My build :)

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 17:52

Sabertooth z77
Intel core i7 2700k
8gb of Ram
Asus nvidia 660 ti direct CU ll
Phanteks PH-TC12DX

asked for help a while ago on my first thread here

and here is my baby my first ever build.

Just struggling to wire a few things up at the moment! More photos to come of the whole case when its lit up

Doomedspeed · 20 Apr 2013 at 17:57

Looks very nice.. Good choices.

Put your GPU in the top pci-e x16 lane (near the CPU cooler).. It may make a difference.

snips86x · 20 Apr 2013 at 17:59

May need power too!

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:01

Doomedspeed said:
Looks very nice.. Good choices.

Put your GPU in the top pci-e x16 lane (near the CPU cooler).. It may make a difference.

The other one will be going there once pay day arrives again!

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:03

my fans are 3 pins that came with case and the board is only 4 pins help! ;/

sorted it i thought id break a pin if i shoved it on

snips86x · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:14

thezone said:
my fans are 3 pins that came with case and the board is only 4 pins help! ;/

sorted it i thought id break a pin if i shoved it on

I was referring to the g/card, it's got no power!! Put it in the first slot and then the next one you get can go in the slot below.

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:24

snips86x said:
I was referring to the g/card, it's got no power!! Put it in the first slot and then the next one you get can go in the slot below.

I know it has no power yet! trying to figure out if i need to use both power connectors as there are 2 :S

Leprechaun312 · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:27

thezone said:
I know it has no power yet! trying to figure out if i need to use both power connectors as there are 2 :S

yeah you need to use 2 6 pins to power the g-card

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:28

Thank you. Can you use the two on the same lead daisy chained using a modular psu

honosuseri · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:33

For a first build thats very nice!!!

If the case has a window I personally would mount the PSU fan up as I think it looks better that way. Cable management is a bore but try and put as many cables behind the mobo tray through thosee rubber grommits and then bring them back through where needed.

It's definitely coming along nicely

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:39

Think i've broke my alchemy bitfenix led strip.... was in a plastic housing and said it was with adhesive so i thought i had to remove the plastic... because no adhesive was with it... ;/ But thanks you all! cant wait to turn it on

Arthur Hucksake · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:45

*Braces himself*

Looks far better than my ghetto builds in the 90s. I had a spaghetti wire circus going on because gaps behind the mobo tray backplates hadn't been invented yet.

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:51

just powered it up none of the fans come on /sigh apart from the heatsink fan. are the chassis fans heat sensitive so when it gets hot they'll kick in

Leprechaun312 · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:51

btw is that a corsair 300r?

Leprechaun312 · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:52

thezone said:
just powered it up none of the fans come on /sigh apart from the heatsink fan. are the chassis fans heat sensitive so when it gets hot they'll kick in

they need to be connected to the motherboard

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 18:52

Leprechaun312 said:
they need to be connected to the motherboard

Yea they are connected but do not power on

RJC · 20 Apr 2013 at 19:09

Do both fans fail to come on or just one?

Check the cpu temps in the BIOS as the fans may only start when the cpu reaches a certain temp.

thezone · 20 Apr 2013 at 22:11

They still aint working ;/ unaware if its dangerious to play with out the 3 case fans working... heat sink is working and the two small fans that come on the asus sabertooth. Really dont know why the other 3 wont work

and the case is the Corsair c70!

scotsdragon · 20 Apr 2013 at 23:06

honosuseri said:
For a first build thats very nice!!!

If the case has a window I personally would mount the PSU fan up as I think it looks better that way. Cable management is a bore but try and put as many cables behind the mobo tray through thosee rubber grommits and then bring them back through where needed.

It's definitely coming along nicely

I second this and there is a good reason for having the fan up also it acts as an exhaust when the fan fires up rather than an intake sucking dust in

honosuseri · 20 Apr 2013 at 23:21

scotsdragon said:
I second this and there is a good reason for having the fan up also it acts as an exhaust when the fan fires up rather than an intake sucking dust in

His C70 case has dust filters for the bottom. It is getting cooler air fan down and the bulkier cables are nearer the grommits but having it fan up will do no harm and yes it does exhaust some hot air and it does look pretty cool through a window.

He needs to get it going though from the sounds of it. I'd remove the GPU entirely. Check the 24pin and 4/8 pin power connectors, do a CMOS reset and see if it POSTs from the IGP rather than the GPU. It might need a BIOS update to help some compatibility problems.