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So I was able to boot and get into windows but the drivers had a glitch. Uninstalled them with display driver uninstaller and then did a fresh install. The weird thing that ended up happening though was that no matter how many times I would install the driver, it would never stick. Manual...

Why would windows drivers matter in terms of getting to the bios to flip the compatibility mode?

So I somehow was able to get a 3070 FE at MSRP yesterday in the best buy drop*** and its going into my SM550. One thing that I remember hearing awhile back were issues with PCIe-4.0 cards and 3.0 riser cables (specifically with 4.0 mobos). I have done some searching and it seems that in some...

Haha I Had forgotten until I got to installing my GPU and was like ‘How the hell did MarcParis fit that MSI card in here. Luckily the fit on the EVGA card seems just right so im ok with it.

Alright its all built! Loving it so far though that 3800x is a bit of a heater ? Full gallery here:

This might help you with your decision on that power supply: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-sf600-power-supply,4537-5.html “At loads in excess of 350W, the fan noise is between 43 dB(A) and 46 dB(A)—that's anything but quiet. Given the SF600's observed efficiency, we believe the...

As always great write up, can’t wait to build my own! Any reason why you are particularly concerned with running the main In pcie x8? It seems in anything I look at that only a 2080 ti is currently (and just barely) saturating a full 8x lane. As for your dissatisfaction with the corsair SF...

awe yeah, everythings coming together. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/wolfe1/saved/xNs6RB Everything ordered. Overpaid a bit on the motherboard but im glad I grabbed it when I did since prices on Amazon (the only in stock I can find) are insane. Everything should arrive by the time im back...

Sounds like a plan! Updated my parts list. Can't wait till after the holidays to build! https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LhXWcq

Much appreciated, I was seeing similar information out there and at that price it just made sense for that higher base clock. @MarcParis A few questions for you: So you would suggest the NF-S12A rather than the NF-A12x25? Not that I can find that one in stock anyway for chromax The NF-A9 is a...

thanks for the advice! Went through your thread a few days ago, love all the detail. Seems the price of the 3800x dropped to within $30 of the 3700x so I went ahead and grabbed that now for a binned silicon. 3800x has a much higher TDP but I think I should be fine but will set a PPT limit if...

New here so take everything with a grain of salt from me. Anyway planning on building in the smaller SM550 with some similar parts (same motherboard, cpu) but was going to go with the 92mm aio for the cpu. I still need to do some more research on thermals for that AiO vs air though...

Edit: Its all done! Gallery here: All in all a really fun build, not too much trouble but I can't believe it all fit...