First PC build help

Colin_M · 6 Apr 2019 at 13:48

Hi All, currently at the end (I hope) of my first build and i'm stumped connecting the PSU to the power supply.

Motherboard - AORUS ELITE INTEL Z390 (SOCKET 1151)
PSU - Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular

I've connected the 24 pin main connector and i'm left with two inputs on the top left ATX_12V_2X2 and ATX_12V_2X4 and a cable from the PSU with two sets of 4 one marked B? and two sets of 6+2 pins.

Can anyone help explain what I am supposed to be connecting here?

Please go easy on me!

Thanks in advance

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:08

Colin_M said:
cable from the PSU with two sets of 4 one marked B?

plug this into

Colin_M said:
ATX_12V_2X4

Colin_M said:
Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular

doesn't have a second EPS 12v cable, but you don't really need it for day-to-day usage.

Colin_M · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:18

tamzzy said:
plug this into

doesn't have a second EPS 12v cable, but you don't really need it for day-to-day usage.

Thanks, after reading it again it made sense and on the first boot everything snapped into life much to my surprise. However my joy was short lived as I'm getting no display from the GPU or motherboard

Plec · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:19

Colin_M said:
Thanks, after reading it again it made sense and on the first boot everything snapped into life much to my surprise. However my joy was short lived as I'm getting no display from the GPU or motherboard

Have you selected the correct input on the monitor via it's menu?

EDIT: What CPU do you have?

Colin_M · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:30

Plec said:
Have you selected the correct input on the monitor via it's menu?

EDIT: What CPU do you have?

Yeah just double checked and it is selected correctly.

Intel i7 9700

Plec · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:37

Colin_M said:
and on the first boot everything snapped into life much to my surprise.

Are you saying you briefly had a display of the splash screen?

And if you did, when it disappeared did the system power off or was everything still running but no screen output?

lee32uk · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:40

Your graphics card is connected ? The 6+2 cable/s is for that. Should be marked gpu or pcie etc.

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:47

@Colin_M
2x4 pin goes into the motherboard socket
6+2 pin goes into the gpu (you'll need both plugged into the gpu)

Colin_M · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:48

Thanks guys, I think i've stupidly installed the ram in the wrong order! Slots B2 and A2

Plec · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:49

Colin_M said:
Thanks guys, I think i've stupidly installed the ram in the wrong order! Slots B2 and A2

So, it's working?

Colin_M · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:49

For the GPU I plugged the separate PCI cable, guessing I should have just used the one prewired to the PSU?

Colin_M · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:50

Plec said:
So, it's working?

Not yet, I was told to buy a stupidly huge CPU cooler so it's not the easiest to get at

Plec · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:52

Colin_M said:
Not yet, I was told to buy a stupidly huge CPU cooler so it's not the easiest to get at

Dark Rock Pro 4 - you have my sympathies. Great cooler though.

Plec · 6 Apr 2019 at 15:55

Colin_M said:
For the GPU I plugged the separate PCI cable, guessing I should have just used the one prewired to the PSU?

Use both independent leads for the Vega VII (presuming you bought the spec me build i just looked at).

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2019 at 16:00

Colin_M said:
I was told to buy a stupidly huge CPU cooler

indeed

kudos to the person who suggested it

Colin_M said:
For the GPU I plugged the separate PCI cable, guessing I should have just used the one prewired to the PSU?

Plec said:
Use both independent leads

this.

Code:

    cable -------------------> PCIE --> GPU
                                         spare connector flopping about

    cable -------------------> PCIE --> GPU
                                         spare connector flopping about

Plec · 6 Apr 2019 at 16:06

tamzzy said:
indeed kudos to the person who suggested it

Hehe - his first build too - i would have loved to have seen his face when he unboxed it

Still a dream to fit compared to the first incarnation of the Silver Arrow....

WantoN · 6 Apr 2019 at 16:14

Have you got the PCI-E power connectors fitted to the GPU?

What’s the monitor, what’s the cable?

Have you tried connecting the cable to the iGPU?

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2019 at 16:16

Plec said:
Hehe - his first build too - i would have loved to have seen his face when he unboxed it

it was meeeeeee... :cool:

tamzzy said:
1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler= £73.99

Plec · 6 Apr 2019 at 16:20

tamzzy said:
it was meeeeeee...

Yeah, i noticed when i searched for his spec.

I have no issue with choice of cooler (excellent performance/quiet) - more the smiles of a novice builder opening up a house brick with fans knowing he's got to fit it to his CPU.

He's gone suspiciously quiet...

tamzzy · 6 Apr 2019 at 16:35

Plec said:
He's gone suspiciously quiet...

ikr

@Colin_M if you're still stuck, it would be of much help if you could take some pics of where you've got to...
at least we can give more accurate advice if we see some pics of where you need help with