Advice Yet another Ncase M1 build. AMD 5600x + 6800XT

Thac0

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Nov 12, 2020
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Finally upgrading from my 2600k build from forever ago. I was kinda on the fence on which case to get, then I got the preorder notification from ncase and decided to just go with it. Below are the parts I'm planning to fill it with. I've highlighted my reasoning behind my choices in rough order of importance. I'll try and make the list easier to read later. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts.


Case: Ncase M1 (Purchased! Waiting on shipping notification.)
- Caught my fancy
MoBo: B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ax (Pretty certain.)
- ECC support w/ reporting
- Front USB C header​
- AX200 wifi
- 2 M.2 slots​
- Not $400+​
- Couldn't find an mATX board with the above that fit. (An extra 1x slot & 128gb ram would have been nice)​
- Disappointed about the misreporting voltage issue, but I'll get over it.
- Hoping the B3 Intel lan chip.​

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5600x (Hunting)
- Has enough power for what I need now.
- Likely much easier to get my hands on than a 5900x.
RAM: TBD (looking for recommendations)
- 32-64 gigs of ECC ram.​
- Want to hit 3200+. Like to hit 3600+ with decent timings.
- Small preference for low profile.
GPU: AMD 6800 or 6800 XT (Waiting for the 17th)
- Going to aim for the XT, but will settle for the vanilla if that's what I can get my hands on.​
- Excited that I get to throw some market share AMD's way! Competition is always a good thing.​
- Let's hope that compute is good, but that mining isn't outstanding. Competing with miners and scalpers for inventory sucks.
Storage: some NVMe + on hand drives
- New purchases will likely depend on sales over the next few weeks.
PSU: Corsair SF600 (purchased)
- Will upgrade to a SF750 when I get a chance.​

Cooling: TBD - Custom Loop (looking for recommendations)
- Likely stock air cooling to start. Build loop for CPU. Then maybe add GPU.
- Fully internal​
- No RGB​
- Fill as much of the empty space as I can with radiators​
- Focus on low noise over raw performance​
 

Snookaloo

Chassis Packer
Jun 7, 2020
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Thac0

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Nov 12, 2020
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Does G.Skill produce ECC ram?
 

Thac0

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Nov 12, 2020
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It's a mixed use machine. I'd rather give up a few percent of my performance to have RAM that tells me when it's bad rather than have to spend days stress testing it to make sure it's stable. The performance difference these days is pretty low with UDIMMS.
 

oscala

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Nov 14, 2020
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Just adding that from my inquiry to Asrock customer service that they are still producing B2 of the Intel NIC. They never had the B1, but the customer service rep did not have any information regards to the B3. That was why I went with the Gigabyte B550i.

MoBo: B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ax (Pretty certain.)
- ECC support w/ reporting
- Front USB C header
- AX200 wifi
- 2 M.2 slots
- Not $400+
- Couldn't find an mATX board with the above that fit. (An extra 1x slot & 128gb ram would have been nice)
- Disappointed about the misreporting voltage issue, but I'll get over it.
- Hoping the B3 Intel lan chip.