Shonk's Log

[Shonk]

I ended up replacing a load of stuff in oct/nov 20
so if you just want to see the final form

Jump Straight to Final Build Images Here
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/shonks-log.18871071/#post-34265562


I started upgrading my I7 3770/R9 290 PC in November 2018
And just finished with the final form and stability testing / overclocking

Seems to have finally worked out well
its prime 95 small fft stable at 5ghz all core with a -0.0035V undevolt
(Multipliers 1C: 52x, 2C: 52x, 3C: 52x, 4C: 52x, 5C: 52x, 6C: 51x, 7C: 51x, 8C: 50x)
Intel SPEC LLC (1.600 mOhm)
Intel SPEC AC/DC Load Line (1.300 mOhm)

November 2018
Sapphire RX Vega 64 Nitro+

Feb 2019
AOC AGON AG322QC4 32" 2560x1440 VA FREESYNC 144Hz

July 2019
Gigabyte Z390 M GAMING
Ballistix Sport LT Grey 32GB (2x 16GB)
Noctua NH-D15S
Toshiba 512GB M.2 NVMe THNSN5512GPU7
Intel 9560NGW
Arctic Cooling MX-4

November 2019
Intel Core i9 9900KS
Corsair HX1200i
Sabrent Rocket 1TB NVME
Adata SU800 512GB
Adata SU800 512GB
Noctua NF-A15 (Second Fan for CPU)
Deepcool RF140 2-in-1 RGB

December 2019
Sabrent Rocket 1TB NVME
Intel Optane Memory M10 16GB NVME (Scratch Drive)
ADT-Link R11SL-TL 20cm Low profile PCIE X1 Extender
Pci-E X1 To M.2 Adapter M Key

January 2020
Ballistix Sport LT Grey 32GB (2 x 16GB)
2 x 10 Alphacool GPU Heatsinks 15x15 mm
2 x akasa AK-TT12-80 Thermal Adhesive Tape
Used above to add 15 heatsinks ontop of the vrm heatsinks (lowered max vrm temps by 10°)

May 2020
ADT-Link R11SL-TL 20cm Low profile PCIE X1 Extender
Pci-E X1 To M.2 Adapter M Key
Corsair MP510 480GB
Axe 512GB USB 3.2 Gen2 (Phison PU31 USB 3.2 Gen2 to NVME Bridge + 480GB PCIe 4x Phison PS5013-E13 )

July 2020
LG UltraGear 32" 32GK650F 144Hz 2k Freeysnc (48Hz-144Hz)
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
2 x Thermalright HR-09S TYPE3 VRM Heatsink
Delta BFB0512LD 50x50mm Blower Fan (4245rpm @ 12v)
Metal L Bracket

Delta BFB0512LD comes on at 1000 rpm at 90° VRM Temp
Reaching 3300rpm @ 97° with a 220w prime95 small fft load

10-12° hotter without fan
10-12° hotter without extra vrm heatsinks

VRM Throttles at 122° which it doesnt get anywhere near anymore due to extra vrm heatsinks
and cooling

Under normal use this isnt a problem but want it to be 100% fine in all use cases

September 2020
Sabrent Rocket 2TB (Replaces Toshiba XG3 512GB)
Intel Optane 800P 118GB (Replaces 16GB Intel Optane M10 Scratchdrive)

October 2020
Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master
Fractal Meshify S2 Dark
3 x NVMe PCIe x4 M.2 NGFF SSD to PCIe x1

November 2020
Crucial Ballistix 64GB 3600 (2x32GB)
Nvidia RTX 3090 Founders Edition

Jump Straight to Final Build Images Here
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/shonks-log.18871071/#post-34265562

Final PC Details
OS = Windows 10 Pro
Motherboard = Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master
CPU = Intel Core i9 9900KS
Ram = Crucial Ballistix 64GB 3600 (2x32GB) @ 3600 15-17-17-34-51-525 CR1 1.35v
GPU = Nvidia RTX 3090 Founders Edition
CNVi = Intel AC 9560
m.2 1 = Sabrent Rocket 1TB NVME SSD
m.2 2 = Sabrent Rocket 1TB NVME SSD
m.2 3 = Sabrent Rocket 2TB NVME SSD
PCIE 4x slot = Empty Shared with m.2 3
PCIE 1x slot 1 = Intel Optane 800p 118GB NVME SSD
PCIE 1x slot 2 = Corsair MP510 480GB NVME SSD (ADT-Link R11SL-TL 20cm)
PCIE 1x slot 3 = Toshiba XG3 512GB NVME SSD
Sata 0 = Samsung 860 Evo 500GB SSD
Sata 1 = Samsung 860 Evo 500GB SSD
Sata 2 = Adata SU800 512GB SSD
Sata 3 = Adata SU800 512GB SSD
Sata 4 = Disabled
Sata 5 = Disabled
Corsair HX1200i PSU
Fractal Meshify S2 Dark Case
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280

AOC AGON 32" AG322QC4 144Hz 2k Freesync2 HDR400
LG UltraGear 32" 32GK650F 144Hz 2k Freeysnc (48Hz-144Hz)
Corsair Void Pro Headset
Logitech K340 Keyboard
Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Mouse
LG SK1 Soundbar
Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows 10
Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller

Fans
Front 280MM Radiator = 2 x ARCTIC P14 140x140x27mm (1500rpm)
Rear 1 x Deepcool RF140 140X140X26mm (1200rpm)
Top 2 x Deepcool RF140 140X140X26mm (1200rpm)

 

[Shonk]

Thanks

 

[Shonk]

Added another NVME drive and secured the optane drive down better (Bottom 3 Pictures)
Cut up a credit card and used 3M VHB Tape

May 2020
ADT-Link R11SL-TL 20cm Low profile PCIE X1 Extender
Pci-E X1 To M.2 Adapter M Key
Corsair MP510 480GB

 

[Shonk]

July 2020
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
2 x Thermalright HR-09S TYPE3 VRM Heatsink
Delta BFB0512LD 50x50mm Blower Fan (4245rpm @ 12v)
Metal L Bracket

Delta BFB0512LD comes on at 1000 rpm at 90° VRM Temp
Reaching 3300rpm @ 97° with a 220w prime95 small fft load

10-12° hotter without fan
10-12° hotter without extra vrm heatsinks

VRM Throttles at 122° which it doesnt get anywhere near anymore due to extra vrm heatsinks
and cooling

Under normal use this isnt a problem but want it to be 100% fine in all use cases

 

[Shonk]

The Corsair HX1200i went faulty and had to go back to corsair for replacment
the 12v rail was all over the place 11.7v 11.4v 11.1v 12.096v
I noticed a few days after it started random crashing whilst in the bios it was reading 11.1v

Im not really happy with it tbh my old HX750 used to read 3.340 volts with a muilti meter and was something like 3.315v in the bios

The hx1200i even the replacment reads 3.290v with a multimeter
and 3.265v in the bios

if i fully load the gpu and cpu with prime and such

i can get that to around 3.096v with the hx1200i

The 12v seems fine on the replacement

Cant help myself still going

September 2020
Sabrent Rocket 2TB (Replaces Toshiba XG3 512GB)
Intel Optane 800P 118GB (Replaces 16GB Intel Optane M10 Scratchdrive) (Not here yet coming from hk via speedpak)

Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 (hoping to get one on launch day direct from nvidia)

 

[Shonk]

I have decided to change to one of the better Z390 boards which means going atx
I have never been fully happy with the VRM's on the Z390 M Gaming as i am too close to its limits with the 9900KS
I am hoping i can stabalise it at lower voltages on a better board

Only two retailers had Aorus Z390 Master still instock at rrp
I was umming and ahing too much the other day so missed out on it at £239
another retailer had 2 left at £269 so it was now or never if i wanted new stock


I have to pick up a Case also

I have the following coming
Aorus Z390 Master
Fractal Meshify S2 Dark
2 x NVMe PCIe x4 M.2 NGFF SSD to PCIe x1

This will mean some changes in the layout

If M2M is used i lose SATA 4 + Sata 5
So SATA will be dropping down from 5 to 4

M2A doesnt share anything if used in PCIe mode

M2P The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P connector. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when a PCIe SSD is installed in the M2P connector.

The manual makes no mention of M2P dropping to 2x if PCIEX4 is used
so i presume only 2 of the lanes from PCIEX4 where shared

So i should be able to run the Intel Optane 800p at 2x (its only 2x anyway) in the PCIEX4 slot and still get 4x on M2P


M2M = Sabrent Rocket 1TB 4 x PCIe Link
M2A = Sabrent Rocket 1TB 4 x PCIe Link
M2P = Sabrent Rocket 2TB 4 x PCIe Link
PCIEX4 = Intel Optane 800p 120GB 2 x PCIe Link
PCIEX1_1 = Corsair MP510 480GB 1 x PCIe Link
PCIEX1_2 = Toshiba XG3 512GB 1 x PCIE Link
PCIEX1_3 = Intel Optane M10 16GB 1 x PCIE Link
PCIEX8 = None Drops PCIEX16 to 8x if used

If all things work out as expected

PCIe drives will go from 5 to 7
SATA drives will go from 5 to 4

Asus 3080 TUF OC still on order at OCUK queue position 404 on 14/10/20

Think i will do a new thread when i rebuild it today as this one is long..

 

[Shonk]

This case is awful to build in the psu area is awful and i have no way to get in there

The NVME Drive in the top 1x slot balancing on 3M Sponge Tape is a temp solution
whilst i wait for the pcie1x to m.2 to arrive from china

There will be another pcie1x to m.2 nvme drive going in the last 1x slot also

The Corsair MP510 is in its perm place

it turned out M2P if a 4x nvme drive is in there it drops PCIEX4 to 2x and M2P to 2x
Gigabyte Didnt document it in the manual
so i cant use PCIEX4 for the Intel Optane 800p which is a shame

 

[Shonk]

The M.2 to Pcie x1 cards came

 

[Shonk]

Final build

October 2020
Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master
Fractal Meshify S2 Dark
3 x NVMe PCIe x4 M.2 NGFF SSD to PCIe x1

November 2020
Crucial Ballistix 64GB 3600 (2x32GB)
Nvidia RTX 3090 Founders Edition

I think im only missing a CPU for a complete second build

Spare Parts
4 x 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 3200
Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming
Sapphire RX Vega 64 Nitro+
Noctua NH-D15S Heatsink
16GB Intel Optane M10
Crucial M550 512GB SSD
Integral P Series 5 240GB SSD
Transcend 220S 240GB SSD
Thermaltake Core V21 Case