[GTALUG] Build critique request and the story behind it.

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 02:21:33PM -0500, Russell wrote:
> Top posting this as the hardware build is complete and functioning.
> 
> Case = CoolerMaster HAF XB EVO - easy to work in, on and around. Added a Masterliquid 240 water-cooling unit. The rad took up the case mounting holes at the front, so I jury rigged the case fans as pull units. It's called duct tape for a reason :-) I'll cobble up an offset adapter for the original case fans later.
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> Quiet, you bet. When I fired it up, I had to put my hand on the w/c pump to see if it was really on. 4 fans push/pull @ 850 rpm on the rad keep the temp around 30 c. although there's no real load as of yet. I can't even hear the fans if I listen for them. I have to speed them up manually in bios to hear what they sound like. 
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> CPU = i7-8700 - locked so no overclocking 
> 
> Asus Prime z370-A - You can get the board today at Canada Computers for $174.00 after 20$ mail in rebate.
> I had no problem with the audio codec. It worked right off. Intel UHD graphics seems to have lost DRM support in Fedora 27. It was apparently ok in 25, so something should be available down the road. Had to beef up display graphics capabilities by adding i915.alpha_support=1 to boot. Have to figure out efi & grub2 to make it persistent.
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> RAM = 1 x 8 DDR4 2666
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> SSD = Intel 512 Gig - over-provisioned it shows up as 475 Gig. I left an additional 40 Gig undefined. Separate partitions for / (40Gig)& /boot/efi (40Gig) & /swap (16Gig) & /home 
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> I also had to pick up a 500w p/s. My 6+2 power dongle on the existing one showed up on the diagnostic LED's as a CPU fault. I even ordered an RMA label on the CPU before I figured it out. Jumped the gun because of fear of  Christmas congestion.

Oh yes a 6+2 is for graphics, not the same as a 4+4 for CPU.  Totally
different pinout (almost reversed in fact).

I am surprised if they fit in each other, but I have never tried.

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Len Sorensen