Mikmeki

My 800rpm approximation was a bit high, your noise and temperature levels are what i'm trying to accomplish. Based on your comment, dual 360's aren't gonna cut it. Maybe as you mentioned dual 480's would be more suitable. 1000D would definitely fit those, but i'd have to get another 420 for the roof or it would just look empty. Then again, more radiator surface area has never hurt enyone. Tower 900 seems also to fit quite a bit of rads but i'm not a fan of the looks. Is there any other cases with that kind of radiator support?

Then i guess the 1000D with dual 480's and 420 would be complete waste of money, so guess i'll stick with dual 360's in something more reasonably sized. EDIT: The fans would be noctuas NF-F's, unless you can recommend something better

Totally get it, but i at least think i know what i'm getting myself into. I've wanted to build one for years but cost was just too high, not so anymore since i've got myself a steady job. I've tried already air coolers in the hopes of silence, but it really wasn't good enough. I got my 1600x pretty on point with NZXTs X62 push/pull but GPU is still a problem. I understand that 99% of people will be happy with good AIB cooler but i'm (sadly) not one of them. Well 'm going to be using Primochill Vue (at least at first) so trust me, it's coming open every 3-4 months :D Just to be clear, this PC isn't going to see any critical work. It's purely my hobby/gaming and entertainment computer so the extra money, work and downtime isn't going to be a problem. That's what i thought, but i'm going for complete silence (or at least as close as possible without going passive). Or am i just crazy and asking for too much? :D

So i'm planning on building my first custom watercooling loop for my next PC. I've got pretty much everything decided except the radiators and because of that, the case. My goal is to keep overclocked 2080ti and 9900k cool virtually silently (all fans sub 800rpm). I originally planned on getting 1000D from Corsair and throw 2x 480mm HWLabs SR2's plus one 420mm. That amount of radiator and case would definitely keep the components cool at my desired noise level, but is that even too much? I mean i'd rather not pay extra for radiators and monstrous case if, for example, two 360mm HWLabs GTS/SR2 radiators in more reasonably sized chassis (Evolv X, R6 or C700M mainly) would keep temperatures under control at same noise levels.

Yeah, the performance ended up being pretty much what i anticipated, and at the moment i can't find really any GPU even close to a reasonable price. Guess my trusty GTX980 has to keep going for a while.

I know nothing for certain, just judging on how the Frontier Edition did on testing. And yes, i do realize it is not a gaming card, or proper drivers etc. BUT it still SHOULD be the same silicon in gaming parts, just with (possibly) higher clocks and more mature/gaming focused drivers. Also, i don't want to hype myself up too much just to get disappointed.

I could get a used 1080Ti for around 650€, should i just go with it or just wait for RX Vega? Note that i have a Freesync monitor, that is the only thing what is keeping me back. I'm almost certain that the RX Vega isn't going to be as fast as the 1080Ti, but how about if we factor in Freesync? Still not as good in terms of pure FPS, but perhaps it would be smoother. Could i be tear-free (or close enough) with the 1080Ti, maybe with V-sync or some other trickery? Also note that the monitor i'm using is 1440p 144Hz, if that matters.

Oh sorry i forgot to mention, those are averages of 30 minutes prime95 run. Overclocked to 3.9Ghz so it doesn't lower clocks (no support for P-state overclocking in my board). It's stable however so it really doesn't matter that much, except when i try to get stable 4.0Ghz. When i did put 1.45 volts, CPUs sensor gets about 1.39 volts and motherboards sensor shows about 1.47. Could be just inaccurate readings though.

So i have MSIs X370 Gaming Pro Carbon and Ryzen R5 1600X. I did set the CPU voltage to 1.35 volts. In HWinfo my vcore is about 1.368 and CPUs sensor (SVI2 TFN) shows 1.287. Are these numbers normal, they seem to differ a bit? Note that i have LLC on auto.

Check link that stealth80 posted. By the way the OC problem is apparently affecting other MB manufacturers also, and many SKUs from Ryzen lineup. Guess i just have to wait or get some CPU for loan and send that one to get checked. Got my RAM running 2800 18-18-18-38, some progress happening with the new BIOS.

Okay, so MSI rolled out just today 1.63 BIOS, flashed that all hyped up like i finally can overclock that thing but no, still 2.2Ghz. Really annoying, although overclocking tools got much better. Any ideas?

Oh thanks @stealth80. Did some digging, and oh boy what a mess this MSI BIOS is. Apparently this same problem has been going on since at least version 1.30 (current 1.50). For some people Game Boost fixes it, for some it causes it, reflashing the same BIOS has helped some, going back one version has helped few etc. So i guess i'm not gonna do anything yet, let's see how MSI is going to react to this since they should really be aware of the problem. By the way am i missing something or is this MSI BIOS really so limited i can't even change SOC voltage? Tried to look everywhere but the only place i can change it at the moment is Ryzen Master and i really would like to get rid of it.

@mrbilky Have you heard about the problem i have with the Pro Carbon, every time i try to apply any voltage or clock manually, the CPU locks to 2.2Ghz? Nobody seems to know what is wrong, have i put some setting wrong or something? When i put everything to Auto from UEFI i can overclock with Ryzen Master, but even then with poor results. Vcore drops immediately about 0.1 volts when i try to stress the CPU, i have tried every single LLC setting, nothing fixes it. Helps a little, but doesn't fix. I set 1.45 volts in Ryzen Master and under load HWInfo shows Vcore of ~1.37. Motherboard sensor shows about 1.48 but CPU senses/gets much less. Could it be there is something physically wrong with my motherboard?

No beta BIOS updates available, i discussed this thru with MSI support, they have no idea and think it's the CPU but it will overclock normally with Ryzen Master. And even if it would work i find MSIs overclocking tools really lacking, i literally get more voltage controls with Ryzen Master (for example SOC voltage). And besides the board is not going to waste, i'm building my fiancé a Ryzen-based gaming computer and she really doesn't need those overclocking capabilities (first gonna try warranty if it helps). Guess i'm gonna get another RAM set and make sure it's Samsung-based this time, and reuse this set to the other computer.

So i'm thinking getting rid of my MSI Pro Carbon X370 since it has problems with OC'ing and memory speeds and replacing it with Crosshair VI Hero from Asus. My Corsair 16GB 3000Mhz CL15 kit didn't get over 2666Mhz with 16-18-18-38 timings on the MSI board. Do you guys have gotten or seen somebody get that memory kit working at rated speeds with aforementioned Asus board? Also how is the board in general? Here in Finland it has pretty bad ratings on at least the two biggest retailers sites (2.5/5 and 3/5 stars), something about the boards getting bricked. Was it just early BIOS thing or is it still occurring?