x870e asrock phantom nova

I am just starting the build around this motherboard and have run in to first hurdle. This being that the Crucial T705 With Heatsink will seemingly not fit without me removing the lower thermal pad from the motherboard. As otherwise it seems I would need to exert a lot of pressure to be able to get the end of the ssd low enough to rotate the retention clip. Should it be ok to go with no lower thermal pad. Or is it best to try and get one of the thinner Thermal Grizzly pads. This ssd is listed as compatible on Crucial's website and the 4tb version is on the QVL on Asrock's website.
 
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mogwai said:
I am just starting the build around this motherboard and have run in to first hurdle. This being that the Crucial T705 With Heatsink will seemingly not fit without me removing the lower thermal pad from the motherboard. As otherwise it seems I would need to exert a lot of pressure to be able to get the end of the ssd low enough to rotate the retention clip. Should it be ok to go with no lower thermal pad. Or is it best to try and get one of the thinner Thermal Grizzly pads. This ssd is listed as compatible on Crucial's website and the 4tb version is on the QVL on Asrock's website.
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Just remove the crucial heatsink and utilise the mobo heatsink
 
Got one of these boards delivered today (with some RAM) after they came back in stock this week :) Just gotta wait for my 9800X3D now.
 
Currently running the Nova with a Ryzen 8600G.

Compared to Gigabyte boards I'm not impressed with the Nova's bios, I had an ASRock board years ago and the bios on it wasn't bad so ASRock seem to have gone backwards with their bios interfaces.

Was going to buy an Aorus Elite X870E as GB's boards imo have good bios interfaces and better hardware quick release systems, however the PCIE lane switching setup put me off for one reason, apparently you can only use two nvme drives on this board because all the other M2 slots get disabled if using a Phoenix CPU, the Nova though uses the chipset for all M2 slot drives - except for the CPU direct linked one of course - and this is why l went for the Nova to suit my setup.

If the PCIE lane switching on the Elite had been same as the Nova l'd have gone with Gigabyte.

ASRock need to work on their bios interfaces and more user friendly features, the quick release on the Nova's main M2 drive slot heatsink is not that great, and no quick release on the rest of the M2 slots heatsinks just screws. If other MB makers like Gigabyte can implement good QRS's then no reason why ASRock can't do same / similar.
 
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You can disable the feature in the bios settings.under: Advanced/Onboard Devices Configuration.

I have mine on as it's just my preference.
 
Seems like it being on before turning on the pc might be linked to the option to install drivers once the OS is installed. As after installing windows 11 and installing drivers the rgb is now off when the pc is off without me changing any BIOS settings
 
Having recently just rebuilt my PC with the board not had the time to play around and explore all the settings yet. When l first powered up the board out of the box the board rgb lighting was all on, and apart from me customising the lighting effects after installing Win 11 and all the drivers I've left it as is.

Also the RGB effects control within the bios is not as good as l thought it would be so bit disappointed with that.
 
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Got this board nearly a month ago. A quality board but I am not a fan of the Bios but maybe because its my first Asrock. One constant issue I seem to have is that it randomly forgets (or resets) the XMP profile for my 32 cas 6400 ram. I also seem to have a sound that is like a HDD when it is underload. Ive read that it may be something with my AIO so heres hoping its that and not some kind of electrical or coill whine.
 
So wanted this board but went with the b850 riptide, was £140 cheaper and thus without the need for USB 4 and all those M2 ports , money was spent elsewhere. Such a lovely looking board though, great quality and love the backplate.
 
Well im still happy with my Nova few months on now and paired up with my 7900x and 7900XTX everything is working lovely as it should.
Re the bios apart from keeping it up to date, im one of those who just sets the memory OC and then save and exit. I don't mess around with it at all.
With that said im still on 3.08 which has been rock solid, is it worth upgrading to 3.15 AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2? I will eventually upgrade to the 9900X3D/9950X3D.
 
Grabbed this board with an 9800X3D and have to say it's a really nice looking board and feels very premium. Having come from Intel can anyone advise on the best settings in the BIOS for this cpu and any other settings I should be using? I'm waiting for my new RAM to arrive today so will be setting it up properly this evening once it's arrived late this afternoon.

Thanks
 
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