OcUK Gaming Zirconium Ice - AMD Ryzen 9800X3D, Radeon RX 9070 XT

anthony566

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I decided to take the lazy route this time round and get OCUK to build my new PC for me ... ( I know I know.... )

I went for the Zirconium Ice - My spec below.

Asus ROG STRIX B850-A GAMING WIFI (Socket AM5)
DDR5 ATX Motherboard

*Build* Phanteks D30 Reverse Airflow 120mm DRGB
PWM Fan Triple Pack - White

Aerocool Integrator Gold 1000W 80 Plus Gold Modular
Power Supply

*Build* Phanteks Glacier One D30 X2 360mm White RGB
All In One CPU Water Cooler

Kolink Core Pro Braided Cable Extension Kit 12V-2x6
Type 1 - Brilliant White

Build Stock AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz
(Socket AM5) Processor - Tray

Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5
PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Ki

Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced -
Systems

1 x CAS-PHK-02323 Phanteks NV5 v2 - White

WD Black SN7100 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0
Solid State Drive

*Build* Sapphire Pure Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC
16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard ROG RX

ASUS ROG Spatha X Wireless Optical RGB Gaming Mouse

The delivered build is well built and tidy I adjusted a few cables but nothing that needed doing just my OCD :). Not building this myself meant I didn't pick every single item so I missed the fact that this ICE system has a black power supply in it ( My fault really ) so if you are looking at this build then remember to give OCUK a call and change the power supply if you want a white one.

The case is nicer than I thought it was going to be as I didn't want a full tower this time I wanted something a bit more compact.

I bought my first PC parts from OCUK back in the days when we used to get Haribo sweets with every order (Ah the good old days) alas no more Haribo .....

Any how I just wanted to post something about this build as I'm sure someone out there is wondering what it is like.

So for a lazy build ( On my part) its a very nice build.
 
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Dreadi said:
Wouldn't want an aerocool PSU anywhere near a high end build ..
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I am looking at replacing this with -

Lian Li Edge Gold 1000W White (with USB HUB) Power Supply​

www.overclockers.co.uk

Lian Li Edge Gold 1000W White (with USB HUB) Power Supply

The Lian Li Edge Gold PSU boasts an innovative approach towards cable management, with a unique L-shape form factor and support for a removable USB hub.
www.overclockers.co.uk www.overclockers.co.uk


It's my fault really as I didn't look into the details really.

It was more of a need one now and the past few years have been up and down with having to move house and my wife passing away I just lost touch so wanted to get back into a bit of gaming .....
 
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anthony566 said:
It's my fault really as I didn't look into the details really.

It was more of a need one now and the past few years have been up and down with having to move house and my wife passing away I just lost touch so wanted to get back into a bit of gaming .....
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I wouldn't pick one myself, but from what I can gather, the Aerocool integrator gold is alright. It should be much better than their low end stuff and I'd expect it to last the prebuilt warranty.
 
anthony566 said:
It's my fault really as I didn't look into the details really.

It was more of a need one now and the past few years have been up and down with having to move house and my wife passing away I just lost touch so wanted to get back into a bit of gaming .....
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My condolences.

You have 3 years warranty with Overclockers so I wouldn't worry as everything is covered then you could change it, as others have mentioned it's not the worst PSU.
 
mickyflinn said:
My condolences.

You have 3 years warranty with Overclockers so I wouldn't worry as everything is covered then you could change it, as others have mentioned it's not the worst PSU.
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I am all good with the warranty etc ..... I have been buying from OCUK almost 20 years and have only had good experiences with them. many many trips to the old and current location.

My problem is more of a PC ocd problem and the power supply being black :)
 
anthony566 said:
I am all good with the warranty etc ..... I have been buying from OCUK almost 20 years and have only had good experiences with them. many many trips to the old and current location.

My problem is more of a PC ocd problem and the power supply being black :)
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It's a beautiful looking pc , what resolution you gaming at ?

Happy with the performance ?
 
Threepwood said:
sure, I don't mean what did the build cost all in, I'm wondering what it cost to get them to build it, people ofted say to folk here that ocuk can build it for you but the price to build is never mentioned.
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The Zirconium is a pre-assembled spec, so the build cost is included.
 
I bought one of these last week - 9900X3D as it was only £40 more than base price, this week of course I could have bought a 9950X3D at £15 more than base price. Bites a bit when its that soon but as it turns out I think the 9900X3D is a better fit for me.

Wrote a review, it may or may not turn up but I'll do a similar one here for anyone looking at the base RoG Strix B650-A GAMING WIFI build. Doesn't seem much point in starting a new thread?

Out of the box its OK but will max out at 82C CPU @ 162W on the standard fan/pump profiles. That's with PBO off.

Graphics-wise you'll have to manually select PCI-E Gen5 for the first PCI-E x16 slot in the BIOS as auto only goes to Gen4. Gen5 works fine - tested at 58.9Gbps vs 28.8Gbps on Gen4 using 3DMark. Obviously minimal overall graphics performance difference but you'll notice the difference in load times if you play/test 4k stuff. Small AI models will likewise benefit but see below regarding heat.

CPU-wise PBO-L3 (70C) looks like the sweet spot for the 9900X3D. Its about 5% better performance than default while using less power and staying 10C cooler. 14,400-14,500 on the 3DMark CPU benchmark. 70C @ 154W.

Max cooling and PBO-L1 will get over 15,000 on the 3DMark CPU benchmark max threads but that's at fairly insane power levels (244W). 5723MHz is the fastest clock speed I saw and the rest were all above 5600MHz. Don't do this if you have a heavy AVX-512 workload - try it at L3 and see what happens on these CPUs, insane performance but commensurate costs in power/heat due to serdes. It might have AVX-512 but this isn't EPYC or Strix Halo - this is desktop so bursty stuff is fine.

Don't run PBO-L1 at all on this platform is my advice, regardless of CPU choice.

Other BIOS stuff - I set the temperature sensor for the pump to be the package, not the cpu as that's what its cooling. Cores cool a lot quicker than the packaging. Same for the "CPU Fan" which seems to be all six of the Phantek fans on my build - ie 3 x intake as well as 3 x radiator fans. Seems an odd arrangement but we'll see.

Been a while since I had a full AMD software stack on a consumer machine and it works well. Been AMD/NVidia for a while at home but prices/etc...

Off the cuff (other stuff open) 3dMark/PCMark10 benchmarks with PBO-L3 and default settings on RX9070XT :

PCMark10 - 10527
3DMark CPU Profile -14479
Time Spy - 26213
Time Spy Extreme - 13513
Speedway - 6229
Steel Nomad - 7120

Pretty quiet throughout apart from CPU tests/workloads where all six(?) fans ramp up to max.

With the 9900X3D its a very nice gaming and work machine.

Also you'll need to change the default power plan using either the old Control Panel or command line as its set to High Perfomance, which isn't supported in the Win11 power plans. X3D schedulers on Windows are decent now so it shouldn't be necessary. They're not as good as Linux but they're getting there.

Case doesn't appear to have any sharp edges. Surprisngly heavy. Top buttons don't work for LEDs, presumably because of Aura integration in the BIOS.

Its a good deal more expensive than DIY but its generally well built and worth the cash.

YMMV of course.
 
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