- Joined
- Apr 16, 2011
- Messages
- 736 (0.15/day)
- Location
- coventry UK
| System Name | Gwafwar |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen 5 3600 |
| Motherboard | Msi MPG X570 Gaming Plus |
| Cooling | Montech D24 |
| Memory | 16Gb Adata Spectrix 3600 Cl18 |
| Video Card(s) | XFX 7900 GRE |
| Storage | Adata 512Gb SX8200 pro |
| Display(s) | 3x 27" 1080p Lg's |
| Case | Montech King 95 pro |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | Coolermaster 750W Masterwatt |
| Mouse | Saitek X65-f HOTAS |
| Software | Win10 Pro |
I've had some new parts come in from my Christmas list.
So today I decided it was rebuild day
System stripped down to mobo in case.
New PSU (Seasonic GX 850). I was really surprised to see that it came with the new 12V-2x6 cable that wasn't in the description.
New CPU, 5700x3d. It's already been lapped to 0.5 micron because my heatsink is already lapped. Temps look reasonable on it TBF. 32c idle, and 69c in Cinebench @ 4.1Ghz. It's really surprising just how warped the IHS's are on ryzen chips. I had to start the grind at 1,000 grit (16 micron) on a diamond plate, before moving over onto float glass and using a slurry rotation from some JIS sharpening stones. I went 4K (4 micron), 8K (1.5 micron), Then I moved onto micron lapping compounds and took it to 0.5 micron (30K grit). It came out really well. I think I'm probably at the limit of what I would want this current heatsink to be dealing with, so it may be that I get one of the big Noctua's at some point. The current heatsink is the Montech Metal DT24.
And I stripped my graphics card, It has some very minor coil whine that was more like a low clicking noise. Enough to be annoying. So that got stripped and loctite 290 (wicking/capillary threadlock) was used on each of the inductors. It also got cleaned and new heatsink paste. So that's all happy. XFX use a really old style of thermal paste I wan't expecting to see. It was the stuff that cures hard and needed soaking with iso to remove. Whine is 100% gone now as well so happy days!
Bios update for the motherboard.
And a few benchmarks and temp tests to see how everything is running.
The only real downside of the day is my over monitor case hangers are having issues holding to the wall correctly. So I'm going to have to weld some extra lugs onto them at work so there are more points of contact to the wall. One of the wall plug holes has started to pucker letting the brackets just start to move. It's an easy enough fix with some stainless steel scrap and half an hour on the welding bench. I just don't want to come home from work to find my case has fallen off the wall and crushed my monitors. So the case is back under the desk for the short term.
It's just been a nice day playing with new parts and getting everything working again.
So today I decided it was rebuild day
System stripped down to mobo in case.
New PSU (Seasonic GX 850). I was really surprised to see that it came with the new 12V-2x6 cable that wasn't in the description.
New CPU, 5700x3d. It's already been lapped to 0.5 micron because my heatsink is already lapped. Temps look reasonable on it TBF. 32c idle, and 69c in Cinebench @ 4.1Ghz. It's really surprising just how warped the IHS's are on ryzen chips. I had to start the grind at 1,000 grit (16 micron) on a diamond plate, before moving over onto float glass and using a slurry rotation from some JIS sharpening stones. I went 4K (4 micron), 8K (1.5 micron), Then I moved onto micron lapping compounds and took it to 0.5 micron (30K grit). It came out really well. I think I'm probably at the limit of what I would want this current heatsink to be dealing with, so it may be that I get one of the big Noctua's at some point. The current heatsink is the Montech Metal DT24.
And I stripped my graphics card, It has some very minor coil whine that was more like a low clicking noise. Enough to be annoying. So that got stripped and loctite 290 (wicking/capillary threadlock) was used on each of the inductors. It also got cleaned and new heatsink paste. So that's all happy. XFX use a really old style of thermal paste I wan't expecting to see. It was the stuff that cures hard and needed soaking with iso to remove. Whine is 100% gone now as well so happy days!
Bios update for the motherboard.
And a few benchmarks and temp tests to see how everything is running.
The only real downside of the day is my over monitor case hangers are having issues holding to the wall correctly. So I'm going to have to weld some extra lugs onto them at work so there are more points of contact to the wall. One of the wall plug holes has started to pucker letting the brackets just start to move. It's an easy enough fix with some stainless steel scrap and half an hour on the welding bench. I just don't want to come home from work to find my case has fallen off the wall and crushed my monitors. So the case is back under the desk for the short term.
It's just been a nice day playing with new parts and getting everything working again.
Last edited:
