting them all up only to reboot and have a disco on my hands...
the front base no longer works with the latest bios 1201 although you can see we have basic functionality if were lucky... I may go back to the other bios if this isn't sorted quickly as I'm used to having a front base and referencing temps etc...
next is to get some new cables and finish the etching....
meanwhile I can save for the new water cooling parts...
heres what the rgb's on board look like. I have two, one blue riing fan plugged in being replaced in the morning with the red corsair magnetic fans. I still need another 5 of those to comlete the build as i'll put the h100i or the kraken x41 on my titan Xpascal.
so today ive been researching the bios, the memory needs a certain amount of power in the line measured in ohms. this setting is worked out by the cpu/chipset. this is the reason some people are having a hard time getting there ram to 3200 and beyond. this and the timings. you have to relax the timings.
my chip sits at 4.1 under load stock on the latest ch6 bios.
from my general observations of cpuz voltage... ive noticed that the chip will sit at 1.417@4.1ghz before spiking to 1.5v then instantly dropping... this spike necessitates the need for an overclock. I'm hoping we get the new dividers soon as I hate overclocking with base clock. id rather leave that as close to 100 as possible. there is supposed to be a divider so that when you set 125base clock. the cpu uses the divider to allow the rest of the system to run @100 so you don't get any wonky behavior... I'm not sure if this is even implemented and working on the ch6.yet.
I updated my chipset from the AMD site to the latest adding a new power plan to w10.
I also found a serious FIRE RISK using RGB STRIPS from the mainboard.
I tested the additional rgb lights using the supplied usb connection with ir controller. the strips didn't even become war.
when I plugged them into the ch6 they seemed to be functioning. I opened up aura and as usual there was no added option. so I couldn't control the colour of the added rgb lights. so I went to move one and the heat was immense. I could smell the glue melting on the back of the strip. I quickly unplugged them and literally threw them onto my desk. I think if i'd nipped out for 10 minutes I would of burnt the house down. luckily that didn't happen. I was making a review which I aborted as a result. it looks like I'm gonna have to wait for asus to catch up with their bios implementation on this board. apart from that games are running really well. as a test the first game I ran was Tom Clancy Wildlands. it was way smoother than it had been on the 4770k. benchmarks would indicate they are virtually even but the amd system just feels smoother. I cant explain it. yet.
while I get the etching out of the way to avoid that 1.5v spike I'm going to work on an oc so will update on any tips people may find useful.
solved the spike issue without effecting the boost up to 4.1ghz. which is where it sits @ most of the time unless I set the power plan to a lower minimum like 50%. on the AMD power plan for w10 this setting is 70%.
the spike to 1.5+v was solved using asus ai suite 3. and using p-states.
I wasn't going to install this program as its been dodgy in the past, but in the end I wanted to see what kind of numbers it gave in comparison to cpu-z/task manager etc.
I was surprised to find I could click on the voltage controls and limit the power to 1.417. keeping the other p.states working normally. ive noticed the bus speed jumps around in cpu-z. I'm going to set this to 100 in the bios and see how the core logic handles the change and the difference if any in temps.
Since updating to 9945 I have been playing around with custom P-states.
by leaving the main settings for oc and then going into amd zen settings. I was able to add 4 p-states. in total I think there are 8 p-states available.
I managed to set my cpu to 1.35-1375v with it dipping down to 0.8v. the lowest clocks the cpu will use is 2682mhz and it will switch between that and 3199mhz.
overclocking has been performed using the bios only. I havnt even looked at ryzen master.
I don't want to introduce any more unknowns while new bios are still coming.
I'm still testing but this is a fast cpu... ram is @3499mhz+(I hit the imc lotto)
I also got my lighting to work this is THE FIX FOR AURA!!!!!!!!
TO FIX AURA YOU MUST INSTALL OUT OF PROGRAM FILES LIKE DOCUMENTS. or go into task manager and make sure you don't have a previous install still running.
heres a cpu-z screen shot
2 corsair magnetic ml140's with red led are on the way. I also bought a 24pin extension from cablemod. its a combination of red and black. so should look well on the board. I forgot the 6 and 4 pin connectors. I'll have to have another look.
and here they are installed, the build still has the acrylic door and aio water cooling. the gpu needs cooling aswell.
I'm just working on the art for the tempered glass door while I get my ram corruption issues sorted. (turns out aura can edit your spd's corrupting them with inadequate use of the smBus)
so my new 3466mhz trident arrived... they immediately went to 3200mhz mixed with my other pair of 4266mhz trident. they are both gtzr b-die and are literally the same. so running well together.
heres some pics..
WHAT IS IIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????
ram
3466mhz
just hit 3333mhz with 32gb ddr4 3266mhz trident rgb... result!!!!!!
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