Threadripper BUILDERS thread

[ddogg]

All my parts finally came in today. Can start the build this weekend. Going to be a long weekend!

Spoiler: TR Stuff

 

[pjmssn]

All my parts finally came in today. Can start the build this weekend. Going to be a long weekend!

Awesome!!!

 

[guskline]

ddogg: You will have a unique "Labor day" weekend. Have fun and let us know how it turns out. What case are you using for those rads?

 

[ddogg]

ddogg: You will have a unique "Labor day" weekend. Have fun and let us know how it turns out. What case are you using for those rads?

Thanks man. I'm really excited and was hoping everything would come today so I would have the extended weekend to play around. I have a Caselabs STH10.

 

[Chaotic42]

Returned the Asus motherboard today and picked up the Gigabyte Aorus 5. Guess what just works properly (including the screws) right out of the box? Gigabyte gets a cookie. Asus has to go sit with its nose in the corner.

 

[moonbogg]

All my parts finally came in today. Can start the build this weekend. Going to be a long weekend!

Spoiler: TR Stuff

That is such a beautiful sight. I love a pile of high-end parts, and those RADS, oh my are those gorgeous. Look at those huge, beefy, beautiful RADS. Absolutely fantastic mountain of parts you got there. Congrats.

 

[x3sphere]

Just got everything setup Had issues with my RAM though... (4x16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 3000 MHz). I've heard Corsair RAM is not the best to use with Ryzen but I had it from my prior build. Doesn't seem to want to boot at 3000 MHz. It's of course fine at the default (2133). I'll have to try other speeds tomorrow.

Aside from that, really happy with the build. The Noctua cooler is working great. With all cores running at 3.6-3.7GHz, it remained at around 62C when running a Handbrake encode.

 

[urvile]

Just got everything setup Had issues with my RAM though... (4x16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 3000 MHz). I've heard Corsair RAM is not the best to use with Ryzen but I had it from my prior build. Doesn't seem to want to boot at 3000 MHz. It's of course fine at the default (2133). I'll have to try other speeds tomorrow.

Aside from that, really happy with the build. The Noctua cooler is working great. With all cores running at 3.6-3.7GHz, it remained at around 62C when running a Handbrake encode.

I have had problems with mine as well. Apparently it's using a hynix chipset which ryzen doesn't like very much. How are you liking that vega so far?

 

[VirtualLarry]

From csbin's link (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-1900-threadripper-tr4-ryzen,35360.html):

Take that expensive RAID dongle/button for X299 Intel, and shove it!!!
Yay AMD!

Stuff like this, is a real reason to pick X399 and TR. Now I'm wishing that I had waited on my R5 1600 rigs, and gotten TR, just for that feature.

 

[SketchMaster]

Take that expensive RAID dongle/button for X299 Intel, and shove it!!!
Yay AMD!

Stuff like this, is a real reason to pick X399 and TR. Now I'm wishing that I had waited on my R5 1600 rigs, and gotten TR, just for that feature.

That, and the 1900X. Wish I had hung onto my X99 5820K a bit longer and replaced it with a 1900X instead of a Ryzen 1700.

Oh well, next year.

 

[lightmanek]

That, and the 1900X. Wish I had hung onto my X99 5820K a bit longer and replaced it with a 1900X instead of a Ryzen 1700.

Oh well, next year.

I'm the same, but still, R7 1700 is an amazing bargain compared to any 8-core CPU! Mine clocks happily at 4.0GHz 1.39Vcore so can't complain, but TR edition would do 4.1 or 4.2 with less volts!

 

[ddogg]

Quick update. Just got the CPU loop done. So far no leaks, which means time to transplant the 1080Ti from my other rig.

Spoiler

 

[guskline]

My goodness that is gorgeous! Is that the 480 rad above?

 

[ddogg]

My goodness that is gorgeous! Is that the 480 rad above?

Yes that is the 480 on top. Some more progress. I got the GPU loop all set as well. Leaked tested both and they are ready for prime time. Just need to wire up everything else now, fans, clean up the front of the case etc.

Spoiler

 

[urvile]

now it is complete...

 

[Arachnotronic]

now it is complete...

What case is that?

 

[urvile]

What case is that?

Thermaltake View 31 TG RGB

They released a full tower version about a week after I did this build. Which was a bit annoying because I prefer full tower cases. First world problems....

 

[ddogg]

Anyone have an issue with blue screening after a windows installation? Network04.sys or something like that

EDIT: I was able to get around it by disabling my wireless device. Once I booted into windows I got the update from the ASrock website.

 

[guskline]

ddogg, you need to change your sig! Now that you have threadripper. What a beautiful system!

 

[guskline]

Also nice build urvile!

 

[StinkyPinky]

now it is complete...

That looks awesome. What is with the 1500W PSU though? Are you planning to OC that 1920 to 5GHz?

 

[Topweasel]

That looks awesome. What is with the 1500W PSU though? Are you planning to OC that 1920 to 5GHz?

In his defense I'd probably shoot for 1200 myself. Just between the 2 video cards and the CPU it's about 800w. Figure about 900w with a slight overclock. 1KW is probably to tight for my personal tastes. What's 1.2 to 1.5, building a kick-ass machine might as well buy a kick-ass PSU.

 

[Anubis]

now it is complete...

optical illusion or is the upper GPU sagging line an inch?

 

[ddogg]

ddogg, you need to change your sig! Now that you have threadripper. What a beautiful system!

Updated and thanks
Just started playing with this beast today. Was able to get the memory running at 3600 no issues. Ran a quick cinebench at stock clocks and hit 3025. Going to see what kind of OC I can get today. Temps don't exceed 46C or so at full load so I'm pretty happy so far.

 

[ddogg]

Got some lights going in there and added some blue dye to go with the theme. Build is now done.