The almost pitch black aesthetic in this build looks absolutely incredible!

@whodis799

11 ай бұрын

Yes and then real life happens (dust) It absolutely ruins the look, trust me haha :D

@BrainLeisure

10 ай бұрын

It's time to move away from unicorn poop !

@BrainLeisure

10 ай бұрын

@@whodis799 Just clean your computer once a week !

@kavineshanuragavan7153

10 ай бұрын

@@whodis799 ya but with a tinted glass panel it is hard to see, and is better when the case has built in filters

Nope. I don't want to change. I want to keep watching Greg Salazar

@planexshifter

11 ай бұрын

My momma says I’m perfect as I am.

@MarcoGPUtuber

11 ай бұрын

@@planexshifter Name checks out

1:00 The issue could be attributed to a bad display/HDMI cable. I had the same issue with my PC when I upgraded to a 165HZ monitor, it turned out that the HDMI cable I was using couldn't handle that high of a refresh rate. I upgraded to a display cable and the problem went away instantly

@GregSalazar

11 ай бұрын

Both displays cut off. I've also swapped cables around a few times with some other builds but my rig for some reason wass the only one with this issue.

@kenross4453

11 ай бұрын

@@GregSalazar are (were) you just losing video signal briefly, or was windows actually crashing? I have had a similar issue, but it is definitely windows crashing occasionally, not a black screen... if I am in a fullscreen application, sometimes Explorer just reboots itself and I have open folders pop up on top of my full screen program. Or, if I am on the desktop, it blacks out briefly then explorer reloads. It is a rare occurrence, maybe once or twice a week, and I've not yet seen any pattern to when it happens or why (not like I can reproduce it by running specific software or something)...

@MBX5baller

11 ай бұрын

@@GregSalazar Do you see any errors or clues in Event Viewer? My RX5700XT crashes hard, when I play Overwatch 2. Normally during a hard battle. I found this in Event viewer. “Display driver amdwddmg stopped responding and has successfully recovered.” I have replaced RAM, MB and CPU. I am beginning to wonder if my NVME is bad.

@marijanovic191x7

11 ай бұрын

@@GregSalazar it might be a driver timeout, there's a registry tweak to increase the wait time so the timeouts do not happen. It would be worth investigating. I like solving difficult cases and weird issues.

@S.T.A.Z.O.

11 ай бұрын

Had the exact black screen issue with my TUF RTX 3070 (I assume the GPU was the issue, because my 3rd monitor going from iGPU was not affected). Figured out my card was in "Balanced" mode in the Nvidia Control Panel (3D settings).. Thing is, I switched even Windows power plan to performance so can't tell what exactly it was, I am still leaning toward the NCP. Cannot test that anymore, since I changed the card, but year and a half it worked flawlessly.

I built my rig in the same Lian Li 205 mesh case. If you ever go back to the 4080, those front fans can be front mounted behind the mesh to give a little more room.

Explorer crashing could be due to corrupt icon cache or thumbnail cache. A really ancient Windows problem, but it doesn't happen as much these days.

@Captain.Scarlet

10 ай бұрын

Yeah as the explorer shell reboots it's pretty much explorer related

14:45 always love it if your kid appears in the video just love how you deal with it (most likely cause of my own father back in the day ... he wasnt chilled at all in most situations ... just makes me happy to see thats not normal for every kid)

There's a software "fix" for such issues; disabling MultiPlane Overlay MPO. That tweak solves many issues for both Nvidia and AMD GPU users since it's related to a partially broken Windows feature.

@shrekrek

11 ай бұрын

THIS. This is exactly what saved me when I was having some flickering issues. I was about to buy a new GPU even because nothing helped. Saved me a lot of money.

I have the exact same case, bought it about 3 years ago now and it's great. Great airflow and always clean looking. Great build and can't wait to hear an update about how the rig is running once you have had a little bit of time to test it.

I think the build looks clean! I'd say the white light from the GPU matches with the white parts of the cables! I really like it!

Watch your temps with that reference 7900XTX some of them had a cooler issue due to amount of water in the heat pipes. Other than that your build looks nice and clean. You should give us an update on it's performance compared to the old system.

@SkateClipsAndTips

11 ай бұрын

If it's the older sku I believe

@bdhale34

11 ай бұрын

@@SkateClipsAndTips Also only on the reference designed cooler, any 3rd party coolers were fine.

@scarkillerful

11 ай бұрын

I believe it's due to the amount of water in the vapour chamber, not the heat pipes (but correct me if I'm wrong). There's too little in some reference coolers, causing what's known as dryout under high load, preventing the thermodynamic cycle from continuing.

@TheBaer3103

11 ай бұрын

This was a or were some specific batches of the initial release - this issue should be gone now afaik.

@Zordonzig

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad someone pointed this out. Otherwise I was going to mention it as well.

Would love to see a 3 or 6 month retrospective on how the new rig runs when the time comes. Looks good!

Very nice build but it looks a little incomplete with no rear mounted exhaust fan. Other wise SUPER CLEAN! The red accents at least on camera match nicely. I would definitely appreciate one of the finished shots with the side panel on. I feel like that's a missed opportunity to show us what it would look like if we built it because we're not going to run it without the side panel.... like the meshify case you did with the green cablemod extensions.. I was really hoping to see what that looks like with its side panel after adding all the components... but all in all I really love your videos and the format.

Amazing timing! I just started having the same "Going Black" issue you mention here at the beginning of the episode. Can't wait to finish the video and see if you solve this issue. Fingers crossed!!! Anxiously awaiting the next video! Will this fix the stability issue?

Very clean! I am sad that many cases these days no longer have an HDD activity LED. I usually end up setting what ever onboard RGB my motherboard has to a single color to act as the Power LED and using the actual case LED as HDD activity.

Very nice build. I am jealous! Going update myself one of these days.

I’ve reinstalled the iOS on mine a few times and tend to see the idle cpu utilization go from 6% to bounce between 0-1% at idle so yeah it helps to start fresh from time to time. Great job! 👏🏻 clean build

Make sure you run your fan curves to maintain positive pressure in your case. That means, no rear fan, and, the front fans must always spin faster than your top fans if they're identical fans. If they're not identical, it'll be much more work, but you can still figure out what your RPM/CFM ratios are and make sure positive pressure is maintained. This helps ALOT with dust ingress, as, any dust will accumulate on the front panel where it's easy to clean, instead of around any hole in the case (in the case of negative pressure) which is basically impossible to clean without disassembly.

I love this build. Those cable extensions are gorgeous...love the color scheme of them.

Build looks great! Something I’ve always wondered is why don’t manufacturers make the IO bracket for GPU hook down instead of up? It would make things hella easier when building & offer more support if it sat on the lock screws instead of hung from when.

14:10 amen to that. I used to be big into the white LEDs, hell I had an 011-Dynamic with 9 RGB fans set to white, now I got rid of all RGB from my rig going so far as to just cut the RGB cables off my fans and I went back to my old trusty Corsair 275R Airflow case. I did add a little bit of bling by spray painting the front panel copper, and it looks awesome, although I kind of want to do the whole case copper now, but I'm too lazy to take everything out of the case lol.

Super clean setup, looks like I'm not the only one who hates rgb! great content out there! as for the display problem, I'm mostly leaning towards a driver issue, I'm not sure though, please let us what it is when you find out, cheers!

Very nice. Glad to see you Go with an AIO ! I Have the same issue you have with my current case(Rosewill Cullin V) and my New O11D evo will be here monday . My 6950XT with the MSI 360 in the front is just so bulky and 314 mm long w/ 1 cm clearance. And the 3 power cables rub the side glass 😒I think I will be much happier with more room.

Dude, I know exactly what you're going through, I've swapped things around in my main case so many times, not really because of necessity, but mainly because of aesthetics. My main rig is all AMD, it's not quite as powerful as yours, but it's close, and I've had no issues at all. It's funny, but I actually got an idea from watching this video that I might implement to my rig. If there's one thing I'd say that I've gotten good at is cable management from being so OCD. I used to hate routeing all the fan and RGB wires, but now it's a breeze. If there is one tip, I could give anyone who has got lots of fans and RGB wires is to install and route only one set of three fans at a time. Don't install all your fans and then try to wire it because you'll have a huge mess to deal with.

1:00 I had a similar problem! It took an embarrassing amount of trouble shooting to figure it out, but it was a bad video cable. So it might be worth swapping out your video cable with a new one before you completely give up on it.

I think the white lights in the aio and gpu actualy add to the build. It is a shame the reds dont match imo, but it still looks awesome

Honestly the little bit of subtle white light from the cooler and GPU give it that perfect little bit of pop, still looks really clean and professional.

Another nice video Greg. Keep them coming! I had a problem getting my new super build gaming PC running. Instead of working inside my full-size tower case, I bought an all-metal $50 PC test bench. I transferred the main components to it. CPU, RAM, GPU, M2 SSD, and PSU. At power-on, it would not POST. I replaced these, one at a time, with my older good components and discovered my problem was my new 1000-watt PSU. It was an ANTEC 80+ Titanium. ANTEC replaced it with a new one. No RMA was needed, just a copy of my receipt and a few photos of the PSU. I didn't need to send it PSU back to ANTEC. WOW, what great customer service! I learned that sometimes the one component you least expect to go South will be the problem.

I freaking love that look! Nice work!

very clean build. Love the color scheme you went with!

@GregSalazar

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@chriswright8074

11 ай бұрын

​@@GregSalazarstoping using Adobe there other programs

@16xthedetail76

11 ай бұрын

​@@chriswright8074Any recommendations?

@kaseyboles30

11 ай бұрын

@@chriswright8074 Davinci Resolve is just fine with radeon instead of Nvidia and isn't cuda dependant.

@chriswright8074

11 ай бұрын

@@kaseyboles30 that the one I was going with just couldn't remember the name.

Man that build is clean as heck Greg. Lookin' forward to the next PCDC video!

Nice new build, and a nice refined bit of lighting.

Finally someone puts the cpu cooler that way and not the other way, it looks so much better with the cables running to the back of the case.

@ibbobud

11 ай бұрын

Yes! I left my rear 120 out and put my tubes in the back as well and I’m very happy.

I purchased a Micro Center in-house pre-built that uses the same case. It is very tight, but doesn't have any problems staying cool (though mine does have an exhaust fan in back).

i’ve had the black screen reboots on my AM4 setup as well. they are not frequent but they are unforseen

Stay tuned for part 2: Greg's new pc Fix or Flop. Can we figure out what I did wrong. Nice looking pc Greg.

I went from a Ryzen 7 3700X and a GTX 980 Ti to a Ryzen 9 7900X and an EVGA 3080, the upgrade has been extreme! No issues with either. I too, have the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 and it does a great job with the Ryzen 9 7900X.

I have the exact same issues with my rig: Windows 10, 5800X, 6900XT. What limited, but not removed the issue for me was to disable multi-plane overlay (mpo)... I hope there's a real fix! Though, it's nice to know it's not just my rig being faulty :)

I have that same Lian Li case and love it, Great choice without over spending

I like compact cases too. I actually squeezed an ATX system into an mATX case, with two AIOs, 360 and a 240, both set up as push-pull. I can't send you a link here, but I'm sure you'd appreciate the final product. I had to do a few modifications to the case. I've been watching a lot of your fix or flop videos, it's a bit therapeutic, and informative at the same time. Hope all is well, and happy holidays! Tschüss

Pretty stoked to see how well this works out. Only a couple videos on the amd 7900xtx in regards to productivity. The 3dmark h264 encoding footage looked pretty aweful though. Was it zoomed in or? Also the black and no RGB aesthetic is a breath of fresh air honestly

I recently made a pretty similar looking build, I just love the clean black aesthetic. For me, went with H5 Flow, same ID-Cooling AIO and a black Dual OC 4070, it looks very nice and pretty similar. 7900x for me. Loving it so far. Not quite a 7900xtx, but the 4070 packs plenty of punch for me, and the 7900x gives me upgrade room in the future. Glad to see similar tastes to mine! Love the vids, and good luck with the new pc and new house plans!

@christopherbruh

10 ай бұрын

hey, question, how is the cooling with that aio? im planning to get their 360 frostflow x but im undecided

That SSD heatsink is awesome! Plus you know it's got a perfect factory seal of heat tape.

C'mon Greg, time to a custom hard line loop PC... Beautiful build though, as alwas. All black builds just look awesome.

@GregSalazar

11 ай бұрын

We used to build quite a few hardline rigs! Eventually moved on from them for my personal stuff as I prefer the ease of replacing and transporting without all the tubing in the way and coolant to drain. Though it does look damn pretty 😍

What an emotional roller-coaster this video was lmao. I feel you Greg, I too completely changed my full-on RGB build to pitch black a couple of months ago when I upgraded. Looks super nice and clean this way. Also, I get the choice to go with an AIO for the clearance issue you had with the Be Quiet cooler, but for a build that you use to edit videos (aka a build that you need to be reliable and you use for work) an AIO is a questionable choice because of the multiple possible failure points. I, personally would have gone with a new case, not that I dislike the Lian Li you have there. Great video as always though! ps: please get a GPU holder xD

I've had this issue as well. It comes and goes . I've used 2 different PCs with Windows 10 & 11 across both Intel and AMD GPUs & CPUs as well as with different RAM. It seemed to start happen with the later Windows 10 updates and current Windows 11 updates. I really think it's a Windows issue.

Ooof, that mainboard is Chef's kiss. Love it, nice and clean build. :)

Nice setup. I am looking forward to the update on the sudden blackscreens. Im having those too on my Asus 4080. Really sucks

Clean build! Just finished mine, was going to go AMD route for GPU but still ended up with the 4070ti... Old habits die hard

Nice to have access to options at the drop of a hat. Me, I had to sweat over options to fit the budget, and pray that after reading and rereading specs to hope that it would all work from the get go. Without weird clashes, or needs for bios updates with no access to a previous chip to go through the process. Or as happened that the board wouldn't be bent like a banana in shipping.

You could have a look at ROCm which will have support for the 7900 XTX in version 5.5.0, at this point though developers have to convert from CUDA to HIP using the developer tools but I believe they are working on getting on the fly translation between CUDA and ROCm.

Another amazing video, I love watching these. Keep it up!

as someone who went with an all white build with all the rgb set to white, i do love it, but next build i do in a year or two i want to try for the all black minimal rgb look as well.

I just switched last month to all AMD rig and its been great for games and I do some marketing projects for work. Since I got rid of my nividia 2080ti and went with a 6950xt its been so quiet and no coil whine. I've had 3 nividia cards and they all have coil whine. Welcome to team Red I guess, hope it runs and works well for you Greg. Keep up the great videos and congrats on the house build.

The cables make the build just pop more. The white light on the card also makes the white of the cables not look tacky or out of place

The cable colors really add a nice touch!

Beautiful setup that is what i am going with and all AMD set up i am getting the 7900xt i am so excited

Love new build videos! P.S. New watch? Seiko? Looks nice!

@GregSalazar

11 ай бұрын

Yes, Seiko 5! Thanks!

When I heard the 'early on of this channel' reminds me of Science Studio days. Man, how time flies. Then went on to Salazar Studio and reverted back to Science Studio

What I have read is that 4 sticks of ram on ddr5 can be a major cause of instability. It is fine on ddr4, but something about ddr5 doesn't play well sometimes with 4 sticks.

Hi Greg. Might be no harm to put a quality UPS on your rig to rule out power fluctuation which might cause the GPU to reset. Love your videos! ❤

Love my be quiet! stuff, I have the pure rock 4 cooler and the Pure Base 500 FX and they are amazing.

I changed my system to a much bigger Lian Li case, as I was using the same big be quiet air cooler as yours, only to find the centre 35mm fan was dead and had never worked, so replaced with an AIO.

I have a 4080 and a 7900XTX in two separate builds. My 7900XTX beats my 4080 in the majority of games (Minus raytracing, obviously), and still does great in all of my video editing programs, so I wouldn't worry about the GPU swap. Not to mention an extra 8GB of vram never hurt anyone!

@dragonman910

11 ай бұрын

Games are getting more demanding. People want to stay with Nvidia due to superior upscaling tech. That is useless if they run out of vram.

@TooBokoo

11 ай бұрын

@dragonman910 Same here. I had a 3080Ti and in some games, even using DLSS, my card would run out and either stutter or crash.

@dragonman910

11 ай бұрын

​@@TooBokooI have a 3070 currently. Handles everything I throw at it at 1440p. I play doom eternal at max graphics including dlss and RT. If I go to 4k, I guarantee I'll run out of vram.

@dragonman910

11 ай бұрын

Another subject on your original comment. The 7900 xtx matches the 4080 in most non ray tracing workloads for $200 cheaper! And you get extra vram with the xtx; helping it stay relevant a little longer.

@dragonman910

11 ай бұрын

​@@TooBokoothat stuttering/freezing is a result of the CPU looking for other memory sources. If you run out of graphics memory, your cpu pulls from the MUCH SLOWER system memory.

Nice build. Hope it works well for you.

Nice build, I went all AMD recently with 7800X3D and Red Devil 7900XTX, love it.

Nice to see ya using the LTT Screwdriver!

Screen going black, and coming back on could be many issues, one graphics card, two ram, three monitor, 4 incompatable resolution and 5 old drivers. One problem I had in a old system is the fan, stopped working because it was dirty, and the card overheated and the screen went blank. I was poor didn't have enough money or another computer, so I opened the graphics card took the fan out removed the dirt from the fan and stuck it back in, and the graphics card worked again like new. So even a fan that is not working can still work if you can clean it out. It was also a great experience I can share.

Hey Greg, it happens on my work laptop as well.its just random. I have to wait till it actually decides to work again.

Lovely looking PC! So clean! I just switched to AMD as well. Also running the SWP4 fans!

@MichaelAstorino

10 ай бұрын

Also what speed did you get 4 dimms running on AM5

Ugh I have been using the same ryzen 3 gen1 for the past 6 years, wish I could get some new stuff, but prices are so crazy here can't afford a single upgrade. Good on you mate for building this. Enjoy. Always enjoy the channel.

I had a similar issue with an MSI RX 580 8gb where it would flicker on and off occasionally, which was annoying! I finally figured it out, it didn't like 2k resolution while just doing normal browsing watching youtube, etc. Playing games it didn't happen as much but, I changed the resolution to 1080p and it went away.

the blackout screen you mentioned i also had that issue and found it to be my capture card causing the issue. if you use a capture card try removing that and see if the issue persists

Sick build! What made you choose the nzxt mobo over any other board?

Hey Greg! Lovely build! I wonder if you could get slightly shorter motherboard standoffs (say 1 or 2 mm) and get away with the big BeQuiet aircooler! Best regards!!

I finally see someone with my same issue. That black screen kind of reset bothered me for like a year. I was on a 5800x and a 3060ti and it would mostly happen when alt-tabbing with Premiere open. I just recently built a new rig with a 7800x3d and a 4080 and, so far, it hasn’t happened. I’m on the same OS (using the same drive from previous machine) so it’s such a weird problem 😅

I had, what looked to be the same issue. My screen (4k144hz) would randomly turn black during desktop- or gaming-use, then after a couple seconds a picture would return. Turned out it was caused by a defect and/or lower quality hdmi 2.1 cable in my case.

Welcome to team RED! I grabbed a deal on a 7900 XT Powercolor Hellhound for $700 and haven't regretted it at all! Great content Greg!

@GregSalazar

11 ай бұрын

Glad to be on board!

I've had that same issue with my 2080 ti. It happens when i alt tab from a full screen game to a chrome browser. I suspect it's a driver issue because there was a driver bug a few patches ago that broke dual screen set ups.

always ran an amd platform and i’ve never had issues. only issues i had arose when i had to make a room and move into my grandparents garage for a couple months after covid started, i forgot to insulate the floors and my rig just randomly took a poop. if you can run something without moving mechanical parts, do it, you’ll regret not doing it in the event your rig falls, get to hot/cold, and etc. you’ll more than likely lose all memory on board.

I'm having the exact same issues with my Nvidia system that you experienced in the video. Black screening, driver time outs, and additionally I'm having choppiness with the Windows 11 window animations/transitions. I tried 3 different Nvidia graphics cards and they all had the same problem. I swapped in AMD and Intel cards and neither of them have the same problem. So I'm "daily driving" my all AMD build now. Haven't had a single issue since.

loving the framed Exodia cards on the wall!

Your PC prior to this new build was probably my absolute favorite look I've ever seen in a build.

I just recently built my new rig and I ended up going with the ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F but now seeing that smooth NZXT N7 B650E I kind of wish I got that instead. I could of saved a good chunk of cash but I also wanted to go overboard on the motherboard because that's the piece of hardware you want to last the longest. Man that NZXT mobo looks slick. The Cooler you got looks really good too, but I ended up going with the Noctua NH-ND15 because of all the good reviews from all over the internet. I also went with a BIG BOI Phanteks Entoo Pro case, popped out the PSU shroud and HDD bays to free up airflow. At the same time though that case will be very versatile at being changed back into a mass HDD/SSD storage unit. I thought about getting the Fractal Torrent case but i read that it had that weird rubber grip coating on the outside of the case in some areas which gets nasty over the years, plus it lacked the HDD bays and optical drive bays.

I had a sort of similar problem that persisted with 2 different video cards from different manufactures. I would randomly get a black screen when booting up or waking up from sleep. A reboot would fix the issue. I could only do this by powering the PC off by holding the power button in. That wasn't an ideal solution of course. Internet research really didn't have any solutions for me. I finally stumbled on the solution by turning off HDR in Windows 10. The problem started well after I had turn that on. I don't really need HDR turn on in Windows so no loss there. This was a problem that lasted for a few months. Both cards were Nvidia just to clarify. Glad I stumbled on to the solution because I was running out of ideas... Good luck with your rebuild!

I know for a fact that Gigabyte motherboards have a ton of USB ports on it. Also, you are correct Greg. The 7900 XT reference cards don't have any light up feature like the XTX reference ones do (sadly). I have the PowerColor 7900 XT reference.

I have the same issue on a completely different alspec machine. Laptop running 3 display over USB-C. I've changed nothing about the setup for over a year but the black screen issue only started recently so I suspect it's a software rather than a hardware issue.

Do you have links for both the air cooler you didn't end up using, as well as the AIO you did end up with?

You can change the lighting on the graphics card or switch them of completely with a tool from the AMD drivers site. The settings menu in the Adrenaline software will you even link to it. I have my LEDs set to a dark red glow. And once set, it stays that way.

Love the black and red. Like a Black Forest Gateau

@GregSalazar its your video drivers try reinstalling or manually going to a older nvidia driver. Any time I get a Windows update it seems to break my drivers but I found rolling back to a older version fixes it I havent had a black screen or lose of signal since I had to do this after another windows update just a few days ago

I LOVE the blackout look of the PC. And the only two lights (Cooler and GPU) are perfect happy accidents. Puts the little bit of life in the build. Super clean

Currently rocking the non C case and boy was it worht the money! Floats around 100 CAD with solid perf/$

I had that issue with explore happening as well and the issue were the graphics card's drivers. After a driver update it stopped.

For the last few months I've also been suffering from black screens for a few seconds. I narrowed it down to when I looked at video files. I fixed it by turning off Gsync for my monitors in Nvidia control panel. No more black screens. The odd thing was I've had these monitors for years and the problem only started a few months ago. It was probably a driver update somewhere. But it was fixed by turning off Gsync.

Fabric tape like what used for splints is best for ssd labeling not marking an ssd when you may use later for something else.

Been binge watching your videos the last few days. Thanks for all the great content! I have a question about the power supply. I've been thinking about getting one of the dark power 13's but I've read that people have a problem with the fan making a lot of noise at low RPM's. From what I can tell most of the threads were from the beginning of the year though. How has your experience been with the one you bought?

Sweet Build - Stealth look. 😍 Tech Yes City noted (similar?) latency issues with 12/13th Gen CPUs due to the I/O driver being moved from CPU to chipset. Brian is going back to 10900k for content creation & editing.

You could have added rubber washers the glass screws to give the clearance you needed

Yes, i am having similar issues with my monitor also that is connected via DisplayPort, HDMI port does not do this. I have 2x monitor setup, the hdmi is bigger monitor for movies, and youtube clips. DisplayPort is for games, it has better Hz, this one usually just does simple restart on boot, goes black for moment.

I just made a new PC 2 weeks ago and I installed windows 10 pro to get everything working. Then I installed windows 11 and the stability issue that you described in the beginning of the video is exactly what I started to experience. My CPU is AMD 7800X3D. The issue hasn't come up again once I power cycled. But I do notice some glitches on applications causing OS crashes on x64 and x86. I stop using them as I assume they have no win11 support.