Newbie Vikki's AMD Phenom II x4 computer/DAW?/build thread...

The fan headers on the motherboard are slightly offset to take either 3 or 4pin fans, they will only lock in one position.

If you already have two IDE HD's then that's another good reason to get a new SATA DVD drive in black to match the nice new case.

One other thing I'd do is switch the orientation of the CPU to blow front to back instead of bottom to top as it is now. This way the rear case fan will remove more of the heat from the CPU and you'll have a cooler system as a result, it's not nessesary though.
 
Kaed said:
There should be a bar that sticks out of the 4 pin connector that will slide into 2 notches made on the 3 pin fan power connector so you can't get teh connection wrong. But yes, it's how I have my fans wired up. They've not failed yet...
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Thank you for that..

Kaed said:
So you have your IDE hard drive and IDE dvd rom drive connected together by the same ribbon cable?
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No I have two ide hard drives (one of which is a data drive only) connected together using the same cable. I also have a dvd rom drive with a separate connection.


Kaed said:
The ribbon cable you've used has 3 connectors on it? - one at the end, one slightly further down and one at the very end?
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No, I didn't know you could get 3 connectors on a cable - is that the road I need to go?

Vikki:confused:
 
hominid said:
The fan headers on the motherboard are slightly offset to take either 3 or 4pin fans, they will only lock in one position.
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Thanks...

hominid said:
If you already have two IDE HD's then that's another good reason to get a new SATA DVD drive in black to match the nice new case.
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Point taken - will get one...

hominid said:
One other thing I'd do is switch the orientation of the CPU to blow front to back instead of bottom to top as it is now. This way the rear case fan will remove more of the heat from the CPU and you'll have a cooler system as a result, it's not nessesary though.
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I've had another look at the cpu and I'm not sure I can change the orientation....I might have another look later or in morning....

Vikki
 
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vikki said:
I've had another luck at the cpu and I'm not sure I can change the orientation....I might have another look later or in morning....

Vikki
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You should be able to, it's not a massive priority but it will help with cooling, just rotate the heatsink so that the fans are facing toward the front and back instead of the top and bottom. Although I'd recommend you worry about that kind of stuff once you've got everything up and running.

:)
 
If you only have one IDE port, then you're kinda screwed for the meanwhile I think, you can indeed get cables with 3 connectors on it.

Also, slightly larger pics please because I'm nosy :)
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
You should be able to, it's not a massive priority but it will help with cooling, just rotate the heatsink so that the fans are facing toward the front and back instead of the top and bottom. Although I'd recommend you worry about that kind of stuff once you've got everything up and running.

:)
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The exit fan is already extracting air from the heatsink, but the way she has it now is actually not so bad since the big PSU fan will help remove hot air just as well.

OP: I wouldn't worry about it unless your temps are extremely high, which looks unlikely :)
 
Only thing I need to know now is what goes in the 8-pin ATX power socket? Looks like the main ATX 24 pin power lead will only plug in one way with the latch on the side of the plug corresponding to the lip on the socket? So what goes in to the 8 pin ATX socket? I have an 8 pin plug marked up as PCIE or two 4 pin plugs (unmarked) that look like they might not fit anyway.

Thanks
Vikki
 
vikki said:
Only thing I need to know now is what goes in the 8-pin ATX power socket? Looks like the main ATX 24 pin power lead will only plug in one way with the latch on the side of the plug corresponding to the lip on the socket? So what goes in to the 8 pin ATX socket? I have an 8 pin plug marked up as PCIE or two 4 pin plugs (unmarked) that look like they might not fit anyway.

Thanks
Vikki
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Yep, both can only go in one way, so don't force it in :)

The 8 pin ATX socket should have it's own cable, it should have yellow wires on the same side as the connector clip. The 8 pin marked as PCIE should be used for your graphics card if it needs power.

The two 4 pin ones should join together and fit in, since your mobo requires both. The reason why it's split into two is because some mobo's only require a 4pin variant, so Corsair can cater for both worlds.
 
Thanks, it was a bit of struggle but I got there in the end. I can't use my DVD drive yet because it is not sata so I will have to get a new dvd drive afterall.

Do it need hard drive connected to fire it up...dare i switch it on?

Vikki
 
You don't need the HDD connected for it to post.

Depending on the length of the cable you can put the HDD and DVD on the same IDE cable. This is not a longterm solution as the speed of the HDD will drop inline with the DVD but it will let u get windows on.
 
Im assuming that's without the HDD connected ;p Looking good your nearly there!

Like i said you can run a HDD and DVD off the IDE cable together. You may need to drop the DVD drive to the lowest drive bay and the hdd to the top drive bay for the cable to be able to reach though.

I'm sure your anxious to get windows on, you can worry about fitting a new dvd later on
 
honosuseri said:
Im assuming that's without the HDD connected ;p Looking good your nearly there!

Like i said you can run a HDD and DVD off the IDE cable together. You may need to drop the DVD drive to the lowest drive bay and the hdd to the top drive bay for the cable to be able to reach though.

I'm sure your anxious to get windows on, you can worry about fitting a new dvd later on
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I am anxious to get it up and running complete with my lovely new Windows 7 - I will sleep on it tonight (not the new computer - I might add) and I will start afresh in the morning....I am thoroughly knackered now!!

Night night see you all tomorrow with more piccies...;)

Vikki
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lol As far as a dvd drive goes it makes very lil odds. I use LG drives but to be honest they all probably come out of the same factory in taiwan whatever the make ;p
 
Rather than get a sata DVD (other than the colour) you will get a better speed boost buying a sata HDD as your main disk. You will still only be able to connect a DVD and one IDE disk to the mobo but you can make the other IDE HDD external by buying a USB external drive box. This way you will have offline data storage or backup. There is not much speed difference between sata and IDE DVD, but you gain a large reliable fast C: drive. at not much additional cost over the DVD option.
 
vikki said:
Any recommendations?:D I don't think I want Blue Ray though...it would need to be a DVD/CD RW though!

Vikki

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Sorry, I was too tried to stay up any longer so I went to bed! :o


As the other guy said, most of them come out of the same factory and a cheapo one would do you, although I'm a bit of a brand snob I'd probably go for one of these. :)

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Thew....feel like i've fallen out of a tree, i think it only took 13 hours, i could probably build one up in an hour and a half now.........
Now i sort of know what i'm doing, watch out Overclockers:D
I'll perhaps take a drive down to Overclockers again today and get a dvd drive in black and a floppy drive would be handy for the midi music i do. Just need 4 more cups of coffee! I'll add some better hard drives when i've sorted everything out, i was wondering if it was worth taking the rear fan out and putting it in the top fan mouting as its right in line with the exhaust from the cpu cooler, or add another fan?
You guys were right about the psu, its drawing air up throught the bottom of the case and out through the vent on the back of the psu.
Vikki:D:D
 
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