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Check my signature for full build log, detailed stats and photos. This is at "daily driver" voltage with limited wattage. Plenty of thermal overhead available. Volume: 12.7 liters Case: Ncase M1 V6.1 / 250 x 160 x 338mm Round 3 PPL calc (if I did it right): 16,362.19

Sure, I can. First, it looks like I have to install Steam and download 3d Mark @ 4.2gb. Then I will post results.

For all core sustained? Mine hits 5.3s two core and 5.1s all core for the short turbo intervals. But not sustained. Sustained averages down to 4.8 long term. Here are my bios settings. Maybe you can tell me if I'm overlooking something.

Well I knew I would feel dumb when someone eventually told me there is a way. I tried all the different brackets in all the different ways I could imagine. Of course I didn't bother opening up the manual. It's right in there. Okay, time to un-glue and do it properly. Thanks.

My storage solution. I have roughly 1TB of pertinent data. I always try to maintain redundant storage drives for this data. My current solution for this is having two 2.5" HDDs, in Raid 1 (mirroring). I'm letting Windows 10 handle this. I couldn't find a good way to mount these drives with the...

I did not remove the fans or shroud. Left as is. The GPU fans and lower fans are both intakes. Pushing outside air into the GPU. There is no turbulence. The case has a lot of positive air pressure so I am not worried about the hot air from the GPU going into the case. As you can see from my...

After some tweaking and tuning - I learned that I don't have a great chip. It needs over 1.5 volts to run 5.3ghz all core. Any less voltage than that it can only run 4.8 all core. 1.5 volts is extremely hot. I can run it at 1.26 volts to maintain a stable 4.8 ghz. My current stable setup is at...

The only thing that didn't go according to plan was the 2nd fan on the left side didn't fit because the PSU is mounted in the alternate way to allow the C14S/140mm fan to fit. Instead, I installed the 2nd fan on the right side panel with two nuts and bolts. This pulls fresh air in now. All...

Build is complete. Here are some basic bench-marking results. I did what I know how, which isn't a lot. I'm open to try other settings and test methods. BIOS settings: All core ratio: 5.1, dynamic Per core ratio: 5.3 on two best, 5.1 on rest, dynamic Long duration watts max: 200 watts Short...

Original post update. 6/25/2020 Proposed Airflow Setup

Original post update. 6/24/2020 CPU and Motherboard shipped out from vendors!

I saw the news update about Corsair recalls also. First thing I did was make sure I didn't get a PSU from that batch. Fortunately mine is 2017xxxxx. Thanks for checking anyway. I decided 10900k over 10700K for several reasons. I assume the 10900K will get the best bins. 10900 has better...

Added an update to the original post: "6/23/2020 Ncase M1 has arrived and some updates"

Several of you asked if the C14S will fit the MSI board. I still haven't received the motherboard or the CPU. Everything else, including the case, has already arrived. I don't see why the C14S should not fit this build, since it fits other builds - but best I can do is update you once I finally...

Assuming the card is exactly 2 slots deep - or less than 42 mm thick, you will have quite a large gap at the bottom of the case. Large enough to fit two 25 mm thick fans. Since this is a 3950X + Ti build, I imagine you'd want to cram as many fans as you can in there.