[Build Log] X99 New Build

OrionTC

OrionTC

OrionTC

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Still have a little bit to tidy up but here we go:

Few notes to start with.

The case was designed with water cooling in mind it seems. very open spaced I loved working with it even with the air cooler. I opted for the NH-D15S to be super sure the dimms fitted ok. I read reviews and it seems the extra fan from the NH-D15 doesn't make much difference at all and if needed I could always add another fan to essentially turn it into a NH-D15

Not sure if I should move the front case fans up a little bit....

Front fans and CPU fan set to intake and rear fan set to exhaust

The MSI plus board let me fit the GTX970 in the first PCI-E slot, the sabertooth struggled here and my CPU fan overlapped the slot. I had to use the second PCI-E slot for this.

The machine posted first time with the sabertooth, installed windows 10 and all is good.

To do list:
Look into cable management for case fans
Overclock!

Parts:

  • MSI X99A SLI Plus - Crucial Ballistix 16GB Memory Discount Bundle
Originally has this board/ram bundle but had to send back. (DIMM slots did not post with recommended QUAD channel config)

  • Intel i7-5820K 3.30GHz
  • Asus TUF X99 Sabertooth Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
  • Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz
  • Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower Case
  • Noctua NH-D15S Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler
  • Super Flower Leadex Platinum 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum"
  • Noctua NF-A14 PWM Fan
  • 970 MSI GTX
  • Samsung 840 SSD
  • Samsung 850 SSD

Here we go:

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Image is a bit blurry but this is the first attempt at real cable management, seems I failed a little with the case fan wiring and have since seen people tuck the cables through the back panel too.

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Had to send the board back because of incompatible memory/bad DIMM slots. I decided to go all out and buy the sabertooth. very impressed with the quality of this board.

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SSD's in the back. I did tidy up these cables a little but forgot to take another pic
 
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looks much cleaner now i think:

put the fan cables around the back and read up on ASST_FAN vs CHA_FAN, it seems you can use either so I had enough cable to connect the fans while wrapping the cables in the back panel.

i recommend people if they have this board that they remember to attach the IO shield 40mm fan before putting a giant cooler on the CPU :D the tiny fan connection for it is almost impossible to connect with the cooler and board in place. luckily i don't think it matters too much.

overclocked it to 4.1ghz @ 1.1v and seemed stable, did a quick cpu stress and did some gaming. seemed stable. temps didn't go above 55-60c while heavy gaming.

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cheers, its nothing compared to most of these on here my god. Some serious modding going on:D

i mainly did it encase other people are thinking about similar parts/combinations. Noctua fans are usually a debated topic and if they fit in certain cases etc.

plus i was a little proud, my first time attempting real cable management.

my build from 5 years ago ....like a jungle :D
 
OrionTC said:
cheers, its nothing compared to most of these on here my god. Some serious modding going on:D

i mainly did it encase other people are thinking about similar parts/combinations. Noctua fans are usually a debated topic and if they fit in certain cases etc.

plus i was a little proud, my first time attempting real cable management.

my build from 5 years ago ....like a jungle :D
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Agree on the Noctua fans debate. I use 5 as case fans (2x140mm & 3x120mm). I did have the 120's on the CPU/GPU radiators, but changed up to Ek vardar f4's.

I still like the noctua's though, particularly with the rubber mounting pegs. Getting all the splitters, extensions etc also help with the cable management:D

Don't sell yourself short, I do that sometimes too. You've improved on this build from your last and will do again next time around.

Good job.
 
Petelock said:
Agree on the Noctua fans debate. I use 5 as case fans (2x140mm & 3x120mm). I did have the 120's on the CPU/GPU radiators, but changed up to Ek vardar f4's.

I still like the noctua's though, particularly with the rubber mounting pegs. Getting all the splitters, extensions etc also help with the cable management:D

Don't sell yourself short, I do that sometimes too. You've improved on this build from your last and will do again next time around.

Good job.
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cheers!

yeah i can't fault noctua at all, I have 2 CPU fans(1 in another build)/1 case fan from them now and both were just a breeze to work with.
 
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