Computer thread!!!

[R3Z3N]

I would love to see pics! I agree these 5900X, 5950X problems would have been nice to know before I went AMD. Then again, if I went Intel, I would probably need one of the MORA rads!

I too had to upgrade PSUs, what a bitch to do. Luckily at the time I was air cooled.

[Northern]

I get a basically blank Kernel Power ID41 error ~10s before the crash time in Event Viewer, but no WHEA ID18/19 or cache hierarchy like a lot of people.
I've been through a ton of threads and followed a bunch of suggestions but the only big improvement was from bumping PBO Voltage curve +4 or +6.

I do only have a 650W PSU (EVGA GQ), but it does stress test fine with 100% GPU and CPU. Game loading is certainly different so maybe that's all it takes?
Throwing parts at the problem now with a 1000W EVGA G5, motherboard next(from MSI B450 A-Pro ->X570 Tomahawk or Asus TUF Pro), then RMA the CPU if that doesn't solve it.
While I wait for it to arrive, I'm going to check RAM but the CPU/BIOS/Chipset drivers were the only change so I don't expect to find much.
GPU went in a week or two earlier since it's a quick change and didn't give me problems.

I'll take a pic or two at some point when I feel a little better about the whole situation.
Would make a nice contrast to yours as mine is just aggressively air cooled

[R3Z3N]

Look at your WHEA logs. I was getting somewhat regular (1-2x a week) cache hierarchy errors during a crash, where computer would just reboot with no warning, load or no load. Even happened with the latest BIOS patch C for my Asus Crosshair VIII Hero, but so far has been up since about 1 week after applying. I run PBO but otherwise I have no idea, I haven't tried further to troubleshoot as it's been stable enough since patch C and so little time with a newborn.

Another note, at the time of crashes I had a small air bubble in my CPU block up high, since getting rid of it, the crashes went away. I had to lay the computer on the side, but as the pump is oriented to the side as well for intake/output, gotta be very careful to to suck in air. I did add a fill port up top, that way I can fill the res 100% but still have air for compression as the water temps increase. The external rad+full waterblock dropped VRAM temps 30•C to a high of 50•C now. I was at 85-95•C with the hybrid backplate. Water temps dropped ~6•C so now its always under 40•C which before I would sometimes on a hot day be sitting at 45•C with my PETG tubes!

BTW, yes, I do currently have the 5950x. I had no crashes with my 5600x.

You will enjoy your RTX 3080!

Another note which I like about my build, I made a short 1ft loop for the quick disconnects so that I can run without the external rad. It would be wise for me to add an external D5 pump.

[Northern]

^ CPU probably saves some juice there, I think the current gen Ryzens idle at only a few Watts with most cores fully to sleep in C6

AMD 5600x (temporary till my 5950x ships)

Did you end up getting the 5950X? Any issues at all? (see mini-rant below)

^I felt less ripped off paying 127% of MSRP for the 3090 vs 228% of MSRP for the 3080....

Speaking of markups on 3080s, I recently pulled the trigger on one.

Ever since upgrading monitors to 1440p/144Hz, my GTX1070 was struggling a bit unless I ran everything on low.
I kept looking online at store inventory and there really still is next to no stock, and the markup is noticable, even from retailers.

I kept looking at so-so bundles from CanadaComputers (Newegg does these too, but they seem significantly worse), and eventually splurged on a bundle of a ~20% over MSRP EVGA RTX3080 FTW3 Ultra, bundled with a retail priced R9 5900X.

I'd be over the moon with this combo but for whatever reason I get crashes in specific scenarios. Most games are fine, stress tests are fine, idle/browsing is fine, just one specific game and fine mesh static simulations in SolidWorks seem to trigger it.
Seems to be a fairly common issue with the 5900X and 5950X, hence the question up above...

[R3Z3N]

^Yup ~420 watts 24/7, and when I use it goes over 700W. So far peak has been ~850W...

[roguetoaster]

That's a mighty nice space heater.

[R3Z3N]

Needed more cooling so I added the EKWB 3090 FE active backplate, and a remote radiator with leakless quick-disconnects that will sit ~10 feet away.

[R3Z3N]

Whoever fixed the quotes is awesome. Tip for anyone quoting a post with pics: REMOVE THE PICS FROM YOUR QUOTE! ESPECIALLY when they are so darn close to the post you are quoting....

[R3Z3N]

I put the computer on it's "face", then the res is vertical, and fill from one of the 3 ports up top.

[roguetoaster]

Where do you fill/bleed that loop from?

[R3Z3N]

Thanks. The original plan was to be vertical right next to the gpu ON the PSU shroud and mount the gpu vertically. Mounting that 2.2kg waterblock was a no go vertically in the vertical slots as I could not find a bracket to hold the GPU from swaying when laying the chassis down. Thanks for the compliments though. I don't care for the RGB, but the products had it so I had to try it. The thing is TERRIBLY heavy.

[MrBurgundy]

wow thats really nice

I'm usually not a fan of how water cooling is done, but I got to give it to you.. That looks so good.

I think its the way you mounted the reservoir. I think it looks tacky when it stands up vertically

[R3Z3N]

Aaaaand finished!:











EKWB drain plug and piping under the HDDs, which is also used for pressure testing the loop.

[R3Z3N]

Got started on my hardline watercooling:

[R3Z3N]

So I am torn to do as planned with a custom loop or not. My EKWB 3090 FE Hybrid waterblock arrives tuesday, but ACTUALLY building this loop will be $1200. (Part of that due to buying hardline tools to do so)

It would be better to do an external Mo-Ra3 9x140 Radiator, but it would have to sit 4 feet down and 5 feet away, so dual D5 pumps, quick releases, custom wiring and probably another $500 to do that...yuck