Full Build 9800X3D, ASUS X870E-E, G.SKILL Trident Z5, Crucial T705, Noctua NH-D15 G2, HX1500i

[@smietniknautube]

Great video! Thank you so much. I just bought the same motherboard with 9700x and Corsair RAM. At the weekend I'll try to build my new pc.

[@NoctuaVideos]

Very nice and clean explanation of the base convexity models. Good job! :)

[@Distractor_Beam]

Thanks fellas!

[@janlat]

Noctua states you can get up to 3°C lower temps on newer AMDs when using those -7mm offset mount holes

[@SVT_LIGHTNING]

I have been running the same hx1500i for over a year now and I have not once had my psu fan come on due to heat / load. And that's with a oc 4090 and oc 13700k. I have hwinfo64 open 24/7 and it never has shown rpm unless when I wake it from sleep it does a little quick fan kick up and turns off. Been a great power supply.

[@kylekroes6989]

Just built a very similar PC, just 64Gb DDR5 kit and an AIO cooler instead of air. Currently running my 3080ti from before until some 50 series benchmarks and info comes around!! Absolute beast!!

[@trith72]

Old school windows guy moving that start button back to where it BELONGS..fist bump my brother.

[@archiver22]

as a rule of thumb, do not give windows internet access during installation, keeps some bloatware away

[@Bulu2898]

Very good advice 👌

[@kenk7110]

If you want to avoid bloatware, choose "world" instead of a particular country.

[@nakurwiacz2dp313]

what are the temperatures on the desktop in total idle on this cooling? does using offset mounting help? is standard enough? are there any differences between offset and standard?

[@sidhinchandran7335]

Good job bro ,its clear

[@Distractor_Beam]

Thank you.

[@RunnerFlood]

Nice build, i have a similar one but instead of 96GB 6400MT/s i got myself 48GB 9000MT/s from G.Skill as they cost the same in my country and for gaming i never needed more then 48gb. And surprisingly the 9000 MT/s Expo profile works with the X870E-E and 9800x3d after bios update.

[@Distractor_Beam]

Nice. 96GB is way overkill. I only occasionally need the extra size when I'm running a RAM disk, but with as fast as the T705 was, I'm not sure I even need that anymore.

[@anjummohammed2498]

Thank you for this, was looking at a similar build with the Asus x870e Rog Strix 👍, just waiting to see what the Rtx 50 series brings before committing! Thank you ❤

[@markalonso5592]

you must be super excited now lol

[@mkvB58KING]

Noctua. Spit on that thang.

[@hombre-lusitano3414]

Nice video at all bro. As I can see you seem to be one mature man. So we have here the first similar attribute. I'm 48 and a passionate PC Hardware builder and gamer. Currently running one redefined upgraded system. Specs are Montech King 👑 95 Pro case/ ASUS Crosshair VI x370 Hero WiFi/ Crucial Ballistix DDR-4-3600/ Ryzen 5700x3D/ KFA2 RTX 4080 S/ ThermalTake 850W/ 4x 120mm fans were included. Together with another 3x140mm ARGB fans. The case has some nice specifics. The front glass is curved. I was totally surprised by the high quality standards. All metal plates can be removed by fingers and hands. No extra tools required. The side and front glass is thick. About 1cm. The metal structure is massive too. All in one 18,4 kg weight. But for an empty case. With the massive GeForce card plus 2,5 kg extra. She has one really nice 👍 RGB lighting. This Model type was available without any RGB lights. For 50 bucks less. But I went for the lighting edition. I waited till the price sank. And got her for a decent price of 1049 €uros. The only thing I don't like so much is her short VRAM of 16 GB only. In some games 🎮 like FarCry 6 or Tomb Raider Shadow off, the high texture Packs needs over 11 GB VRAM. Nevertheless I have one more PC 😀 to upgrade. But I'll wait till the new RTX 5080 appears. If she would has more VRAM, and the prices aren't too high. I might take her. But if not, I might be waiting till the new Unified architecture of GCN and RDNA of AMD Radeon GPUs. The actual XTX is nice too. But her lag in RT is the Achilles Ferse. Her Raster Power combined with her large VRAM and Bandwidth of 380bit, is still very useful.

[@eiekal1]

I want to copy your build exactly and I'd like to know if there would be anything you'd change now that you've built it. For example, since the second fan wouldnt fit on the Noctua NH-D15 G2, would you choose a different model and if so, which model? Or perhaps choose a different motherboard so that both fans could fit on the Noctua NH-D15 G2? And if so, which motherboard? Any other changes you'd make or additions?

[@Distractor_Beam]

If they had a LBC model with a single fan, I'd get that. I don't think that's an option. Everything else has been exceptional, and I chalk it up to now having an extra fan.

[@ytbeth567]

At 1:55 M.2 slot_1 does not share bandwidth with PCIEX16. M.2 slots 2 & 3 do share bandwidth with PCIEX16, so the primary M.2 SSD (not a hard drive) should go into M.2_ slot 1. That is located just beneath the heatsink that has the aluminum tubing and the ROG STRIX label. UPDATE: Apologies. I read your vid wrong regarding the M.2 slots. But yeah, slot 1 M.2_1 does not share bandwidth with PCIEX16. Updated here in case folks reviewing your vid do not get confused with my comment.

[@Distractor_Beam]

The manual is wrong?

[@haroldallaberg6359]

the M.2 slot_1 is the one he uses in the video, non-bro.

[@haroldallaberg6359]

@@Distractor_Beam manual isn't wrong. that guy is just an idiot.

[@sametpatir]

başarılı bir sistem kurulumu oluşmuş teşekkür ederim asus rog anakart güzel tercih

[@DevonLadd]

0:44 isnt 870 supposed to have usb 4.0 mandatory? also a question about the OS, Ive been using my pc for about 4-5 years, on an intel platform, and im now going over to a 9800x3D. If i just plug in my boot drive after swapping all the parts. will the machine boot as normal? just with a bunch of new hardware? or will I need to do a bunch of driver swaps/ reinstallations Nice build btw, I'd be interested to know how that air cooler handles the 9800X3D, im gonna be reusing my H100i pro (managed to find the am4/5 bracket in my pile of boxes lol)

[@Distractor_Beam]

Yes! The USB4 is on the back I/O panel, and it actually has 2 ports, where most x870 boards only have 1. I always recommend reinstalling Windows with a new build. My experience attempting to re-use an old install have been it locking up and needing to reinstall Windows anyway. You also may need to unlink the Windows key from the old motherboard. The air cooler is killing it. If you already have a H100i, then you may as well re-use it.

[@haroldallaberg6359]

Has the T705 been okay, thermal-wise? I've heard it can overheat and throttle, but I am hoping the motherboard heatsink fixes that. I bought this motherboard and am still trying to figure out which ssd I want.

[@distractor_beamreviews]

I haven't had any issues.

[@haroldallaberg6359]

@@distractor_beamreviews ok cool. guessing most of the complaints are overblown or from people not using a heatsink.

[@TyrrellEccles]

I have the same board and RAM but I keep getting error codes and crashing because of that RAM. Have you had any issues with it?

[@Distractor_Beam]

I haven't had any issues.

[@TyrrellEccles]

@@Distractor_Beam I have a ryzen 9 9950X. What a CPU do you have?

[@Distractor_Beam]

@@TyrrellEccles 9800x3d

[@kenk7110]

Given the latch on the motherboard for the graphics card, which when installed is completely hidden, how would you remove the graphics card if you needed to?

[@Distractor_Beam]

This motherboard has a fancy release mechanism where you release the i/o side and you can just pull it out. It sounds dangerous, but it seems to work fairly well.

[@allenwalker2252]

any problem with rog strix motherboard need bios update for 9800x3d?

[@Distractor_Beam]

I don't know. I always update the BIOS.

[@JustTyIer]

Ins't part of the reason for the offset mount due to the cpu dies not being centered under the heat spreader on the cpu? So you can offset the cooler so that it is more directly above the die?

[@Distractor_Beam]

Good catch! I had to look that up. You made me learn something. 😃👍

[@AM93000]

Solid cpu. What is your idle cpu temp on the 9800x3d with the big fat air cooler?

[@distractor_beamreviews]

I haven't given it a chance to go idle, but it's at 48C right now.

[@Titan_Z1]

could ya rate a pc part list ?

[@Distractor_Beam]

There are links to the parts I used in this build in the video description.

[@龚鑫-n5h]

Hi buddy, I have a product here that needs you to test its performance. Are you available recently?

[@AsH-fp3fx]

Q code 15 is memory training, x870e ships with bios that will post with 9800x3d

[@miserablecage9266]

i got an hx1000 psu but am worried about atx3 compatibility should i change it ???

[@Distractor_Beam]

I was using that exact same psu with a 4090 running full bore for stable diffusion and never had any issues. It's a good psu. Just make sure you use a good cable.

[@miserablecage9266]

@@Distractor_Beam thank u so much a appreciate ur respond

[@chrishoyt3032]

That GPU power streamer cable would look way better running it below the GPU...just my opinion

[@popsnaro]

I've just finished my build pretty similar to yours and I prepared the flash drive but it won't boot into windows for the installation, am confused

[@Distractor_Beam]

Is it the same motherboard?

[@popsnaro]

@Distractor_Beam yup and thr 9800x3d

[@popsnaro]

@Distractor_Beam I made it to the bios, I updated it. But now am having trouble booting windows off the flash drive

[@Distractor_Beam]

@@popsnaro That's odd. I know sometimes you need to set it from the boot menu. I believe on ASUS it's F8 on startup. I'd also check to see if that drive works on another board. If it's a high capacity flash drive, the computer might not see it correctly.

[@popsnaro]

@Distractor_Beam i agree, I feel like the flash drive is the issue. Is there a flash drive you can recommend?

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice video. At the end you said the speed test was for RAM - it looked like a SSD speed test not ram. If it was a RAM speed test , could you do an SSD speed test?

[@Distractor_Beam]

SSD: 15:51 RAM: 17:06

[@Edombaum]

I have the same motherboard and g.skill ram 32 GB on the expo. I noticed that, like me, it shows you errors 33, 34 on the clock. For now, I'm using a graphics card integrated into AMD 9 7900x. Unfortunately, the system is not stable and the AMD graphics driver informs me that the time limit has been exceeded. Does a dedicated graphics card solve this problem? I will be grateful for the answer.

[@Distractor_Beam]

I've never heard of a time limit on integrated graphics. Are you talking about timeout? If you're gaming, I'd recommend a dedicated graphics card. Integrated graphics are good for workstations, or troubleshooting graphics card problems. They can work for some gaming, but they're typically a disappointment for anything modern.

[@Edombaum]

@ Yes, it's about timeout. I use an integrated card occasionally, because I'm waiting for a new generation of graphics cards. I was reassured by what you wrote, because I was afraid that this error could also occur with a dedicated graphics card. Thank you for your reply 😊

[@greenmarine5]

Yeah Motherboard manufacturers owners manuals are really lacking in information these days, they want us to look it up on line. I'm an industrial Printer by trade, Print print and print some more, it's actually good for the forest by cleaning out all the downed tress and planting new ones.

[@infamous4621]

got the same mobo and processor. my mobo always show's 50-53 and 54 qcode errors. my ram is t-force 32gb 2x16 6000. i tried to put clean the ram, manually profile it in bios, change slots. i dont know what to do, can you help me with it?

[@Distractor_Beam]

Have you updated the bios? You can also try one stick of RAM. Make sure it's in the A2 slot.

[@infamous4621]

@@Distractor_Beam yeah i think the tech already updated it. is there a chance i could see if its updated already or not?

[@infamous4621]

i checked it in the command prompt. is it this one? BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 1001, 10/01/2025

[@distractor_beamreviews]

@@infamous4621 That looks right. 1001 is the newest.

[@infamous4621]

@@distractor_beamreviews is there anything i can do with it? Theres also qcode 50-53 57 then goes back to 49 47 then back to 50+ same cycle

[@NewsToAstonish]

You got XMP Ready RAM instead of AMD Expo. Edit: I didn’t think it’d be fine to use XMP ready RAM with an AMD motherboard.

[@Distractor_Beam]

Me too. It was on the QVL list, so I gave it a try. It turned out not to be a problem.

[@כיסוףרפאל]

Amd is the best

[@sambowman8395]

Hey I left a comment with an important question on your cp200 video. Could you check it out?

[@dnatech4477]

I tried my first and last Asus mainboard. Never again.................

[@Distractor_Beam]

What happened?

[@dnatech4477]

@@Distractor_Beam Sorry for the late response. I just got my new mainboard installed and she's purring like a kitten! I went back to my love MSI. (Tomahawk 870) The Asus mainboard never worked correctly. The board detected my 6k memory as 4200. Any attempt to set expo and the pc locked up. Or anytime I tried to upgrade the bios, the pc would lock up in the bios update menu. My first and last asus mainboard. I'll stick to what I've used for 20+ years. Gigabyte and MSI! Specs: Mainboard - MSI MAG Tomahawk x870 wifi cpu: 9800x3d mem: Gskill Flare X5 6k, 32GB kit Heatsink: BeQuiet Dark Rock 5 (Temps Under 120F) SSD: Crucial T705 1TB SSD: WD Black 1TB PSU: Seasonic Vertex GX-750 Case: BeQuiet Pro Base 500DX (Not 100% happy with this case)

[@Distractor_Beam]

@@dnatech4477 Glad to hear you got it running.

[@dnatech4477]

@@Distractor_Beam Ty sir!

[@smietniknautube]

One advice... If you want some likes from ppl who don't speak English fluently, then slow down a bit.

[@Distractor_Beam]

I do appreciate that. I personally find videos with people talking slowly to be frustrating.

[@AECrowley]

Why do you talk so fast?

[@Distractor_Beam]

You can slow the playback speed in the settings on the bottom right.

[@MultiNetguru]

CPU Cooler Fail... :P CB24 Stress test 92°C :P