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The 9900K runs a bit hotter than the 8700K, but if you have a nice cooler it won't be a problem. If this was me, I'd totally do it.

Most 400-series motherboards nowadays have a supported BIOS installed already. But since B550 just launced I'd recommend that you find a board with that chipset instead.

Get the 2070. It has lower power draw and performs around 5% on avarage better than the 1080.

I'd recommend you get an Nvidia GPU for rendering in Maya with CUDA acceleration. CUDA can also be used with Premiere and AE.

the saved part list is private. we cannot see your build. 

I think there has been some misinformation here. The power supply that you already have is fine for the system that you have built. There is no way it can draw 595W even at full load.
 

If the GPU is slotted in the 4x PCIe slot it will be bottlenecked severely. I highly recommend trying to install the GPU in the 16x slot.

Might be a little loud though  

Might be a little loud though  

JayzTwoCents has a solution for GPU sagging. Although you might not wanna do depending on what type of person you are...
 

Can you give a photo of what you are talking about?
Keep in mind, one of the 24 pin ATX connector is denoted as 'NC', or 'no connection':

Good job Canada.

That is the USB 3.0 variant of USB micro B.

As far as I remember the lighting is controlled with the NZXT Cam software and the Smart Device V2 is connected to the systen via an internal USB 2.0 header.

No. The clasp should be very tight and not able to move. When installing the cooler the clasp should flip from left to right. A lot of force is required.

To me it looks like the CPU cooler hasn't been tightened with the clasps. Although I could be wrong. The image provided get a bit blurry when zooming.

Normally RAM doesn't require a heatsink. It's just that manufactures thinks it looks cool and makes it a selling point for the product. This is for example with sever RAM there is almost never a heatsink on.

Good job Canada.

Good job Canada.

Good job Canada.

Good job Canada.

LTT has made a techquickie about it. IMO DRAM-less SSDs are not worth it.
 

You can click on the CPU category to make the process that takes up the most CPU power go to the top. That way you can easily identify what's hogging the CPU.
 

1st do a scroll down to see what is getting all that usaage
might be an adware
 

I'm glad it's working. I sent some good vibes and some bioenergy to restore it.