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...Glad you got your custom fan-curve and SSD cache issues settled. As to the power consumption, I'm jelly...my main workstation can easily peak past 1070W (2x 2080 Ti @ 380W max EACH on stock bios, 1x oc'ed TR, various peripherals). 450W + - sounds like a dream

...I guess you needed 'a bigger boat' ? ...and then there's also this 100 TB SSD for, ahem, 'enterprise'...

A quick update on the AIO rebuild & mod --- The new setup has now been running almost continuously for over two weeks since the rebuild. Temps remain stable and low at idle and under full load (I can now confirm better temps than new, due in part to fan upgrade referenced above). Delta to ambient at idle is about 4C (with only 1C variance across all cores), delta to ambient at load is 40C max. I also did some more visual upgrades with this build (Arctic 80mm fan for RAM) as well as other minor changes...

...I was digging around in some old retro boxes, and next to a (functional !) Abit IC7, I found this old Mitsumi keyboard that makes a lot of click-clack noises when typing. I should continue to to dig as there also must be some old IBM mechanical keyboards in that storage area. Anyway, here are some pics of the 104-key Mitsumi...it is from approximately 1998 + - , PS2 and has 'that' Windows key...

...banned coz, this works, too

...on the GPU side, they're suggesting min requirements as an AMD RX570 or NVidia 770. I think a 2200+MHz 2080 Ti should be ok for a while (2x/NVLink support would be even better). I am a bit conspiratorial though re. the release dates of MS 2020 Flight Sim and new top-level cards by NVidia and AMD... ...per below, I've been busy honing my flying skills any chance I get

...I'm trying to figure out if you mean Asus AI Suite 3, if so, I ran into similar issues over the years...best to carry it forward over different CPU, chipset and the 'same' Win install, then update the latter. Just don't try uninstalling AI Suite 3 w/o first taking nerve-calming tonics ...looking forward to see wattage with Plex transcoding, plus all the components and peripherals you are running. Also, I have some foggy memories re. EPU vs TPU during the first go-around when my Asus X79-E WS was new...all I remember is that I decided to leave it on TPU, given preference for oc'ing goals.

Wow, congrats ! That X79-E WS starts to look smaller with all those other components in there - good thing it as 72 instead the usual 40 PCIe lanes for that gen. BTW, do you know what the full power draw at the wall is when under full storage i/o load ?

...I have IL-2 Sturmovik, good stuff, that. I think they were a bit ahead in the sound department re. engines / superchargers...goosebumps ! Apart from this and 'X-Plane', I also still have and play Aoerofly FS (below) - great flight sim...and there's now a newer version as well (Steam). It has great graphics and fairly accurate flight AI, but you can also set it to 'crazy', i.e. zipping around the Alps in a Swiss F18...up (and down) the Eiger North Face on full afterburner ...It's even loaded on the 5960X re-build project above, and it even works great on SLI

...you can start with these cockpits (Airbus A380, Boeing 747-8)

wow, I almost feel sorry for Intel (almost...). The trouble really started under the previous senior leadership (including a lot of stock sales by the then-boss, then his resignation for a consensual affair - which almost looked like a 'cover story') ...below is from a few days ago, before the data breach...

...sure, if you like your planes pixelated - hehe then.. now ...truth be told though, I do also like the oldies like Wing Commander and Terminal Velocity. But progress is progress !

I will certainly give it a try - after a few rounds of crashing a few planes (my usual M.O. to learn flight sims...). I'm also looking forward to find out how MS Flight Simulator 2020 will do with SLI/NVLink, perhaps even with CFR ? ...8704 Turing Cuda cores are begging to find out. Also, the recent MS / Win 10 update introduced 'Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling', with AMD and NVidia updating their drivers for that. So far, nothing to write home about re. FPS impacts, but next-gen MS games might utilize it more ?!?

Thanks guys ...put RVE /5960X through its paces today after bumping FSB to 126 (DDR4 3360) and passing all stress tests...tried some 1080p Unigine Valley & Heaven, and played 'Need for Speed: Most Wanted' for the first time in a long time...wrecked four Bugatti Veyron Supersports, but you should see the 'revenue agents' rides ...That got me in the mood to dig around the CD/DVD games library from yesteryear - which in turn required the installation of a DVD drive - hadn't installed one of those in a while. Speaking of 3D, looking so forward to Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2020....releasing in two weeks ! That's going onto the 4K (TR/Turing) setup though. @ENTERPRISE Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2020 could make a nice 3D game/sim/best HW thread ?

I had a similar experience with MSI X399 re. Win 7 and Win 10 support. I use(d) two different MSI X399 mobos (one as backup)...the X399 Pro Carbon AC ran for a few weeks with my 2950X and dual Turing GPUs on Win 7 until my X399 Creation arrived...I then transferred both the Win 7 M.2 and added a new Win 10 M.2 to the X399 Creation, for dual-booting (that was the plan, at least...). The Win 7 M.2 will boot fine on the X399 Creation, even with full GPU support, however, no USB. I know there is a workaround, but weirdly, on MSI's site, the X399 Pro Carbon AC offers official support drivers for both Win 7 and Win 10 while the X399 Creation only lists Win 10...

...using the long weekend here to rewire and expand the CAT7 based network in my home office to accommodate the 'new old - old new' HWbot machines referenced in this thread. That includes the additional update (Z170 SOC Force / 6700K ES) linked in the post directly above. In turn, it freed up two nice non-RGB 120mm fans to 'fix' the look (@486 ) on the RvE / 5960X revitalized setup - which is now the daily driver / beast of burden for lower-rez (1080p) and sits right next to me...was hard to ignore the previous RGB 'show & clash' Before... After...

Very nice write-up ! I had a chance to see Elmor's I2C in action before, and this 'ElmorLabs AMPLE' is a nice addition, for example for GPUs per your post... ...which reminds me: @486 ...keep this in mind re. 780 Ti Classy with 'those scars'...

...and your not pleasantly surprised ! ban

...most of the AIOs back then had Asetek blocks / pumps which were similar if not the same. As to where to buy the cooling liquid, I stocked up about 10 months ago and bought several at Amazon since I also use it for custom loops. They also go by a newer name (includes 'Pacific'), but per link, Amazon seems to be out of stock now as well :-( ...However, I figure other good quality liquids with stated anti-corrosion use for mixed metals probably will work just as well. ...re. temp drop, yes and no...up until I fooled around with the rad position, it really hadn't deteriorated at all. The rad had been mounted 'sideways' for years and I think all those deposits had built up internally just at the lower edge, and not really impeding flow very much, until that fateful day retro fever started... Temps now are at least 3 C - 4 C better in terms of delta to ambient, but that could also be because of replacing the pretty good stock TT fans with great Noctuas, which are also much quieter at full load. In addition, I just added a 140mm Coolermaster fan above the primary GPU but it is close enough to the CPU pump / block, VRM and rad to have a bit of an impact as well.

Tx ! Yeah, this was more of a fun exercise, but so far at least, it seems to work great and it really didn't cost me anything other than my time....only problem: a surplus now of really good elastics for dual fan air-coolers. May be I list them on the EHW marketplace...

...components can add weight up quickly ! I have one HEDT workstation_+_fun build that weighs over 90 pounds (a lot of w-cooling equipment with redundancy, dual w-blocked GPUs, some copper tubing, and a seriously heavy PSU...). It keeps temps low though no matter what ...then again, so does a little refurbished AIO retro system I just finished that weighs just over 28 pds... the first has w-cooling to deal with 1170W heat dispersion, the second only around 160W. @Laithan - impressive build - though you finally may be out of room inside that case

Almost at the finish line, very nice presentation ! btw, how close will you be sitting to this system (...wondering about the Delta fans as I have 'experience' with them) ?

banned coz...letting old things go can lead to regret later !

Thanks ! Yeah, the retro bug has been bad this month As to your question, no, I didn't remove the tubes (thought about it though). I refilled it through the block which btw itself holds just a bit of liquid...that bottle nozzle that comes with the TT Coolant 1000 is perfect for this - per pic below, it fits nicely in the upper right (outlet) opening.

FYI, another 'retro & maintenance' build posted > here...