£1850 Budget for Gaming Rig, Monitor snd Rift Bundle.

orbitalwalsh · 14 Jan 2018 at 17:44

Then your mobo would have 2/3 black SATA data cable . Plug each end

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 17:48

All power cable pluged in, i have a spare graphic power cable and 2 sata power cables

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 17:59

Thats how ive connect the power to the GPU, you can see in the ground where ive connected the HDD, that gose straight from the HDD to the MB. Im going to look at the ssd now. Any issue with what you see please let me know @orbitalwalsh

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:04

It looks like it the same power lead and sata lead for the ssd is that correct?

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:08

Can the power cable that powering HDD to power the SSD or do they need their own?

orbitalwalsh · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:10

leeince said:
Thats how ive connect the power to the GPU, you can see in the ground where ive connected the HDD, that gose straight from the HDD to the MB. Im going to look at the ssd now. Any issue with what you see please let me know @orbitalwalsh

That's fine mate !

The sata data cable is single cable with plug each side and L shape groove, smaller then power slot though

Sorry, miss read. One SATA power cable can power 3/4 drives at once just fine .

Each one needs to have its own data cable though,

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:10

Am I suppose to be using both power cable from the PSU for the graphics card or just one cable but plug in both connectors off that one cable as I have in the picture above?

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:11

orbitalwalsh said:
That's fine mate !

The sata data cable is single cable with plug each side and L shape groove, smaller then power slot though

Sorry, miss read. One SATA power cable can power 3/4 drives at once just fine .

Each one needs to have its own data cable though,

Top man!! Stressful stuff this

orbitalwalsh · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:11

leeince said:
Am I suppose to be using both power cable from the PSU for the graphics card or just one cable but plug in both connectors off that one cable as I have in the picture above?

If one cable has TWO 6+2 pin connectors , which you've just done. Then it's fine . It's more neater that way

Don't worry about getting cable management perfect, just get everyone connected and powering up.

After you've gamed etc, then you can spend hours sorting cable management and never be pleased about it

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:23

Any ideas what this for?

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:24

orbitalwalsh said:
If one cable has TWO 6+2 pin connectors , which you've just done. Then it's fine . It's more neater that way

Don't worry about getting cable management perfect, just get everyone connected and powering up.

After you've gamed etc, then you can spend hours sorting cable management and never be pleased about it

Cheer mate, any idea what that cable above is for?

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:31

Ive got this cable.coming off the front panel.but i dont know where it goes? It say sata but ive got no idea??

orbitalwalsh · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:32

leeince said:
Any ideas what this for?

Manual should state, but think it's RGB cable with White channel. Basically use this to plug into RGB strips

orbitalwalsh · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:33

leeince said:
Ive got this cable.coming off the front panel.but i dont know where it goes? It say sata but ive got no idea??

That SATA power cables provide power to the front panel of the cable. Plug it in to the SATA power plug cable that your drives are connected to

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:38

orbitalwalsh said:
That SATA power cables provide power to the front panel of the cable. Plug it in to the SATA power plug cable that your drives are connected to

Cool, thats in.

Im not putting it in yet but the VR panel has 3 leads coming out the back of it, 2 x usb 3 and 1 x hdmi.

I have a HDMI on the other end of my GPU, can I use that for HDMI? and it looks like I need to put the USB leads in the actual sockets on the back so im not actually adding usb sockets just moving them from the back to the from so to speak, is this correct.

Nearly there

Plec · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:45

All looking good.

Enjoying the experience leeince (you seem pretty chilled)?

@orbitalwalsh, I like to throw a few curve balls in every now and then to freak them out

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:49

Ok so everything is done, im going to connect to a monitor and see what happens wish me luck

leeince · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:54

Plec said:
All looking good.

Enjoying the experience leeince (you seem pretty chilled)?

@orbitalwalsh, I like to throw a few curve balls in every now and then to freak them out

Im ok, ive got a fire blanket handy (only kidding)

Ive just notice an issue. Ive got 2 power leads, one for the Monitor and one for the PC, they are both IEC plugs, one has a uk plug on the end but the other looksEuropean. Problem sis im not sure which came with the PSU and what came with the monitor?

Ive check all the boxes and polystirene for an adaptor but there isnt one??

orbitalwalsh · 14 Jan 2018 at 18:56

Plec said:
All looking good.

Enjoying the experience leeince (you seem pretty chilled)?

@orbitalwalsh, I like to throw a few curve balls in every now and then to freak them out

spotted one. SATA data leads plugged in to SATA ports that aren't directly connected to chipset. They are next to the bottom heatsink under the GPU...

With the USB VR panel and the case front , they both plug into the boards onboard internal USB 3.9 internal header . By the 24 pin power plug

Plec · 14 Jan 2018 at 19:01

leeince said:
Ive just notice an issue. Ive got 2 power leads, one for the Monitor and one for the PC, they are both IEC plugs, one has a uk plug on the end but the other looksEuropean. Problem sis im not sure which came with the PSU and what came with the monitor?

Ive check all the boxes and polystirene for an adaptor but there isnt one??

The UK one will probably be the PSU.

It's not uncommon for a monitor power cable to have a plug that comes with a UK converter thingy - check your boxes.

Just, noticed you checked boxes - look again, you had a lot of packaging and you could easily have mislaid it amongst bubble wrap and protective wrapping. Sometimes they can be taped in odd crevices...