AM3 to AM4

alexcheetah · October 16, 2017

After 7 long I have finally decided to retire my Phenom II x4 965 BE build in favour of a Ryzen 7 1700.

As part of this build I am not going to use all new parts. I am going to reuse the Asus R9 290X, the EVGA 750W Supernova power supply, the CF card reader and the old fans from my old pc.

New parts:

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass

Ryzen 7 1700

Cryorig H5 Universal

RGB DDR4 3466MHZ CL16 (CMR16GX4M2C3466C16)

Cryorig AM4 bracket

Old parts:

Asus DirectCU II AMD R9 290X

EVGA Supernova 750G full modular

All the new parts ready to be assembled.

Prepping the motherboard for the cooler...

Inserting this cooler was a breeze....

getting the cabling ready for installation...

Setting up the power supply and cabling...

Motherboard now in the case...

the card goes in next...

all the components in and all the cabling connected.

Grandmaster Shufflecakes · October 16, 2017

Looking good

alexcheetah · October 16, 2017

First startup and boot into windows with the glass sidepanel.

Unfortunately after doing a bios update, a fresh install of windows and a driver install I just could not get the Ethernet port to work so I had to send it back to Canada Computers check if it is defective and in need of a replacement.

Really disappointed with this because I was impressed with the way it looked on my desk only to have to take it apart again... hopefully I can at least replace this with the same motherboard since I really like the neural colours and the subtle RGB glow. I am going to have to wait until Monday for any conclusion.

while I was there I picked up some fan splitters for my top fans. I'm also unsure if I want to add more rgb. I want to give it a subtle RGB look But also want a bit more pop.

alexcheetah · October 16, 2017

9 minutes ago, Grandmaster Shufflecakes said:

Looking good

thank you.

Grandmaster Shufflecakes · October 16, 2017

You can do RGB strips and put some film/filter over them to get that subtle effect.

alexcheetah · October 16, 2017

Just now, Grandmaster Shufflecakes said:

You can do RGB strips and put some film/filter over them to get that subtle effect.

I have been considering this back and forth, I wouldn't mind RGB light strips with an opaque look.

Grandmaster Shufflecakes · October 16, 2017

I have tinted tempered glass so it's a nice effect although it does make it harder to see the sexy motherboard. And because I want to, I need to get cable mod cables at some point. But that is just for looks.

Whatever you decide it's a nice upgrade.

alexcheetah · October 16, 2017

I'll probably go cable mod if I do since Asus offers a coupon.

alexcheetah · October 18, 2017

Got the board back from Canada Computers and they said it connected fine. But when I brought the PC home I still could not connect the pc to internet over ethernet. Just gonna get an add-in ethernet card because I am sick of returning the board.

Ryujin2003 · October 18, 2017

What did you use for photos. They look really awesome.

+1 for the Phenom upgrade. I be remember those days. Still got my 1055t.

I liked the detail you wrote out.

alexcheetah · October 22, 2017

On 10/18/2017 at 6:15 PM, Ryujin2003 said:

What did you use for photos. They look really awesome.

+1 for the Phenom upgrade. I be remember those days. Still got my 1055t.

I liked the detail you wrote out.

It's a canon 7d with a Sigma 18-35.

I held off on upgrading to FX because it didn't really feel like it was an upgrade. I was going to upgrade to Skylake but I wasn't impressed with it's performance either...