need some help spec'ing an urgently needed build

Plec · 16 Apr 2017 at 12:33

lee32uk said:
That Bitfenix psu also has the ugliest 24 pin cable known to man

- those details fly right past me as I tend to build with windowless cases (the pursuit if silence 'can' give you ugly internals) - but, admittedly, it is odd looking.

mark2410 · 16 Apr 2017 at 12:37

well its not like you should pick or not pick a psu on how pretty the cables look anyway

Plec · 16 Apr 2017 at 12:46

mark2410 said:
well its not like you should pick or not pick a psu on how pretty the cables look anyway

Trust me - some people will pick aesthetics over quality/performance when using windowed cases. That's why it's hard to buy a component with out it trying to induce a fit with RGB flashing at you once you switch it on

mark2410 · 16 Apr 2017 at 12:56

Plec said:
Trust me - some people will pick aesthetics over quality/performance when using windowed cases. That's why it's hard to buy a component with out it trying to induce a fit with RGB flashing at you once you switch it on

oh i know some will but i cant say that its a good reason to pick one or not, but when there are soooooooooooooooo many options its a factor

mark2410 · 18 Apr 2017 at 11:14

Plec said:
That's what I was concerned about - wasn't sure if you had missed the 'i' out accidently.

Stulid's right - you may have a problem - but there may be a work around, i would google your cooler - someone's probably come up with a solution.

I would also drop Corsair an email and ask them directly - odd that they would omit one cooler, but not unheard of

heard back from corsair

We're sorry to inform you even using the new bracket, the first generation H60, H80 and H100 doesn't support AM4 motherboard unfortunately.

Plec · 18 Apr 2017 at 11:32

mark2410 said:
heard back from corsair

We're sorry to inform you even using the new bracket, the first generation H60, H80 and H100 doesn't support AM4 motherboard unfortunately.

That sucks donkey...

Sell it and start again - if funds are short the Hyper 212 is a classic air cooler for £25.

mark2410 · 18 Apr 2017 at 11:42

well as the 1700 comes witha stock cooler im thnking use that for the moment and then pick out something. just irritting it cant all be done in the one now

Plec · 18 Apr 2017 at 11:53

The stock coolers are a lot better than the ol' days - quite capable and quiet.

You could still play around with a small clock - but the reality is you will have more than enough GHz for years to come at stock...

mark2410 · 19 Apr 2017 at 12:01

so it turns out that the gigabyte motherboards came with an am3 cooler atachment thingy so my old am3 cooler, the h80 works !!!! yey

Plec · 19 Apr 2017 at 12:20

mark2410 said:
so it turns out that the gigabyte motherboards came with an am3 cooler atachment thingy so my old am3 cooler, the h80 works !!!! yey

Result - let us know how the build goes.

Best of luck.

mark2410 · 19 Apr 2017 at 20:43

well its done, though having seperate monitor issues but otherwise everything seems mostly good. Ram wants to run at only 2133 and when i set it te 2933 it wouldnt boot or post sooooo a cmos clear and back to working. cant afford anymoremidweek time t fix it.

Plec · 19 Apr 2017 at 20:50

Sounds good so far - i'm sure you'll sort the memory issue out when you have more time.

Did you flash to the latest BIOS?

mark2410 · 19 Apr 2017 at 21:03

i have done now but not sure if it had at the time

Plec · 19 Apr 2017 at 21:29

mark2410 said:
i have done now but not sure if it had at the time

Hopefully that will resolve your memory issues - when you get more time to play.