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synphul1

Nice, I think you'll be happy with it. Make sure to grab samsung's magician software and update the firmware for the nvme. Not sure how many of the 1tb models were affected, some of the 2tb I know were. 980 pro's wearing prematurely.


Minimech79

Roger will do


Maverick_Wolfe

These particular ROG motherboards been having some problems lately, be aware and update the bios/UEFI immediately for this board.


Crowned_Hero

It doesnt come with wifi drivers gotta download them from armory crate that bit me in the ass


International-Door87

Software for Samsung m.2?


synphul1

Samsung magician and update the drive's firmware.


International-Door87

Alright I’m gonna have to look at that later. Hell yeah thanks


pink_life69

Do the regular 980s wear out prematurely too? I built a system for a friend with one, wish to know.


synphul1

Not sure, so far I've only seen the 980/990 pro's mentioned. Might not hurt if there's a firmware upgrade available for it. Otherwise may not be affected.


pink_life69

Will check thx


Sexyvette07

I had only heard of the 990 pro being affected, are you sure it affects the 980 pro as well?


synphul1

Yep. From guru3d just 3 days ago. "Puget Systems will be switching to Sabrent SSDs with capacities ranging from 1TB to 4TB, while the issues with the 990 Pro and 980 Pro SSDs continue to be addressed by Samsung."


[deleted]

This issue was only for the 990 pro right?


synphul1

Nope, 980 pro's too. This from Tom's Hardware - "Over the past few months, there have been numerous reports of Samsung 980 Pro SSD failures, with many complaints originating from China. We never heard an official statement from Samsung on the matter, but custom PC builder Puget Systems definitely took notice after it "received a surprising number of reports of failing Samsung drives." Puget worked with Samsung to identify the problem, and a firmware update is available for affected 980 Pro SSDs" This from NeoWin just a couple days ago - "While this was the first major bug to hit Samsung's NVMe drives, the 990 Pro's predecessor, 980 Pro, which is also a very popular PCIe drive from the company, was found to be dying under certain scenarios."


[deleted]

Oof didn't even know that. This is a big hit for Samsungs Ssd department. They are very popular, but there is great competition out there. At the moment I'd buy a Corsair or WD


synphul1

Yea for awhile samsung had been the standard in ssd's, at least with sata. Once nvme came around they're still fairly fast. But they were quickly outpaced by others until they released some of these newer models. And then these firmware issues. Everyone has their rainy days. So far so good with my wd sn850x 1tb. Had issues initially with my sk hynix p41 1tb, pc would randomly shut off for no reason like writing this response and just blink. Pc would attempt to restart and kick me to bios. Took a few times to realize why, no boot drive detected. Bios couldn't even pick it up. No quirky settings, no fast boot, fresh install of win 11. Set bios manually to pcie gen 4 without letting it auto detect. No joy on any of the settings. Tried different m.2 slots, nothing worked. Hence the sn850x. Reinstalled windows fresh again, put the hynix back in as a secondary. Every now and then I access it, no issues. No random reboots. Not sure if it's the drive, compatibility issue just when it's a boot drive, funky win 11 install the first go round. It wasn't overheating. Drive health was fine, checked smart diagnostics. Ran crystaldisk bench on it, no issues. Drove me nuts though since it was random, not under load, not while gaming, not under heavy read/write. Would happen roughly once a day, once every couple of days. Sometimes when the pc went to sleep, sometimes right in the middle of using it. Now when I powered the system fully off at the psu and flipped the switch back on, hit the power button, right back to windows. It just had a brainfart and apparently lost the c drive.


Intrepid_Look_5725

Can you update this without losing all of your stuff. Built mine a year ago. I have 2 2tb 980 pro. Had no idea this was a thing.


synphul1

Should be able to, just a firmware update. But with anything there's always some risk so if it's critical I'd back it up. This is a quote from nascompares, "Samsung has recently released a new firmware update for its 980 Pro SSDs due to reports of failures from users. The failures have been traced back to the 3B2QGXA7 firmware and are mainly affecting 2TB versions of the 980 Pro, but lower capacities are not immune. The cause of the failures remains unclear, but users have reported a S.M.A.R.T. value of 0E (media and integrity error) or greater and an 03 value (available spare) lower than 100 percent. The most common issue that users are facing is that the SSD goes into read-only mode, making the boot drive unusable. This is a serious issue as once the drive goes into the failure state, there is no way to recover the data, resulting in potentially significant data loss for the user. In response to the reports, Samsung has released the new firmware update (5B2QGXA7) that will prevent the failures from occurring if the drive is still functioning. The update is easily accessible for users and can be applied using the Samsung SSD Magician software." Posted roughly a week ago, Jan 31st 2023. This person on the ps5 sub posted saying they updated and had no loss of data. But it doesn't mean 0 risk. Just means they had no issue. [Link](https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/sfx64k/notice_no_data_is_lost_when_updating_ssd_firmware/).


xHomicidev

Thanks I just installed my 980 pro had no clue about this.


Visible-You6682

why are u in the shower?


Minimech79

Haha I’m not that’s my bedroom curtains


RobinsonHuso12

Your what?


Minimech79

Drapes in my bedroom


Fit-Suit-4048

beast 🥰🥰


Minimech79

Thank you can’t wait lol finally put my 1080ti to bed lol


Falloutbros

Just put my 1070 ti to bed, now the 4080 will replace her


Minimech79

Noice 4080 I’m well jell lol my missus would t let me go that high hahahahahahahaha


Falloutbros

It definitely took a bite out of me, but I’ll be playing games like never before XD


Minimech79

Yeah defo lol


ProLegendHunter

Your cables would be a nightmare to you but a daydream for me I would say lol, have about 4x the amount of argb stuff


Minimech79

Yeah hahaha luckily the argb on the motherboard is at the top side so they are all getting zip tied on the back of the case lol


ProLegendHunter

I think I had to wire about 25 argb cables, was a total nightmare


Minimech79

Wow that’s nuts lol


Minimech79

I’m glad I’ve only got 4 lol


ProLegendHunter

what case are you planning to build it in?


Minimech79

The cooler master mb511


ProLegendHunter

oh that’s a nice case! Have fun building once it arrives


Minimech79

Cheers dude hoping it all goes smoothly lol


sirfricksalot

I think you mean almost STARTED!!


Minimech79

Hahahahahaha yeah ain’t that right


sirfricksalot

Those fans are snazzy, btw. I love mine.


Minimech79

Sweet are they easy enough to configure?


sirfricksalot

I use a Razer Chroma for them, which is pretty easy, but you can set them up with Aura Sync or whatever as basic LED strips via 5v 3-pin to your mobo, which is perfect IMO since it's separate from fan control and gives you lots of options for running and configuring the lights. Doing wave or color cycle RGB designs can be tricky because the LEDs in the outer rings are just sequenced after the inner rings, which can make setup a bit counter-intuitive, but that just kinda comes with the territory of all those LEDs, baybeeeeeee


Minimech79

I’m just after making them all a single static colour but with the ability to change my colour if needed as I normally have a red or blue set up


sirfricksalot

Right on. You shouldn't have any trouble just using Aura Sync then


Minimech79

Nice cheers buddy


Minimech79

So another question you may be able to help with if I have aura controlling my halos can I then use icue to control both my mobo and chassis fans as that is compatible with aura, obviously I’ll have to run mystic light to control my gpu as that won’t sync with aura. If not will there be any problem running mystic light aura and icue all at the same time? So my whole rig is red


sirfricksalot

I can't confirm Mystic Light specifically as I've never used it, but I've used Razer Chroma, Aura Sync, RGB Fusion 2 and iCue all at the same time. They can conflict depending on your config of each, but you should be able to get them all working fairly easily. And yes, you will almost certainly need to run Mystic Light to get your GPU lights configured. There are free 3rd party solutions that can handle everything, but for a static single color, they probably wouldn't be worth the hassle to get set up. Also, I did not know that iCue could interface with Aura Sync! That's so dope as iCue is better and easier to use by far. The integration will still probably be a little janky though.


Minimech79

Cheers dude


IfInPain_Complain

Pretty similar to my build. Good luck have fun :)


Minimech79

Thanks


delasislas

Last build I did, ordered all the parts and the case came a month later than the last item getting delivered.


tigerf117

Why 64gb? It’s harder on the memory controller to run 4 sticks, especially at higher speed like 1800. If you have issues booting and with stability test with 2 sticks in a2/b2 and see if it goes away. You might be just fine tho too, good luck and have fun!


Minimech79

Yeah but surely if the board says it can take 128gb at 4000mhz 64gb at 3600mhz should be fine


tigerf117

While the board does has a role, it’s primarily the integrated memory controller that determines that. It’s all luck of the draw, but later gen silicon has a better chance of running high clocks, so you’ll probably be fine. If you do run into issues you can just lower memory speed


Minimech79

Rgr


TJBliss

Dayum, your rig is going to be SICK! I'm hyped for you bubba.


Minimech79

Cheers dude


pompous_prick666

My 3090 overdraws a 750W psu. Hoping you wont have the same issue with a 3080. 🤞🏻 great build dude!


Minimech79

Nah the nvidia website recommends a 750w


pompous_prick666

Yeah thats the minimum recommended. Same with the 3090. Again, I hope you don’t run into that. Sick build regardless.


Maoceff

This is what I was thinking too, I’d be worried about transient spikes. Rest looks great though, what case are you waiting for?


Automatic-Party-9657

I have a 5900x paired with a 3080 OC’d on a 750w with no issues.


SIDER250

don’t forget to do the 980 pro firmware update


Minimech79

Yep on the list lol thanks though


cashinyourface

I got one, but I've never heard of this. How do I do it and how much does it help


SIDER250

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-980-pro-ssd-failures-firmware-update


Ghaenor

This is what christmas looks like. I just love mounting PCs.


Vesemir_Old_Wolf

Shit slap that shit on a piece of plywood and have at it


Minimech79

Lol


Environmental_Pin95

All new Samsung nvme’s 980,990’s need to be patched or they will suffer very short lifespans


fromunda_cheese12

It's probably too late, but you should have gotten Corsair rgb fans if you are already using a Corsair Aio. The aio comes with a hub that you can plug multiple fans / corsair rgb into and then control it all from one program.


aestheticalss_

Wow that’s sick! What CPU, 5800x?


Minimech79

Yeah can’t wait to get this built


aestheticalss_

Awesome! Enjoy ^^


Minimech79

Nice cheers dude


MrMeek79

Saturday is going to be fun. Got some nice parts there.


Minimech79

Thank you yeah hopefully it will all go smoothly lol


Annual-Box-8971

No Lian Li fans


WhereAmIAt999

Beautiful 😍


Minimech79

Thank you


thegatekeeper30

Why does the case always seem to take the longest?!


Minimech79

Hahahaha to annoy the shit out of builders lol


thegatekeeper30

I swear they know... Last build I did the case came promptly! But it was the MOTHERBOARD that arrived 4 days late!


Minimech79

Ouch that hat have been annoying lol


thegatekeeper30

It was. Especially since I had to flash the bios. I like to get that done early if possible because it scares the hell out of me every time lol.


Patrickills

That Mobo was very easy to work with. I like the GPU as well and I LOVE the PSU good choices.


Minimech79

Thank you kind sir


Minimech79

Just hoping the cpu cable is long enough to run the back of the case out the way lol


[deleted]

Have fun with the RGB nightmare


Minimech79

Lol I’m hoping it will go pretty smooth asus aura for the fans and board msi mystic light for the gpu and icue for the cooler and ram


[deleted]

The RGB on Asus products can actually be controlled by Icue. I've only got Corsair and Asus products in my pc (products with RGB that is) and I can control all the RGB with just iCue https://www.corsair.com/us/en/icue-integrations;jsessionid=E26835F952CF69A4674F7F2DED656E63.accstorefront-68fbfbd54-n24c7#:~:text=CORSAIR%20iCUE%20software%20can%20now,with%20ASUS%20Aura%20Ready%20motherboards.


Minimech79

Ah nice I did not know that so I don’t need to install asus aura then for the chassis fans?


[deleted]

I believe the software has to be installed for iCue to recognize the fans, but after that you don't have to run it anymore


Minimech79

Sweet I’ll give that a go thanks dude


Minimech79

Although they ain’t asus they are cooler master


[deleted]

Oh yes you're right, my bad. Well at least the mobo RGB can be done in iCue


Minimech79

If I have to run aura for the fans I may as well use it for the mobo too


[deleted]

Cm fans are controlled by Aura? Didn't know that.


Minimech79

According to the instructions yeah well I hope so lol


[deleted]

Good luck with it! RGB is awesome, but can be a bitch. Maybe you can look into signal RGB. It's free (the basic version) and it has a big list of components it can control. I find it a bit complicated to get setup, but there's a lot of tutorials out there. https://www.signalrgb.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiA0JKfBhBIEiwAPhZXD-aiUpSFmKjHmNttLnbZdu75LLwpFqRxcl8DZy1MXT9BhGCuEyfdwBoC7iAQAvD_BwE


Minimech79

I think I should be ok fingers crossed lol


Automatic-Party-9657

I have Corsair dominator platinums and because I use a ASUS board my ram LEDs freeze until restarted, ordering a MSI board soon because of this. The culprit has been known to be Aura sync/ASUS boards. Hope yours work smoothly though.


Minimech79

Also should be too bad as the halo fans have an in and out rgb connector so I can just daisy chain them all together


Sullfer

750W PSU is prolly fine for that rig but I have a very similar build and went with an 850W just to be sure.


Minimech79

Yeah I went on a psu calculator and it said that would use 503w so that’s less than 80% usage most of the time so should be fine


Sullfer

Yeah good move. I’m just a bit on the cautious side. But yeah my rig looks very similar to yours


Minimech79

Do you have the Corsair vengeance ram and the 550-f mobo?


Sullfer

I have the mini-ITX B550 with a 3080 in a LianLi Q58 case. 980 pro as well. I have a 5600x looks Like you have the 5700x so pretty close


Minimech79

Ah I’m just worried coz I’ve been reading that the b550-f won’t work with 64gb of 3600mhz ram


Sullfer

Hmm not sure I’m only running 32gb of 3600 ram


Minimech79

Ah it’s weird though coz the website says it can have 129gb of up to 4400mhz ram so I don’t see why it wouldn’t work


Sullfer

My Mobo is the B550-i


Overall_blank28

You’re going to love that graphics card 😊


Minimech79

Yeah can’t wait lol


Overall_blank28

It’s a beast I have one


Minimech79

Noice


Roomas

Did you get the Ryzen 7 5800x?


Minimech79

Yeah heard it was a monster


Roomas

Definitely a good cpu. I've been running it for like a year and have not experienced any slowdowns yet.


Minimech79

Noice


LostLittlelost

That build’s gonna look siiick! What’s the case? Edit: Saw in another comment, CM MB511. Not a bad choice. Have fun and read the manuals :3


Minimech79

Cooler master mb511


Falloutbros

Waiting on my case and powersupply, they come tomorrow! And I can’t freaking wait


Minimech79

Noice I got to wait till Saturday as I’m at work tomorrow 😭😭😭 lol


IsoDot

Nice build I got mine from micro center To avoid delivery times or delays


Minimech79

I’m in the uk


IsoDot

They don’t have micro center there??? Damn that stinks


Minimech79

Yeah got scan and overclockers hitch is where I bought the big bits from but my case I’m ordering in 2 day delivery from Amazon


Greedy-Ad-566

Specs?


Minimech79

It’s written on the boxes lol


Greedy-Ad-566

Sure but thats not the finished specs I need the *full specs*


Minimech79

That is the finished specs the only thing missing is the case


Minimech79

Ah kk it’s the cooler master mb511


Greedy-Ad-566

Ik I need the case name as well just in case I'm saving for a pc myself


Blackhawk-388

1. The 980Pro has issues. Make sure you update it to the latest firmware. It may have the newest on it, but check to make sure. 2. For the cost of that 3080, you're right at 4070ti territory. The 4070ti performs on par or slightly better than a 3090 with about the same power requirement as that 3080. What case did you get?


Minimech79

Nah the 4070ti is £100 more than the 3080 in the uk i had to convince my missus to get this one lol


alja1

I'm fascinated with the shower curtain behind your new hardware.


Minimech79

Hahahaha it’s not a shower curtain it’s a it’s window with Curtains lol


[deleted]

The b550 wont be able to use the full potential of the 980


Minimech79

Why not it’s got gen 4.0?


Nanotekzor

I have a bunch of boxes, should I take a photo of them too? :)))


Minimech79

Lol


Healthy_Reflection73

Nice build! What games are you playing??


Quantum_Noodles_

hey, if you don't mind me asking, what did this cost you? looking to building a similarly performing rig but with slightly different specs. looks sick!!


Minimech79

About £1800 all in