Questions about X399 PROFESSIONAL GAMING build

tannji,  I have a very similar build - see my signature.  I have  an NZXT Phantom 410 so I use a 240 mm TR4.  It is mounted at the top with the fans below blowing up and the radiator on top.  There was an interference problem that required removing a tie down point for the top grill - not visible or defacing in any way.  Please see this post for a Prime95 run I did as well as another user's results:
http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6165&PN=3&title=what-happened-to-fatality-x399-bios-160
I have the fans  (Y-connector) plugged into the CPU_FAN1 and the pump plugged into CPU_OPT/
W_PUMP.  I have done no special settings changes and my temperatures look very good.  Enermax claims both TR4 coolers will support 500 Watt dissipation.
I am using the same SSDs and suggest heat sinks for them.  I use these:
https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-m-2-nvme-heatsink-black
Amazon and Newegg have them sometime.  The company is in Slovenia, so shipping is a little expensive.  I had to order some from them because they were not available in USA at the time.  RAIDing NVMe drives is not supported until a BIOS update is available.  ASRock released one a week or so ago then removed it without explication.  BIOS/AGESA is down level for the TR compared to the earlier Ryzen.  Currently ASRock BIOS is AGESA 1.0.0.3 while my R7 1800X is 1.0.0.6b.  This means no real fast memory will work till undated.  I am waiting (not very patiently).  Please ask any questions.  Enjoy, John.

EDIT: I think my system is very quiet.


Edited by MisterJ - 29 Sep 2017 at 1:48am

As an owner of the orginal CM HAF XB case, if you've never seen the HAF XB EVO except in pictures, I would highly suggest you study pictures of it closely, or find a place where you can see it yourself. The HAF XB EVO is not much different, except for the internal side of the plastic front panel being opened up to better accommodate radiators, and changes to the drive bays:

http://www.coolermaster.com/case/lan-box-haf-series/haf-xb-evo/

The top cover is not designed to accommodate radiators. The four mounting points on the top are designed to match one of the fan mounting options of CM's 200mm fans. The spacing of the mounting points does not match the mounting holes of 120mm fans, or a 240mm radiator. Fans attached to the underside of a radiator mounted to the top would not clear a video card, and would look odd on top of the top panel. The CM 200mm fan (not included with the case) would not be usable with a radiator mounted in the top panel, if the radiator could be mounted.

Clearance front to back with a radiator mounted on the front panel is less than a standard full size tower PC case. You may need to mount either the radiator or its fans on the inside of the case, with the other(s) on the outside of the internal case front panel, right under the removable plastic front panel. With the radiator and fans mounted within the case, clearance is tight with the 24 pin power cable.

The 120mm fan mounting point on the rear of the case has very little clearance above and below it for a radiator. With a fan mounted, there is no more that two to three millimeters of clearance at the bottom and top. So an AIO radiator must not be much wider than a 120mm fan.

I can guarantee that the plastic cover over the IO panel on the X399 board will not allow even a single 120mm fan to be mounted in the rear fan location. You would need to remove that cover to simply mount a fan in that location.

While CM touts this case as similar to a test bench, but the proximity and fixed nature of the front and rear panels to the mother board make it a failure in that respect IMO. The mother board tray is removable, but of course you must disconnect every cable connected to the board to do that. Removing the tray is necessary to access much of the area underneath it, so plan your cable routing carefully before you mount the mother board, or you'll be removing it to change things underneath.

I don't have the case, but I do have the 1080Ti Hybrid, and it is self contained in the sense that you don't have to plug in the fan into the Motherboard at all, it just runs normally powered by the VGA card. My case is a Rosewill B2 Stealth and the TR4 360 Radiator is mounted on top blowing the air out the top and the EVGA radiator is mounted as a rear exhaust fan.

My memory is G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3200 CL14 4x16 variety. It runs perfectly stable at 3066, it can also run a 3200 but I don't because I was having some random crashes when I was testing in Win 10 so I dialed it back to 3066 and now it's perfectly fine.

Just a reminder, disable IOMMU in the Advance -> North bridge Configuration menu. Win 10 does NOT like it at all.

LurkerLito wrote: I don't have the case, but I do have the 1080Ti Hybrid, and it is self contained in the sense that you don't have to plug in the fan into the Motherboard at all, it just runs normally powered by the VGA card. My case is a Rosewill B2 Stealth and the TR4 360 Radiator is mounted on top blowing the air out the top and the EVGA radiator is mounted as a rear exhaust fan. My memory is G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3200 CL14 4x16 variety. It runs perfectly stable at 3066, it can also run a 3200 but I don't because I was having some random crashes when I was testing in Win 10 so I dialed it back to 3066 and now it's perfectly fine. Just a reminder, disable IOMMU in the Advance -> North bridge Configuration menu. Win 10 does NOT like it at all.

Are you running 128GB of RAM?

tannji, if you use the MS MediaCreationTool:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
You can make a USB stick or other media to install W10.  It should be the latest at the time you DL it.  There is a major update coming, 1709 (RS3).  It should be here 17 Oct 2017.  If you DL before then, it will be updated unless you delay via Settings-Update&Security.  You will be able to install it without a key (Click 'Skip' when asked for a key during install).  You will need to buy a key to activate W10 or it will start complaining and probably do something bad after 30 days or so.  I never let it go that long.  Enjoy, John.