Thanks for the suggestions. I do have some Noctura 120mm fans lying around. I could certainly add that. My 10700k has same issue because I bought ram with LEDs. I like my machines to run cool but not loud. Those fans are really quiet.
Yup, the issue with NVME did go away after I installed all the MB drivers last night. So, your suggestion was spot on. I also flashed the BIOS to the latest version.
I decided to build with Win11 OS. I wasnt going to, because I was less than impressed the first few times I tried to run it in my studio. Some of my VSTs still are not Win11 ready (PositiveGrid Bias), but I think by now they should be. So I will just not run them until they are. I still dont care for the TPM feature, but I will assimilate.
I must say, I am loving this rig already. Everything just works. Maybe it's because I actually went and looked at the MB supported memory options before buying the ram?
CPU clocked at 4900 on first boot using Auto. I did nothing to the BIOS and it is silky smooth. I am excited to see how it will perform once I get my 3+ TB of VSTs reloaded and fire up a project.
