Project: 'Small but Mighty'.

Boomstick777 · 8 Aug 2015 at 14:47

wazza300 said:
Could be BIOS bug with that card,not showing BIOS screens

Any beta bios's on tweaktown?ask stasio

Cheers bud, yeah I put some posts up at Tweaktown.

Last night I was able to get into BIOS and change settings with the SHDD's plugged in. Not sure why it worked, but was able to change settings and save them. Booted into Windows no problem after. I don't know if going into the BIOS the first time (Without SHDD's) enabled something. I did that by unplugging the SHDD's and that worked fine.

Not sure if the drives won't allow enter BIOS post from COLD Boot, but work fine when restarting from Windows so drives are already powered if you get what I mean. With the drives unplugged there are no issues whatsoever so it's def them, happened on GA-X99-UD4 before BIOS update as well, a BIOS update fixed the issue altogether on that board, hopefully this mobo will get fix soon as well.

wazza300 · 8 Aug 2015 at 14:50

Anything for legacy USB devices? Try disabling that,also try enabling hotswap for the ports they are on,still might need a BIOS fix though

Twirlywoos · 8 Aug 2015 at 15:44

Just a thought if you're after quietness you could always get a GPU bracket like the:
- Pulse Modding Corsair H40 H50 H70 & Antec Kuhler GPU Conversion Mounting Bracket
- NZXT Kraken G10
- Hydro Series HG10 N980 (Not sure about compatibility with this one)

Then chose a card that allows cooler removal, has the best warranty, overclockability and depending if you have room in your case wack a H70/H55 (older models) or H75, X31 on it.

Boomstick777 · 8 Aug 2015 at 16:26

wazza300 said:
Anything for legacy USB devices? Try disabling that,also try enabling hotswap for the ports they are on,still might need a BIOS fix though

I'll look for these, nice one.

Twirlywoos said:
Just a thought if you're after quietness you could always get a GPU bracket like the:
- Pulse Modding Corsair H40 H50 H70 & Antec Kuhler GPU Conversion Mounting Bracket
- NZXT Kraken G10
- Hydro Series HG10 N980 (Not sure about compatibility with this one)

Then chose a card that allows cooler removal, has the best warranty, overclockability and depending if you have room in your case wack a H70/H55 (older models) or H75, X31 on it.

Gone for the Ref ASUS 980 Ti, might look into adding water in the future but will keep stock for now.

At IDLE the ref cooler will be ideal, and exhaust the heat during games usually got the volume pumped anyway. But the water cooling bug might get me later

Funny had really convinced myself I didn't need high end GPU. Then fired up Witcher 3 on a 960 and yeah I need something better. Even if I don't game as much these days at least when I do get the chance I can have it running nicely.

Boomstick777 · 9 Aug 2015 at 11:45

Dayum this is fast !

GSXR Gaz Mc · 9 Aug 2015 at 11:50

got any pics which aint close ups ?

Boomstick777 · 9 Aug 2015 at 12:20

GSXR Gaz Mc said:
got any pics which aint close ups ?

Poor lighting, should have opened the curtains

Next to Subwoofer and that's the PS4 far right for idea of the size.. Not so small after all lol. I like the styling though.

Boomstick777 · 9 Aug 2015 at 12:24

GPU installed, build is finished !

Brian18741 · 10 Aug 2015 at 17:54

Looks great, how are the temps?

I_am_not_Carabia83 · 10 Aug 2015 at 18:13

Nice build.

Boomstick777 · 10 Aug 2015 at 20:28

Brian18741 said:
Looks great, how are the temps?

GPU tops out at 83C, 'Ref cooler'.

CPU temps are really good in this build:

At stock the CPU is around 28C > 30C IDLE / Desktop, and 50C LOAD. Fans on lowest setting (Silent) in BIOS.

Overclocked with 1.4V and 4.6Ghz my 5930K doesn't go past 79C. (Fans on High).

I_am_not_Carabia83 said:
Nice build.

Cheers