EVGA 850 T2 psu, Intel i9 12900K, 32G Gskill trid Z 6000 RAM, 2TB 980 Sam pro ssd, Fractal def7 case .
The case is still open, but everything works .
I will be adding a vid card, and DVD burner as well .  Mainly want to see if pictures post .
Are you supposed to have to right click on the pict. icon, and select "open in a new tab", or did I do it wrong ?
https://imgur.com/a/MxmSfjQ there's the pics.
 
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Thanks .  I see some wires to clean up already .  All the pro's stuff looks so good here that I was a little shy about posting mine .
The machine works better than it looks :)  Thanks also for posting my computer picture .  I'll work on that some more .
 
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Chaos_21
How are the temps? I bet that Noctua is struggling to keep that 12900K in check.

Mr./ Chaos_21, I have downloaded, and ran CPUZ stress test for 20 min., and got the following:
CPU max. temps. 53-68C depending on core @ base freq. 4.9Ghz perf. cores, 3.7Ghz eco. cores .
The MB automatically overclocked the processor when I set the XMP profile to 6000 .
Seems to run fine that way though .
 
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Personally I prefer AIO cooling to air cooling, but the double fans should work satisfactorily. 

rjohnson11
Personally I prefer AIO cooling to air cooling, but the double fans should work satisfactorily. 

Yes, sir, AIO is definitely better .  I think the air cooler will work for me under normal to hard usage .
It's one of the biggest ones you can get .  In fact that is why I bought the wide computer case .
Right now I want to install the optical drive I ordered, and save my pennies for a nice Video card .
Maybe I'll find some gold bars laying around that I can trade for one :)
 
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Update .  Case clearance check .  Case is Fractal design 7 .  Cooler Noctua NH-D15 .  RAM Gskill TridentZ5 .
About 1/8" fan to RAM, and 3/4 of a match book fan to side of case .  We are go for optical drive insertion maneuvers .
 
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tight fit! that is a good place to keep your emergency matches. lots of room for a gpu.

harley262
tight fit! that is a good place to keep your emergency matches. lots of room for a gpu.

Yeah, I thought they would stay dry there :)
Speaking of tight fits, here's one of my other computers .
It's an all EVGA machine based on an EVGA Z370 ClassK MB, 8086K CPU, EVGA 3080 vid card, and EVGA PSU .
This is the top view of the open GD08 horizontal case .  Besides the visible optical drive, there's also an HDD,
SATA SSD, two case fans, and lots of cable under that over-hang on the left .
It's all packed in there, but does stay cool .  I even put my printer on top .
 
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haha lays chip box, i guess you wanted the pink side up? jealous of the blu ray optical...

Nice Rig
 
Does the blocked bottom vents make a big difference in temps ?

Done ... for now .
The EVGA RTX 3090 ftw3 is installed, and working great :)

Other side with loose cables restrained .  No wires in the fans .

The final product .

 
Thermal tests:
Used Cinebench 23, and HWiNFO64 running together as above .
 
Case 1 .  Graphics card installed, case open as before .
              steady temp. 84 - 85C,  Max temp. 87C ... no difference .
Case 2.   With GPU card, case closed, with dust filters in, case door open .
              steady temp. 91 - 92C,  Max temp. 93C ... big jump up .
Case 3.   With GPU card, case closed, with dust filters in, case door closed .
              steady temp. 92 - 93C,  Max temp. 94 - 95C ... a little hotter yet .
Case 4.   With GPU card, case closed, with dust filters in, case door closed, case fans on manual full speed .
              steady temp. 89 - 91C,  Max temp. 92 - 93C ... acceptable 
              might have to open the case door, and crank up the fans for crazy stuff :)
 
edit; more tests with air filters out, fans back on "normal" .
 
Case 5.   With GPU card, case closed, with front dust filter out, case door closed, case fans on normal .
              steady temp. 89 - 90C,  Max temp. 90 - 91C ... better
Case 6.   With GPU card, case closed, with front dust filter out, case door open, case fans on normal .
              steady temp. 86 - 87C,  Max temp. 88C ... better still
Case 7.   With GPU card, case closed, with front and bottom dust filters out, case door closed, case fans on normal .
              steady temp. 89 - 90C,  Max temp. 89 - 90C ... up a bit
Case 8.   With GPU card, case closed, with front and bottom dust filters out, case door open, case fans on normal .
              steady temp. 86 - 87C,  Max temp. 87 - 88C ...   Almost same as open case .
              Apparently the front filter and door make the most difference .
              Might have to open the case door, take out the filters, and crank up the fans for the craziest stuff :)
 
No thermal throttling reported on any run .  I'm pretty happy with that .
 
EVGA 850 T2 psu, Intel i9 12900K cpu, 32G Gskill trid Z 6000 RAM, 2TB 980 Sam pro ssd, Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite MB,
Fractal def7 case, ASUS BW16D-1HT Blu ray burnner, EVGA RTX 3090 FTW Ultra, Noctua NH-D15 cpu cooler,
and MB beep speaker .  Win11 .
 
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Thanks, rjohnson11 .  I actually always liked the metal box look .
 
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Well, I just had to get the new EVGA 1000G XC PCIe 5.0 ready, ATX 3.0 compliant power supply, and some new, bigger, quieter NOCTUA
140mm fans ( 5 ) .  While I was at it I eliminated one PMW sensor wire, two SATA power cables, two fan LED control cables,
and neated up the rest .  Then some testing :)
 
Three of the new fans from the left side below .

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Two 140mm new fans replacing two 120mm old fans, and new PSU viewed from right side below .

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Cine bench R23 10 min. thermal throttle tests, still 88C with case door open fans on "normal" with XMP profile on .
Down to 85C with fans @ 100% .  Down to 82-84C with XMP profile off .  No thermal throttling .  Using 214 watts
with XMP on, or off .  Temps. and watts per HWinfo64 .  See Cinebench results below .

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Gravity Mark @ 200,000 asteroids with full GPU fans below .

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Gravity Mark @ 4,000,000 asteroids with full GPU fans below .  Render option: Ray Tracing .  GPU buster 

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Time Spy Extreme @ 2K resolution .

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Time Spy Extreme @ 4K resolution .  Valid score, and better than 80% of all submitted :)

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Yeah, I like this new EVGA PSU .  The air coming out of the back didn't get more than warm the whole time ( ECO mode off ),
and the NOCTUA fans are very quiet, not bad even at full speed .  Oh, btw, 422 watts used by the GPU during Gravity Mark bench .
P.S. I ran the stand alone 3DMark with no Steam client on this machine  ran fine w/o Steam .
P.P.S.  Playing around with Time Spy Extreme some more with RBAR on, and PX1 power slider on full, the 3090 used up to 490 watts,
but still did not over heat :) ... unfortunately it did not raise my score .
 
EVGA 1000G XC psu, Intel i9 12900K cpu, 32G Gskill Trident Z 6000 ddr5 RAM, 2TB 980 Samsung pro M.2 NVMe ssd, Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite AX MB,
Fractal define7 case, ASUS BW16D-1HT Blu-ray burner, EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra gpu, Noctua NH-D15 cpu cooler, (5) 140mm NF-A14 case fans,
and MB beep speaker .  Win11 pro .
 
 
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