J_Falcon

A few simple rules: 1) Select parts that will tide you over for 3-5 years. Custom builds are expensive even if you try to do things on the cheap. Having to do it every other year will leave you burnt out and broke 2) Double the amount of cooling you think you need. Heat kills electronics. There's almost no such thing as TOO MUCH cooling, but you can surely have too little and that is a costly mistake. 3) Keep your workspace organized. Work slowly and work carefully. If you start feeling stressed out, give it a rest. Better to come back to your project fresh the next day than badly bung something up because you were frustrated or in a hurry. 4) Make sure your workspace is well lit. Being able to see what you're doing is crucial to getting things done right the first try. Try one of those hiking headlights in a pinch. It will let you see what you're doing and leave your hands free to work. 5) Keep packaging and receipts for all major components (motherboard, GPU, CPU, coolers, case) for a good long while. 90 days after you complete your build, minimum to ensure you can return any faulty components with no hassle.

I ended up sending the board back to Newegg for replacement. Was throwing error code 16 every other boot attempt, and would not run even QVL listed RAM at XMP speeds. Sent the CPU back also for good measure. Hopefully they'll play nice with me on the returns. Low-key wishing I'd went with the ASRock Nova instead of the $$$ MSI board at this point.

It's been a real eye-opener for me how finicky DDR5 compatibility can be. I've now tried 3 kits total. 2 corsair kits and one Kingston kit in the 6000-6400 Hz/30-36 CL range and none of them will run at rated even with one stick installed. I'm currently running on one 16GB stick at default 4800 Hz until I can find a kit that actually works as expected. Ordered in another Corsair kit tonight. Fingers crossed it actually works. If not, I'll probably RMA the board and return the RAM kit and start over trying to find a good combo

Think I forgot to list out my build specs Motherboard: MSI MEG Z790 Godlike CPU: Intel 14900K GPU: MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X PSU: Corsair 1500i

I'm having a really hard time finding good RAM to stick in my Z790. MSI lists about 70 compatible Corsair kits for this board, but Corsair lists about only 10. Not sure where the disconnect is there. I've been through 4 RAM kits now trying to find something that will work in my board. My general requirements are either 2x24 or 2x36GB, 6000 MHz +, CL 36 or lower. I really prefer the plain black Corsair Vengeance sticks because the lighting on the motherboard is really subtle and I don't want to overpower the aesthetics with RGB on the RAM. That being said, I'm starting to become flexible on the non-RGB thing if I can find a really hot kit performance-wise. I've been through MSI's list a couple times googling the SKUs for the kits they list, but all the decent ones don't seem to actually be available for sale anywhere. It's like pro build shops snapped all of them up or something. Looking for help spec'ing and sourcing some Corsair RAM. Unfortunately, Corsair doesn't seem to offer phone support anymore, and literally nothing happens when I click on the text chat link. I'd really like to get ahold of a Corsair rep here, but any and all help would be greatly appreciated - especially from someone else who has this board and know FOR SURE where I can find some compatible RAM for sale that meets my general specs. Get this also - I DO NOT CARE how much it costs. This is probably my last build ever, and I want to go out in style. Thanks in advance!