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Here is the build I just finished. Took me a little longer than expected, but finally finished it...im pretty proud on how it turned out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcU6smGVH0U Specs: Chassis: Thermaltake Core P7 Motherboard: ASRock X370 Taichi CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X Memory: G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) GPU: Nvidia GTC 1080Ti Hard Drives: Samsung 960 PRO M.2 512GB NVMe (OS) | Samsung 860 Pro 2TB SSD (Storage) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G3 OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Cooling: 8x Noctua NF-F12 Fans | Custom Monsoon Modular Reservoir System Monitors: Viotek 32" 1800R Gaming Monitor | Elecrow 10.1-Inch IPS LCD Display Keyboard: Blackwidow Chroma v2 (Orange Switches) Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Elite

I am hoping someone can shed some light on this as I have not gotten any response from ASRock on my issue. There is a lot of info to this, but I tried to make it as easy of a read as possible. My hardware is as follows: ASRock x370 Taichi Mobo 1800x Ryzen CPU 32g G.Skill Trident Z Memory EVGA 1080Ti FTW GPU 1000w EVGA Power Supply Samsung 960 Pro M.2 SSD Here is my problem: Computer BSOD every now and again. Youtube and other web videos dont play correctly. System sluggish and laggy. Audio is crackling. Unigine Valley Benchmark: FPS: 18.6, Score: 776, Min FPS: 8.9, Max FPS 39.8 Here is the layout of the board: Here is what the manual says about GPUs: Here is what is says about the M.2 slot ***Yes I do have the latest BIOS and all the latest drivers from the manufacturers websites. So here is the conclusion and issue and workaround. - I have a single GPU. So for best performance I should put it in PCIE2. - I have an M.2 drive. I should put this in the M2_1 slot as this allows for the fastest bandwidth and support Gen3. This setup is what I suspect is causing all the issues. After two weeks of troubleshooting drivers and BIOS settings, I moved the GPU from the PCIE2 slot to the PCIE3 slot and everything started performing more as expected. My guess is that the M.2 drive is hogging up all the PCIE lanes that the PCIE2 slot is trying to use. Here is what I need help understanding: - Im confused as the m2_1 slot says it disables the PCIE4 slot if used. So I figured the M.2 drive uses the hardware assigned for that drive. Why does it appear to be effecting the PCIE2 slot? - At the same time, am I seeing a performace drop on my GPU because it is on an x8 PCIE slot and not a x16 PCIE slot? - If I wanted to due an SLI setup, it says I would need to plug my GPU into PCIE2 and PCIE3, but if PCIE2 is acting up because of my M.2 driver...could this even be a feasible setup? - If I put a second M.2 drive in the M2_2 drive which says it would disable PCIE5, is my PCIE3 slot going to start acting like my PCIE2 slot is now? I dont know if I just dont understand how the new NGFF drives really work or if my motherboard is malfunctioning. Thanks for any light anyone can shed on these questions or my misunderstanding on the setup.

I built my first water cooled system 8-10 years ago and have decided, its time to stop upgrading parts and build a new system from scratch. When I built my last system I water cooled EVERYTHING... My CPU is water cooled My GPU is water cooled My memory is water cooled My mobo chipsets is water cooled My mosfits are water cooled The only thing not water cooled was the HDD, but I did look at getting those included in my loop at one point. My question is this..looking at most people setup these days (even back when I built the above pc)..not everyone was water cooling everything. It seems like everyone water cools the CPU and the GPU and nothing else. Why are more people not water cooling more parts of their system if they have a water cooling foundation (pump, reservoir, etc..) built? I have a habit of going overboard, and I am sure I did with my above pc, but it was a fun project, but turned out to be very pricy in the long run with all the connectors and water blocks. Just curious if its worth water cooling everything with this new pc other than to get more hardline tube running through the system to look at.