At this point AMD seems to be the better off, but my decision to go with AMD had nothing to do with the recent security issues, though I'm glad I did.  Apart from liking AMD processors, my decision left me with money to buy the accessories and extras I've ordered.  Had I gone with a similarly rated Intel CPU I doubt very much I would have had any left over after the CPU, 32GB of Ram and a mobo.

Oh it was a story on Yahoo saying we've been peeling bananas all wrong.  Frankly, I don't see too many ways of doing it, so I'm stumped as to how we've all been doing it wrong.  I dunno, maybe it's how we protrude our bottom lip during the unzipping.

We all peel them down from the top stem.  It's really easier to turn them upside down and peel them down from the bottom, especially if they're a little green, don't squish up the meat as much.  Ya, I eat a lot of bananas...   

I did the same thing when I purchased my i7 4970K... because it was the best and fastest at the time.  However, now my AMD Ryzen 1700 will beat it right across the park.... without overclocking.  And that 'one error' is pretty much non-existent, given direct physical access must be gained to exploit it.  Yeah, like I'm going to invite a hacker in and say 'go ahead, fech with my computer'

My point is, it doesn't matter which end you peel a banana from, it's going to be a damned banana and taste just the same.  And even if you cut it in half and peel it from the middle, it'll still taste like a damned banana.  I mean, so long as it is edible, who gives a flying fech how the damned banana is peeled?  And I sure as hell don't need some so-called expert telling me how to peel a friggin' banana, wipe my bum or suck eggs.

Not that I've got the cabling accessories yet, but just to get an idea of how it'd look when done, I thought I'd plug the power cables into the motherboard and add the SATA and other cables.  Well it's not going to be quite as tidy as the other build, given the all additional parts and cables, but at least now I have a better idea of how everything will come together.

As for using some IDE drives, well I changed my mind and it will now be an all SATA affair, doing away with the ugly IDE data cable and making cable management that much easier.   I also purchased a PCIE 10 port SATA adapter, so I didn't have to use the two PCI 4 port ones via the PCIE adapter.  I just figured that if I'm building a new machine, I need to be installing modern tech, not old.  No, I'll find other homes for that instead.

The Adata M.2 SSD and additional RAM turned up today[Mon 08.01.18], as well as a PCIE USB 3.1 adapter, so now I have all the major components and am just waiting on the other fans and cabling accessories, etc.

It's coming together slowly but surely.  However, I do have a question.  I have installed the 2 x 16GB sticks in the A1 and B1 slots, and the 2 x 8GB sticks in the B1 and B2  slots.  That just seemed logical and various articles suggest that is the way to do it, but how about a stick of each, making it 24GHz per channel?   Would it make any difference to performance either way?  I read somewhere that Intel CPUs read the first two channels first, but this is AMD and I've not seen anything to suggest it is the same.

if you are going for dual channel, you have to install them as pairs (bigger pair 1st), no?

not sure what you mean 1 stick of each making 24ghz per channel.

googling gives this random quote..

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3453470/motherboard-dimm-slots-supports-dual-channel.html

"The extra two slots just allow for more ram to be address even though it is still only dual channel. The problem with populating all dimms with Ryzen is the fastest ram speed you can get is 2400mhz (actually even intel has issues with ram speed when you populate 4 slots on a dual channel chip or 8 slots on a quad channel chip). If you only populate 2 dimms on Ryzen you can get over 3000mhz out of your ram."

might also be useful - 1 stick vs 2 sticks

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/62pcbe/does_single_vs_dual_channel_ram_dimm_config/

Install 1 stick of 16GB in A1 and a stick of 8GB in B1, then repeat the process with B1 and B2.  Thing is, according to what I've read, I have it configured correctly anyhow, so I'll leave it at that.

Yeah, I read that somewhere, but I also read that full speed can be attained with a change in the BIOS.  Guess I'll have to look further into that.

Actually, it wouldn't be 24GB.  I currently have 32GB in the first 2 DIMMs, and 16GB in the second 2.  As for the 600mhz offset, I understand there is a BIOS adjustment that allows full access to all 4 sticks at full speed.   I just have to find it.  And yeah, opting not to use the old tech made better sense and will not slow things down.  I do have another machine that I can use that stuff in, however, so it won't go to waste.

Well I've come up against my first snag.  I cannot find a screw with a small enough thread to hold the M.2 SSD in place.  I have nothing in my PC toolbox that'll fit, so I'm up schitts creek without a paddle unless I can come up with one from somewhere..... and the mobo manual isn't of any help to determine the size/thread required, so it'll be a matter of pot luck, me thinks.

Sadly, I have no idea where to begin to look.  

The correct screw size is 2.0 x 3mm (CM2x3-3.3).

If you are in the USA, then you can usually find the screws at Ace Hardware stores. Make sure you check the length. Some of the screws at hardware stores are too long. 

I've also seen them available at Amazon. They were advertised as replacement screws for M.2 ssd's.

Mod DIY has them too:

http://www.moddiy.com/categories/Screws-%26-Bits/M2-%7C-2mm-Screws-(Notebook-Screws)/

Google is your fiend....

Thanks for heads up on that, much appreciated..  

It looks like a will have to buy some, though.  I looked through 3 compartmentalised containers full of screws, nails, nuts, bolts and washers, etc, but not a single one for what I need.  However, rather than order online, I will likely just walk 5 mins to the PC shop and see if they have some.  Other than that, there's another PC shop about 10 mins walk away.

Oh how I'm blessed, living within the Ipswich City limits.  Everything I/we need is within walking distance, yet it is so quiet in the street we live.

As for an online search, that was my next stop after searching my screw selection for something that'd fit.

Well I got the M2 screws last week down at the local PC shop, 24 for 3 bucks.  So, the M.2 SSD and RAM have been installed, and some of the cable management stuff arrived yesterday and I've made some more progress.  Take a look below....

So that's it for now, though I will connect the power cables to the front-end devices tomorrow and start cable management in the back panel area.  There's a whole mess of cables behind there to sort out so it's going to take a while, and then, if I can see a way to do something better, I'll change my mind and do that/those bits again.

I just hope the pics turn out okay.  I took them on my Windows 8 Phone and was holding the additional lighting myself, so I guess we'll see, eh.   More importantly, I hope they show what I wanted, given it's hard to tell during the upload process.

EDIT: Nah, they didn't upload too well.  To view the pics in their entirety, right click on the pics then 'View Image'