Good MB & RAM for 7800X3D?
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Idle temps low 40s. Gaming low 60s. Benching low 80s. Often stays in the 50s after a long period of gaming, I think because of my fan profile. Also -30.
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Such a good feeling isn’t it!
Cheers guys, writing from the new rig.
Need to figure out why chassis fans aren't working and cooler seems a little loud at times while updating Windows but it seems to be working otherwise.
As a note of colour, the Corsair 5000D Airflow is a chonky boy! Makes my old coolermaster HAF seem tiny by comparison at that was a pretty big case when I got it...
Need to figure out why chassis fans aren't working and cooler seems a little loud at times while updating Windows but it seems to be working otherwise.
As a note of colour, the Corsair 5000D Airflow is a chonky boy! Makes my old coolermaster HAF seem tiny by comparison at that was a pretty big case when I got it...
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That’s probably it cooling
It’ll spin up when the 7800X3d spikes. You could always adjust the fan profile.
Soldato
Are the chassis fans plugged into the motherboard or is there a fan hub they’re plugged into?
This is what I built using the 7800X3D. Very compact but powerful system which runs cool and quietly.
Case - Cooler Master NR200P MAX - ITX (includes the below)
Motherboard - Asus ROG Stryx B650E-I ITX WiFi
- V850 SFX GOLD 850W SFX PSU
- 280mm CPU AIO liquid cooler
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 6000 DDR5
GPU- nVidia RTX 4080 FE
The RX7800 XT would be a good match as well
To tweak the 7800X3D I set the Platform Thermal Throttle Limit to 75C in the BIOS. Then set the Curve Optimiser to -30 which lowers power, temps and raises the processor speed from 4850MHz to the 5050 MHz hardware limit.
That last bit may be an advanced lesson for you to research after you've built your system
This looks nice!
Make a note of which fan header on the motherboard the fan hub is connected to, then check the BIOS to see if that fan connection is not disabled. I would recommend plugging it into CPU_OPT if you can. Also be careful as some fan hubs can draw too much power from a single motherboard connector.
Soldato
Well done, very nice rig now enjoy !
Connecting the fan hub to power I get the back fan working but nor the front one.
I successfully installed the RX7900GRE, all that's left is hard disk and transferring files/programs.
Can you post a clear pic of the fan controller with fans connected?
This post says to connect the PWM cable to a system header, not a CPU header. (source)
Can't understand why so little info is available for the fan hub/splitter.
Have you downloaded the icue software?..i'm assuming both fans connected to the pwm hub,powered by sata connector to psu and connected to fan header on mobo. does the icue software not pick up the hub?..if so, it should show the fans connected to it?
been awhile since looked at my 5000x setup and use rgb fans, so could be wrong. also think my fans were in a commander pro rather than the pwm hub, so might work differently
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Soldato
I didn't know the 7800X3D has an igp, bonus!( I have one)
From what limited info i could find, i think the fan hub is just a powered fan splitter so it is still controlled by the bios.
Of course i could be wrong as i have never had a Corsiar case and thought the icue software was purely for RGB.
trying to think..i mean when open up the icue software, shows all the fans, and yeah, you can control all the rgb, but you can set fan speed curves etc, but think you may be right, don't think fan speed control is per fan so to speak, so think the software may just control the hub via the header it's plugged into..and only the rgb hub does per fan control
I haven't and would prefer to avoid anything not strictly necessary... I will look at the fans again this weekend when I have time.