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3rd gen 3920XM desktop project

Crimsoncursed
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I've been working on this build for awhile now.  Off and on here and there.

 

I was able to get this little 4 core 8 thread mobile processor to 4.29ghz as of a few days ago.

 

Beats the i7 7700 I had in every benchmark

This build did so well it made me hate my 7th gen i7 and upgraded to 9th gen on my main rig

 

"Sold my pc and made a new one. Because my 2017 build was getting destroyed by a 2012 build.... sad"

 

I was running a 1080 in it for awhile,  but I recently got a 2080, so I might be doing another video on that with the overclock CPU

 

As of now I'm putting a i3 IHS I had laying around on it so the surface of the cpu is level when putting on a custom bracket heatsink.

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Second custom bracket heatsink.  Had to trim down the chipset heatsink

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This was when I was able to get the stable overclock at a reasonable temp.  

75 degrees at 4.29ghz on all 4 cores

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I will probably get some hate for this one.

Painted the board,  and yes I left the VRM mosfets, caps, and chokes unpainted

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Added the heatsinks and IO sheild.  Still need to cut the heatsinks to the correct size.  But it's coming along

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Put the computer together to make sure it works.  Was all good.  Boots just fine.

 

I proceeded to check thermals to see if the IHS was working or not.  Let's just say it was a no go.

So now I need to cut the heatsinks some more,  since the IHS was giving me that extra lift needed to run the mosfet heatsinks.

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Booted to windows at 80 degrees,  waaay too hot.  So as of now the mosfet heatsinks are off.  But I just recently had a AIO die on one of the main builds I have.  So now I'm running this heatsink on that.

 

(Thermaltake floe 240)  sucks....

 

Currently as it stands

Case: metallic gear neo micro

(Dissapointed with this case)

 

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Currently as it stands.

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Might do a video update on it soon.

 

 

Video's I made of the build

I7 3632qm

 

Underclocked i7 3920xm

 

When ever I add the 4.29ghz overclock and RTX 2080 video it will be here

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I had an i7 3610QM and an Aaeon EMB-QM77 and it was fun, but you're overclocking and everything. Damn, I gotta get my hands on one of these. Very cool.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Haha yeah.  Once I found out there was an extreme CPU for it I had to get it and push this thing to its limits.

 

Once I get the heatsink in order I might try for higher voltages and get a higher overclock.

 

The system locks up at around 4.4ghz on all 4 cores without voltage change.  So I backed off to 4.29ghz and all seems well

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I painted the board,  I really disliked the green.

I matted it out with non conductive clear couat.  Made sure to carefully cover anything that shouldnt be painted,  then hand painted all of the gold

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Finished paint job is in the main post,  next is some asrock heatsinks, and a IO shroud

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Damn is that ever neat.

CPU: Core i9 12900K || CPU COOLER : Corsair H100i Pro XT || MOBO : ASUS Prime Z690 PLUS D4 || GPU: PowerColor RX 6800XT Red Dragon || RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance (3200) || SSDs: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB (Boot), Crucial P2 1TB, Crucial MX500 1TB (x2), Samsung 850 EVO 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM850 || CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini || MONITOR: Acer Predator X34A (1440p 100hz), HP 27yh (1080p 60hz) || KEYBOARD: GameSir GK300 || MOUSE: Logitech G502 Hero || AUDIO: Bose QC35 II || CASE FANS : 2x Corsair ML140, 1x BeQuiet SilentWings 3 120 ||

 

LAPTOP: Dell XPS 15 7590

TABLET: iPad Pro

PHONE: Galaxy S9

She/they 

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Thanks,   been working on this for some time.

Wanted to make a video of the paint and heatsinks etc.  But I got impatient and ended up just putting it together as soon as I can

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On 1/12/2019 at 10:44 PM, LaserLion said:

Good choice, my 6700k build had one.

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Yeah it's a real nice card.

 

And updated OP

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I was all ready too build,  and the weather delayed the delivery of my case.....

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I'm interested to see how it looks when its done. Love what you did with the motherboard, what a change! 

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56 minutes ago, SirToxicBunny said:

I'm interested to see how it looks when its done. Love what you did with the motherboard, what a change! 

Here it is as it sits now.

I decided to go with the MetallicGear Neo micro.

Man was that a bad idea.  This case was a nightmare to work in.  Cable managment is weak.  The 3.5inch HDD has to be on the wall of the case.  Man I am just over all dissapointed with this case.

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2 minutes ago, Crimsoncursed said:

Here it is as it sits now.

I decided to go with the MetallicGear Neo micro.

Man was that a bad idea.  This case was a nightmare to work in.  Cable managment is weak.  The 3.5inch HDD has to be on the wall of the case.  Man I am just over all dissapointed with this case.

 

 

Sounds like a nightmare. On the plus side the case looks great, That hard-drive on the wall of the case is a bit of a let down. Maybe you can get someone to 3D print some sort of cover or something for the HDD. I'm also curious about the GPU, does it get enough airflow at the bottom of the case? Such an odd case, but like I said, it still looks good and as we all know, its all about the flashyness.

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19 minutes ago, SirToxicBunny said:

Sounds like a nightmare. On the plus side the case looks great, That hard-drive on the wall of the case is a bit of a let down. Maybe you can get someone to 3D print some sort of cover or something for the HDD. I'm also curious about the GPU, does it get enough airflow at the bottom of the case? Such an odd case, but like I said, it still looks good and as we all know, its all about the flashyness.

I'm probably gonna cut out a peice of acrylic and paint it for the HDD.  Or outright ditch the hdd and go 1tb ssd msata or data.  But rather not spend more money if I dont have too

 

The GPU I have not installed the drivers yet or tested it.

 

But as for airflow.  It should be real good.  It has ventalation right below it with 2 x 120mm fan slots.  So it should be picking up cool air from the bottom.

 

As for overclocks.  I'm getting around 55 degrees celsius on 4.0ghz

 

I am really looking forward to carbonout from thermal grizzley.  It is very hard to level the thermal paste on direct die applications.  So I'm hoping the carbonout will help me with this.

 

For the power button issue I created a latching relay out of a momentary relay.  so I could power on and off the PSU with the power button.

(This pc doesnt have 24pin on the mobo,  only 4pin atx powers the whole board)

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2 minutes ago, Crimsoncursed said:

I'm probably gonna cut out a peice of acrylic and paint it for the HDD.

 

The GPU I have not installed the drivers yet or tested it.

 

But as for airflow.  It should be real good.  It has ventalation right below it with 2 x 120mm fan slots.  So it should be picking up cool air from the bottom.

 

As for overclocks.  I'm getting around 55 degrees celsius on 4.0ghz

 

I am really looking forward to carbonout from thermal grizzley.  It is very hard to level the thermal paste on direct die applications.  So I'm hoping the carbonout will help me with this.

 

For the power button issue I created a latching relay out of a momentary relay.  so I could power on and off the PSU with the power button.

 

 

The piece of acrylic would do just as well, didn't think of that. I have a friend who owns a 3D printer, so my first reaction to everything is "Just 3D print the thing!" 

 

Give that GPU a test, I'm interested to see the results. I'm sure the others on the thread are interested as well.

 

I thought there might have been some ventilation under the GPU, glad to hear it.

 

Good job on the OC, overclocking is always stressful for me.

 

The carbonout should help a lot, hope it works out.

 

As for your power solution, what and excellent work around, thinking outside the box there, well played. 

 

Good Luck with the rest of the build  

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19 minutes ago, SirToxicBunny said:

The piece of acrylic would do just as well, didn't think of that. I have a friend who owns a 3D printer, so my first reaction to everything is "Just 3D print the thing!" 

 

Give that GPU a test, I'm interested to see the results. I'm sure the others on the thread are interested as well.

 

I thought there might have been some ventilation under the GPU, glad to hear it.

 

Good job on the OC, overclocking is always stressful for me.

 

The carbonout should help a lot, hope it works out.

 

As for your power solution, what and excellent work around, thinking outside the box there, well played. 

 

Good Luck with the rest of the build  

Thanks.  The case came with a cover that snaps into place where the HDD is. 

 

Maybe I can double sided tape it to the HDD.

 

Maybe then I'll like the case.

 

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And yes,  that's where metallic gear says is the only place to put the 3.5 inch HDD

 

I bought the case because it can have a 3.5inch hdd,  but didnt think it be like that.....

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7 hours ago, Crimsoncursed said:

Decided to use double sided velcro to out the cover on top of the hdd

Much better with the cover on

So much better.

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Slowed down the fan in the cpu to quiet things down.  Pushes the 4.0ghz clock to 66 degrees celsius.  

 

Whole 10 degrees,  but much better than hearing a jet engine.

 

Also I know most people HATE stickers.  But I had to label my system.  This is the fist EXTREME processor i could ever afford.  I must have that case badge on it

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Waiting for my intel wireless card to come in,  the current wireless is so sloooow.

 

Once that comes in i can start downloading updates.  And no its difficult to get the PC to the wired spot at my house.  So wired usually isnt an option.

 

I tried bridging from my main rig to the secondary rig since they are right next to each other.  But I only got .9mbps on the bridge since I was downloading stuff on steam on my main rig

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Done with the rig for now.

Once I get the thermal grizzly to come in I'll do some testing and overclocks.

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Might sell this rig, to fund my next project.

I'm not entirely sure yet

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Do you know where i can buy that motherboard? and will it run intel's I5 9300h? (i would take it of my acer nitro 5)

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