The technology circle was very lively in the second half of this year, with major brands scrambling to release new products, and AMD also ushered in the release of the Ryzen 7000 series processors. The new architecture, process and platform have made the performance improvement of this generation of processors very obvious.
Today is the construction of a white Zen4 game console. This time, taking advantage of the release of Ryzen 9 7900X and ROG X670E to share this ATX installation plan that I like more.
This time the solution is mainly to make white light. In terms of power cord, because the wires are white, there is no customized power cord. At the same time, I replaced the three 14cm fans that came with the chassis with four 14cm fans with better performance.
power supply selection does not select 1000W, but 850W enough for this host to power. There is nothing much to note about in this solution. The super large chassis volume, its own wire storage structure, and a removable top front cover are very convenient for installing and organizing wires.
This time, I chose the vertical installation mode of the graphics card. The Wind Chaser case itself also supports the vertical installation of the three-slot graphics card.
AMD's future 7000 series graphics cards will not be as outrageous as the size of the N-house next door. Even if there is, this installation solution can be easily upgraded without any pressure.
Say something off topic.
After the release of Zen4 and 40 Series graphics cards, performance ITX players were disappointed. Whether it is the huge size of the 40 Series graphics cards or the heat dissipation problems caused by Zen4's increase in the main frequency and stacking transistors, the performance ITX solutions are becoming increasingly difficult.
So if it is a Ryzen 9 7900X level processor, it is better to be honest with ATX+360 water cooling.
Configuration table:
CPU: AMD Zen4 Ryzen 9 7900X
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI Blowing Snow
Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Memory: Kingston FURY DDR5 6000 Renegade Rebel 16Gx2
SSD: WD_BLACK SN850X 1T
Chassis: Wind Chaser 518XTG Phantom White
Power supply: Wind Chaser AMP 850W White
Heat dissipation: Wind Chaser GLACIER ONE 360M25
Whole machine/hardware display & installation precautions
Wind Chaser 518XTG Phantom White is mainly white and double-sided transparent. The graphics card supports two modes of installation. Vertical installation requires a graphics card extension cable, and supports up to 3-slot graphics cards.
top cover and a very common heat dissipation mesh. Instead, a design optimization was made and a top cover plate that can be easily removed manually has better visual effect, and the front panel is the same. I have also done a lot of white system installation solutions. Wind Chaser 518XTG Phantom is relatively complete. In addition to the black IO wiring of the chassis, the fan and fan cables are all white, which is good news for the white control.
front, the RGB lighting effect is relatively hidden. For users who don’t like RGB colorful effects, they can change the light to white, or a single static color.
Due to the large size, the Wind Chaser 518XTG power button is directly integrated into the top cover, and the front IO interface is also hidden under a movable cover on the forehead at the top.
The materials used in the whole machine are quite practical, and the weight of this complete set of machine is very exaggerated, so you need to pay attention to this point.
Accessories Display
This time, AMD released four 7000 series processors, covering the flagship, namely Ryzen 5 7600X with 6 cores and 12 threads, Ryzen 7 7700X with 8 cores and 16 threads, Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores and 24 threads, and Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores and 32 threads.
is a processor under a new architecture, a new process, and a new platform. The basic parameters of the 7900X are 12 cores and 24 threads, the main frequency is 4.7Ghz, the acceleration frequency is 5.6Ghz, 64MB Level 3 cache, and 170W TDP.
Compared with the previous generation of 5900X, the 7900X is much higher than the previous generation in terms of main frequency starting point, the number of transistors , or the specifications of TDP.
However, if you are a game player and match it with a 6000 series flagship graphics card, I currently recommend 7600X. Judging from the test results, 7600X and 7950X are almost the same in the performance of 4K resolution in the game frame rate , and there is a gap in 1080P, but it is not very big.
Of course, for me, an old AMD first-generation second-generation Ryzen user, the most intuitive change this time is brought by the LGA package, and it will never be brought out together with the heatsink and processor. This is an embarrassing scene.
motherboard comes from ROG's X670E-A GAMING WIFI snow blowing motherboard. Its appearance is as always used as a white e-sports style heat sink. It is more suitable for white series installation and has a high appearance. The white metal heat sink covered on the
IO interface also provides mirror design and ROG faith logo RGB lights.
ROG X670E snow-blowing motherboard power supply reaches 16+2 power supply module, with a power supply current of 70A, and the dual 8Pin power supply interface is reinforced by a metal shell.
Release the protective cover of the processor slot and you can see the dense pins on the LGA 1718 slot. AMD previously only used LGA packaging for the server platform and HEDT, and this time it directly turned to LGA.
X670E Blowing Snow provides four DDR5 DIMM memory slots, with a maximum support of 128GB, a native frequency of 5200Mhz, and overclocking can support up to 6400Mhz frequency.
This time, the X670E snow blowing motherboard has relatively sufficient support for PCIe 5.0, among which one is a high-intensity expansion slot for PCIe 5.0, which belongs to the future specification, and the x16 slot below is PCIe 4.0 specification.
The four M.2 hard disk interfaces are covered with silver-white heat dissipation armor, and the heat dissipation armor is equipped with high-efficiency Laird thermal glue stickers. The tool-free loading and unloading SSD design is also very practical.
X670E Blowing Snow provides 2 PCIe5.0 x4 and 2 PCIe4.0 x4 specifications, a total of 4 M.2 interfaces. M.2 storage can be directly full, without considering the SATA hard disk.
X670E snow blowing processor power supply specifications are dual 8pin, which can easily control the Ryzen 9 7900X this time. The power supply interface is processed with high-intensity processing, and the SATE interface provides 4. In addition, it also provides easy to disassemble the graphics card. For high-spec graphics cards that are now often three slots, it can be effectively and quickly disassembled. The
IO interface area is also equipped with a white pre-installed integrated metal backplane, which has good overall consistency. The
interface is also very rich. The 7000 series Ryzen released this time all comes with core graphics. The first X670E also provides HDMI and DP output interfaces. The X670E's USB interface includes 7 10Gbps USB-A ports, 1 10Gbps USB-C port, and a 20Gbps USB-C port.
wireless network card supports WiFi-6E specifications, wired network is
is paired with Ryzen 9 7900X. This time I chose the public version of 6800XT, which is also a public version graphics card that I like very much.
What a pity is that AMD currently has rare white graphics cards. At present, except for Yingtong and Sapphire flagship ultra-platinum 6950XT, there is no A card in the complete white form, which is a bit regrettable.
Currently, there are two higher-end models, 6900XT and 6950XT. In fact, the performance gap between 6800XT and 6900XT and 6950XT is not particularly large. However, there are few mining cards for the three models, 6650XT, 6750XT and 6950XT. Given that AMD will soon launch a 7000 series graphics card, the 6800XT at hand will be retired soon, which is probably the last time it shows up. In terms of performance, the performance of the public version 6800XT is about the same level as the N card's 3080. With more and more games supporting AMD FSR2.0 and the increasingly outrageous N card technology next door, the future market prospects of AMD graphics card should be pretty good.
memory aspect this time it is Kingston 's FURY DDR5 6000 Renegade 16Gx2.
Rebel memory has super performance and great overclocking potential, as well as CL32 ultra-low timing, which is also suitable for this installation.
As for the appearance, although it is not pure white, the silver color brought by the large-area aluminum heat sink can also match the white installation system well. The RGB lights that come with it are adjusted to white, and the overall look is still very harmonious.
FURY DDR5 6000 Renegade rebel native basic frequency 4800MT/s. Turn on AMD's EXPO configuration in BIOS. You can load two levels, namely 5600 and 6000, and it is also very easy to make a small splash.
Solid State M2 This time, it is the WD_BLACK SN850X 1T from Western Data . This is the current flagship model of Western Data Black Disk PCIe4.0. It has a total of 1TB/2TB/4TB. The biggest difference is that the sequential writing speed of the 1TB version is slightly slower, and the random reading of 4KB is lower. The sequential reading speeds of the three versions of
are all 7300MB/sec, the sequential writing speeds of 2TB and 4TB versions are both 6600MB/sec, and the 1TB version is 6300MB/sec, both of which are currently the flagship level of PCIe4.0.
write life, 1/2/4TB versions are 600/1200/2400 TBW respectively.
WD_BLACK SN850X 1T and 2T versions both use a single-sided chip design, which can control the heat generation well, and can also bring better compatibility compared to products with double-sided chips.
WD_BLACK SN850X adopts SanDisk's new storage solution, the main control comes from Western Data's own, and the flash memory particles are 112-layer 3D TLC flash memory particles.
cache scheme is external DDR4 DRAM, and the caches of 1TB and 2TB versions are 1GB and 2GB respectively, which can ensure continuous stability.
Currently, 1TB and 2TB versions can also choose the version with its own heat sink and RGB lighting effects, which depends on your needs.
This time, Western Data also provides corresponding software, which can be set to automatically turn on the game mode to improve the corresponding performance mode.
Mechanical and Electrical Dispersion This time, I chose the Wind Chaser set. The power supply comes from the Wind Chaser's full gold module, Haiyun OEM, which is in line with the 80 gold medal performance. The full module wiring and flat white power cord saves the trouble of customization.
AMP850 uses a 12cm silent fan, which supports intelligent start and stop. The AWP1000 is also a short-size design, which can save chassis space and provide sufficient space for power cable management.
All-day system capacitor plus a 10-year new warranty service, so you don’t have to worry too much about quality and later failure repair issues. In terms of heat dissipation, this time, for the sake of safety, the Wind Chaser GLACIER ONE 360M25 was chosen. The white appearance is very resistant to the appearance, and the infinite prism elements of the Wind Chaser series are also well embellished. The fan paired with
is M25-ARGB, with a maximum speed of 2000RPM and an air volume of 84.26CFM. A series interface is reserved. The three fans can be wired in series, reducing the mess of the wire.
Wind Chaser GLACIER ONE 360M25 water-cooled heat sink head is pre-coated with thermally conductive silicone grease, and the water-cooled pump head is located in the middle of the cold-cooled fin, just in the axis of cooling fan , reducing the impact on the cold-cooled radiator.
Infinite Prism removable magnetic water-absorbing and cooling cover, and the overall effect is good after lighting up.
Although the chassis itself comes with three 14cm fans, this time, in order to better air circulation in the chassis, I still replaced four better M25-140 cooling fans.
Wind Chaser 518XTG Phantom White is a ATX chassis with full material. The overall design adopts an all-aluminum plate, the internal frame is steel structure, the removable hinge double-sided glass panel and the self-contained wire mask design all make the practicality full.
The front aluminum alloy panel is very thick, adopts an easy-to-disassemble design, integrates a circle of RGB light strips, take off the front panel, and there are two 14cm fans on the front.You can see the vertical PCI-E slots on the back. There are 3 vertical PCI-E slots on the back. There are 7 horizontal PCI-E slots. The power supply is designed with a lower device and there is also a 14cm fan on the back.
In addition to hand-tightening screws, the side panel of the chassis also has magnetic fixing. It will not open and close at will on its own when the screws are not installed. At the same time, soft rubber strips are also installed on the glass side panel to provide buffering, shock absorption, dust prevention and noise cancellation purposes.
cable storage baffle is not only used to block wires, but also provides sufficient 2.5-inch hard disk installation disk. Combined with the bottom power bank and the hard disk bracket inside the chassis, up to 19 hard disks can be installed. In addition, the Wind Chaser 518XTG is also equipped with a fan intelligent temperature control hub standard.
supports 280 and 360 cold radiators on the top, which can be disassembled and installed without tools, and it will be much easier to install water cooling.
Regarding the installation of
In fact, there are not many things to pay attention to. This installation process is relatively easy. Whether it is the connection of the cable management or the IO interface cable, you only need to pay attention to the cold row and finally install it.
There is a detail here that needs to be paid attention to. The first M2 installation disk of the Blossom X670E is a dual thermal conductivity silicone pad. For the solid state of Western Digital's single chip design, the heat dissipation armor screws cannot be too tight, and there will be a certain degree of bending. I also discovered this by chance. At first, I thought my eyes were blurred, but appropriate panasonic screws can greatly alleviate this scene.
chassis comes with fan and replace the three 14CM fans with better performance.
This time, the graphics card is installed vertically, so install the PCI-E extension cable fixing device in advance.
I am relatively rough in the wire management, but thanks to the good wire design and storage details of the Wind Chaser 518XTG itself, this angle does not look too messy.
Even if you don’t pay much attention to the wire, you can basically not see anything on the cover. For users who are too lazy to deal with wire routing, this design is a plus point.
After lighting up, the height is about the same height as the 27-inch monitor with the monitor bracket added.
This time, all RGB lights will be adjusted to white, but Kingston memory RGB lights cannot be synchronized directly, so they are directly changed to white static color.
The mirror effect of the motherboard and water cooling head is very good.
This public version of 6800XT is really good at looking.
performance test
CPU-Z, Ryzen 9 7900X single-core running score 776, multi-core running score 11882, multi-threading ratio 15.3.
specifically mentioned that the X670E snow blowing motherboard supports hybrid dual-mode overclocking, which can intelligently switch between two overclocking modes of the AMD platform. At the same time, coupled with the estimated CPU physique and heat dissipation performance of AI intelligent overclocking, it can better squeeze CPU performance, lower temperature and stronger performance. In actual copying tests, when the processor frequency is close to the state, this 7900X also performs lower in temperature than other X670E motherboards.
is aimed at Ryzen 9 7900X, R15 transcript core 317cb, multi-core 4935cb; R20 transcript core 778cb, multi-core 11587b; R23 transcript core 1995pts, multi-core has reached an unprecedented height of 29655pts. Compared with the previous test 7900X, the score of the score is higher, which may be due to the firmware update.
CPU Profile test, Ryzen 9 7900X maximum thread score is 13083, and 1 thread scores 1110.
In the V-RAY test, the test run score for the processor was 22477.
Geekbench 5 Score test, single core 2182, multi-core running score 19816.
Corona 1.3 Benchmark rendering test, took 47 seconds.The combination of
Time Spy Extreme scored 9137, Time Spy scored 18186, Fire Strike 41665, Fire Strike Extreme 24314, Fire Strike Ultra 12607; Port Royal scored 8856 for ray tracing tests.
WD_BLACK SN850X 1T solid state test for Western data, four different data write scenarios, the sequential read and write tendency is stable at 7250MB and 6300MB per second, and the test read and write in TxBENCH is 7296 and 6331MB per second, respectively, with excellent performance.
scored 3572 in the 3D Mark storage benchmark test, which is a very excellent level.
Kingston FURY DDR5 6000 Renegade Rebel, the read and write speed is 73G/76 and 68G at the default 6000Mhz frequency, with a delay of 67.2ns, which is a bit low compared to the Intel D5 motherboard. This is also some problems in the early stages of the AMD platform. I hope to continue to improve memory performance in the future. This configuration in
PC-MARK10 has 13806, including 12214, 12359, 19198, and 33872.
Copying machine test for 30 minutes, the average processor temperature is 83 degrees, the average CPU packaging power consumption is 159W, and the peak value is 170W. At this time, the average main frequency of the processor is 5.2Ghz and the peak frequency is 5.3Ghz. It seems that you can continue to squeeze, but the estimated temperature will hit 95 degrees when the turbo frequency reaches 5.6Ghz.
The average temperature of the graphics card is 78 degrees at this moment, the average temperature of the graphics card is 99 degrees, and the average power consumption of the graphics card is 253W. After the latest firmware is updated on the snow motherboard, you can set the temperature wall in the BIOS, with a total of 70, 80, and 90 degrees. If you are worried that the temperature is too high, you can set it yourself.
game frame rate
In the game frame rate test that does not support FSR, 6800XT can still achieve the highest quality of more than 60 frames, the picture quality is downgraded, and the frame rate is directly higher.
In the FSR-enabled game frame rate 4k resolution test, Far Cry 6 directly increased the frame rate by 2 times after turning on FSR performance. Red Dead Redemption 2 and Forza Horizon 5 also performed very well, both of which were significantly improved.
This set of installation machines is an attempt for AMD 7000 series processors. However, with the support of three 14cm intake fans and 360 water cooling, the temperature of the processor can still soar to 84 degrees. In the future that can be encountered, the accumulated temperature problem of the 7000 series flagship processor will still be more troublesome.
Another problem is the performance of DDR5 memory. There is still a gap compared to the I-house next door. I hope AMD can continue to make efforts in the future. After all, the cost of building the entire AM5 platform is very high.
If you have a 7000 series processor installation plan for the white ATX, you might as well consider the installation configuration of Wind Chaser and Asus Snow Blowing Motherboard, the finished product has a very high appearance.
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