Guru3D Rig of the Month - March 2020 - Page 3

7. Do you prefer a brand like NVIDIA/Intel/AMD?

Nope, they're all just fine by me.

8. Does your PC live up to your expectations?

Yes, I think it looks lovely and packs enough horsepower to serve my family well. Initially, I encountered some stability issues with the GPU, but it became apparent that I had forgot to set the PCIE to gen3 as the riser cable doesn't support the latest gen4, which is default in the X570 mobo.

I also found out that to enable the RAM stick’s XMP profile, I had to adjust manually the voltage to the rated 1.35V. Before I found this solution on Reddit, the system would crash and reset every time, which was a little frustrating. Despite from those little hiccups, everything works fine and I think homemade wood PC cabinets are the future...