My 1st ever full build log - likely to need your support!

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Putting the following together over the weekend together with an i7 920 do (oem) and a 1tb WD Caviar Black hard drive (oem):

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I have only ever upgraded componenets before and so I'm rather nervous. Building my own PC is something I've always wanted to do and at age 33 I am finally in a position to do it!

I'll no doubt need your support and advice whilst I put this together (I did warn you in a previous thread that I would mither!). If you find that I ask stupid questions over the course of the weekend then please have patience with me. I'm sure you will all do me proud and help me get through it successfully and I sure know that I will appreciate that. Wish me luck.
 
Cheers gents. I'm just starting my build now and I have my first question already! The DVD drive doesn't include a sata cable, is that normal and is it expected to use one supplied with the mobo?
 
Have really been taking my time, reading the instructions for everything lol. Have got all the components installed now, except the soundcard as it is in my current system and I'm watching the match online at the moment.

All I'll have to do later is connect all the cables which is probably what I'm most worried about. Will try my best to get it tidy.

I have to say that the Cool-It Eco was an absolute joy to fit, I just hope it performs as well.
 
Here she is in her current state:

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Something that is bothering me is the power connection froom the Cool-It as it is quite short and the only option I seem to have is to connect it over the top of ram modules as in this pic:

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I expect this is a stupid question but I have plugged in the 24 pin connection from the psu. However, there is also an 8 pin and 2 4 pins, do they all have to be plugged in or do I only need the 24 pin?

I'm stressed tbh, I've got no fags left and I have no beer in so I'm off out to Bargain Booze!
 
RJC said:
You will need the 8 pin pluged in for cpu power.
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Cheers, have got it plugged in now.

Not sure I'm doing all that good with the cable routing tbh but I'll keep at it. I hope I get this finished tonight. Day has been full of interruptions, is no good when you've got a missus, 2 kids and a dog who all need attention!
 
Another question sorry. The pci-e connectors for the psu are marked A and B, there is a ferrite bead towards the end of B. Am I correct to assume that A goes in to the psu and B in to the gpu? I guess logic would suggest so but it doesn't seem to say in the manual and my concern is that the weight of the ferrite bead seems to bend the gpu!
 
Just checked the 6+2 cable and the bead is on the end that connects to the gpu. I can only assume that it should be ok but it is weighty and I'm uncomfortable with the obvious bend to the gpu.
 
Thought I'd cracked the cable management but I couldn't get the bloody side panel on because of the cables. So to hell with it, it is late and I'm tired and tidy cables can wait till another day so please excuse the spaghetti junction!

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I think it is time to power it up and see what happens! However, I can't figure out if I need to move any jumpers on the mobo? There is also a jumper on the hard drive that I'm not sure if needs moving? Anyone know the score with this?
 
BIGBC said:
It is very rare that you need to move any jumpers to run things normally like you are here.
Ive used that motherboard before and none of the jumpers needed changing.

Would a pic of my build (same case) help with ideas on cable management?
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Cheers, I actually managed to figure out before I went to bed last night that I didn't need to move any. I would appreciate a pic re the cables thanks.

I'm delighted to inform that even in it's messy state it works! Got Win 7 installed and all is smooth. Graphics driver went without a hitch too. Only issue I had was searching around the house for a PS2 mouse this morning as I need the latest driver from Roccat (Have downloaded but it is a rar file, is winrar still free?).

A quick mention on temps but bear in mind I haven't yet done any overclocking or put the system under any real load. I've currently got Asus Probe launched and it is showing cpu as 25c and mb as 28c. I've no idea if that is good or not tbh or if Asus probe can be trusted.
 
BIGBC said:
Here you go: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=15860407#post15860407
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Looks similar to how I did have it but I just couldn't get the side panel back on due to the thickness of the power cables and molex peripherals etc!

I'm just pleased to have it up and running for the moment and will attempt to tidy another day as I've got tonnes of apps to install from what I've backed up.

Have managed to get the mouse working now.

Have not tried the Benq monitor yet so I'm looking forward to setting that up later.

I think I'm going to like Windows 7 but is taking some getting used to coming from XP.

Will post a pic later when it is all sat at my desk and there is no going back to my old system. Incidentally, my old rig is to be stripped and recycled in a build for my daughter that I'll be doing through the week. I must be nuts!
 
Have been so busy that I've not had the chance really to keep you posted with how everything is going. Not even started my daughter's build yet, hopefully at the weekend for that.

Thought I'd share a couple of pics as to how things look right now:

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Basically everything is working just fine. I'm yet to do any overclocking or tweaking. I'm made up with the performance as it is and don't yet see the need to rev anything up.

I haven't yet sorted the messy cables out but I fully intend to when I get the chance and will post pics when that is sorted.

I know some of you are after temps, I have installed core temp and only have the following print screen whilst at idle for you for the moment:

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I have to be honest and tell you that I'm hesitant to run programs such as prime etc as I'm worried about damaging the cpu by doing so. You're gonna have to convince me it will be fine as common sense suggests to me that 100% load across all cores can't be good for it.

I probably should have taken and posted more pics considering the thread was meant to be a log but I'm sure you will understand that I am new to this type of thing and so I can only learn from it.
 
I think there is something seriously wrong :(

Against my better judgement I have just ran prime95 and within seconds the temps shot up and just kept rising, I got scared when I saw 90c and closed the program. However cpu usage stayed at 100% even after closing prime.

I then restarted my PC and it decided it needed to run chkdisk before booting to Windows! Core temp is showing that temps are only just beginning to stabilise and only now are they going below 40c at idle!

I'm pretty worried tbh.
 
Just got home from work and I'm now going to attempt to fix this issue. Thanks for the advice so far.

I'm thinking that connecting the pump straight to the PSU may be the solution. I've read that this is highly recommended for the H50 so I assume it would go for the Cool-It too.

The Cool-It Eco was incredibly intuitive to install. However, the instruction manual does leave a lot to be desired and could well turn out to include incorrect details. It states:

1. Connect the FAN power to the CPU FAN connector on the motherboard
2. Connect the ECO/pump power to any other FAN connector on the motherboard.

In my case I have connected the ECO/pump to the PWR_FAN as it is the only one available where it will reach! I have since discovered that this connector is normally intended to monitor the PSU fan?

My mobo, an Asus P6T contains x1 CPU_FAN (4 pin), x1 PWR_FAN (3 pin) and x2 CHA_FANs (3pin).

I'm almost certain that I will now connect the pump to the PSU. However, I did wonder that if I set the PWR_FAN in the bios to ignore as to whether this would also provide a solution in terms of it would no longer be regulated and just provide the full power needed? At the moment with the pump connected to it, it shows fluctuating rpms between 4000 and 4500.
 
Whilst connecting the pump to the psu I took the opportunity to tidy the cables. I'm happy with my effort although I'm sure some of you will spot room for improvement. I know you like pics so here you go:

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I'm now going to do what I've been dreading and that is to run prime! Which stress test do i need to run, small ffts, large ffts or blend? And how long do I need to leave it running?
 
Still haven't run Prime as I still don't know which test to run and more so because I'm probably scared of it after the last run lol.

Have just been playing WW2 Online Battleground Europe for over an hour and kept Core Temp running in the background. Highest core 0 got to was 57c, core 1 got to 52c, core 2 got to 60c and core 3 got to 50c.

Something that confused me when connecting the pump to the psu peripheral was that the pump connector is 3 pin and the psu peripheral was only 2 pins.

Something else I've only just thought about is the bios version, I need to check my current version but I haven't updated it yet. Is anyone able to tell me what the latest version for the Asus P6T is and how you actually go about updating it as this again is something I've never done before.

Also, can anyone explain what EPU-6 Engine and TurboV are as they insist on running at startup?
 
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