Maintenance and Upgrades on my X99 Workstation

In this video I extend the lifespan of my X99 based Workstation by doing much needed maintenance and upgrades to it. This system has at least 3 more years of life left in it and with Windows 7 ESU being long dead in the water, I put Windows 10 Pro with an ESU license on it to extend this system's usable life to Q4 2028. This system is running 24/7 in production and doesn't get the adequate maintenance it should. I fully dust it out, re-paste all thermal compound, replace all the fans, etc. I also do some upgrades such as adding an additional 8TB of internal SSD storage and upgrading the GPU from an RTX 2060 to an RTX 4070. These upgrades will better prepare me for working with new 4K RAW footage off my newly acquired camera. When all is said and done, the system runs perfectly fine and performant like a brand new system. In 2029 I plan to build a replacement Workstation, but until then the X99 lives on! 00:00:00 Removing the Desktop from the Setup 00:15:40 Dusting it out 00:20:29 Giving the rundown 00:28:06 Un-plugging the existing OS SSD 00:31:39 Booting into BIOS and backing up existing settings 00:44:36 Removing the CPU Heatsink 00:48:24 Removing the RTX 2060 GPU 00:50:09 Removing the Mellanox ConnectX-2 NIC 00:51:21 Removing the Lynx AES16e Audio Card 00:51:53 Removing the 1TB Samsung 970 Pro SSD 00:53:17 Replacing the BIOS Battery 00:55:38 Cleaning off existing thermal paste on CPU and Heatsink 00:59:13 Replacing the case fans 01:43:46 Upgrading SSD Storage capacity 02:02:42 Upgrading the GPU to an RTX 4070 02:13:37 Upgrading the NIC to an Intel X710-DA2 02:28:39 Installing the Lynx AES16e Audio Card 02:30:17 Putting the CPU Heatsink back on 02:45:42 First POST and changing BIOS Settings 03:03:35 Installing Windows 10 Pro 03:22:44 Installing Drivers 03:34:44 Connecting other SSDs back up 03:43:26 Configuring Fan Curves 03:55:07 Configuring SSDs 04:00:50 Cleaning Side Panel with Brillianize 04:17:49 Monitoring Fans 04:25:29 Hooking up networking 04:30:00 Doing Windows Updates 04:34:38 BONUS Re-pasting the old RTX 2060 GPU 04:45:06 Waiting on Windows Updates 04:54:06 Taking care of OneDrive 04:58:22 Verifying Drivers 05:04:00 Activating Windows 05:05:21 Installing and verifying the ESU License 05:06:06 Installing Programs 05:36:19 Doing Windows Updates after the ESU License 05:40:29 Installing more Programs 05:42:18 Configuring Power Options 05:44:21 Disable the Paging File 05:46:05 Configuring various OS Settings