HOW DO I BUILD MY PC NOW IVE BOUGHT ALL THE BITS?

bowza · 28 Apr 2009 at 14:11

oh with the antec 300 case i would also start looking at where u can tidy away some of the cables.

Bowza

benenhausen · 28 Apr 2009 at 14:16

bowza said:
does the fan on your psu , suck air in or blow hot air out??

u dont want it the way u have it if its blowing hot air out , it will heat up all the case innards.

Bowza

how do i find out?

garylouden · 28 Apr 2009 at 14:40

benenhausen said:
how do i find out?

Don't worry its fine how it is, You will never get a PSU sucking air into your case...... :rolleyes:

benenhausen · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:12

heatsink onto cpu - pain in the a*** that was - have i got the heatsink positioned in the right direction???

bowza · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:24

looks nice

is there a fan for it

the fan wants to go on the side u can see in that picture, so it can blow over through the fins then out through your top case fan on the antec 300.

Bowza

pingwing · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:24

You need to rotate it by 90 degrees, as when you wack a fan on it (or have it passive) it needs to be in the airflow of the case fans with the largist surface area in this "wind tunnel"

wrayvon · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:30

selven said:
You may be better off touching a radiator

Haha good 'un!

garylouden · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:31

For optimal cooling you need to turn the heatsink 90 degrees so its facing the rear/front of the case and not the top/bottom.

And also who advised him to install RAM before anything else? RAM should be last to be installed because its so delicate. Its so easy to install I don't understand why anyone would install it before the machine was finished.

bowza · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:32

pingwing said:
You need to rotate it by 90 degrees, as when you wack a fan on it (or have it passive) it needs to be in the airflow of the case fans with the largist surface area in this "wind tunnel"

The 300's largest fan is in the top of the case so it should be good like that.

Bowza

wrayvon · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:34

Surely it depends on which fan has the better air flow rating to which way he should face it?

bowza · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:43

yes also depends on how the fans are orientated.
in my 300 the large top fan draws air out to remove all warm air from the case, the rear fan also does the same, the 2 front and single side fan suck air into the case, the dust collectors do a darn good job on this case.

Bowza

Doctor_Zhivago · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:44

benenhausen said:
heatsink onto cpu - pain in the a***

Shhh you might offend mathew

benenhausen · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:50

ok ive put a fan on - it comes with these vibrate compensators which ive kind of plugged in - you should see them in each corner but i dont think its right - ???

garylouden · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:52

I might be wrong but I'm sure these are used if the fan is connected to the case and will do nothing what so ever on the heatsink.

bowza · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:54

the bracket on the cpu cooler does the mounting, the 4 red plugs are not needed, only used in place of screws when mounting to a casr chassis

Bowza

bowza · 28 Apr 2009 at 15:55

that also looks big , hope it fits inside the 300 case

Bowza

benenhausen · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:01

by the way does the fan have to be blowing into the heatsink or away from it?

bowza · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:04

benenhausen · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:06

and the fan comes with three adaptor wires - one that looks like i can run it directly off the psu, and two that run off the MOBO, black one for low noise and blue one for ultra low noise...but the quieter they run the less speed they run at.
ive got the black low noise one on at the moment as i dont want to use the blue and not have it running quickly enough.

recommendations?

bowza · 28 Apr 2009 at 16:09

stay as u are