Phanteks Enthoo Primo Build help

[jimjam81]

hi Guys

Got all my new PC components today from OC and have been assembling it all together.

I am having some issues with all the cabling however.

I am happy I have connected all the components correctly but I am slightly confused on the Case cables for the fans, buttons and LEDs

Am I right in thinking the case fans, power buttons and LEDS's get all their power from the Motherboard, thus I don't have to hook up a cable to the PSU as there seems to be psu connectors attached to the case?

I have connected the cases: reset button, HDD light, power button and HD audio cable to the Motherboard.

There was also a USB 2 connection coming from the case somewhere so I have hooked that up, and the 5 case fans link in to a hub on the back side of the case. This hub has a cable that connects to one the motherboard chassis fan pin socket but it also has a PSU connector too, so does the PSU need hooking up to this?

Also should there not also be a cable from case for POST beeps on boot?

The 2nd question is I have put thermal paste on CPU and seated the heatsink.

What temperature should a 5820k CPU idle at clocked to 3.8GHZ (I would guess somewhere between 35-45 would be acceptable with a phanteks TC12DX cooler)

Would approx 75 degrees under heavy gaming load be about right?

I plan to install Windows 8 tomorrow and soak test the machine tomorrow with an old GPU for 24 hours but would like the above clearing up before I turn it on.

Thanks

Jim

 

[Leon Axel]

hi Guys

Got all my new PC components today from OC and have been assembling it all together.

I am having some issues with all the cabling however.

I am happy I have connected all the components correctly but I am slightly confused on the Case cables for the fans, buttons and LEDs

Am I right in thinking the case fans, power buttons and LEDS's get all their power from the Motherboard, thus I don't have to hook up a cable to the PSU as there seems to be psu connectors attached to the case?

Yes the font I/O goes directly into your motherboard.
I'm not sure what the other cable is without seeing it.

I have connected the cases: reset button, HDD light, power button and HD audio cable to the Motherboard.

There was also a USB 2 connection coming from the case somewhere so I have hooked that up, and the 5 case fans link in to a hub on the back side of the case. This hub has a cable that connects to one the motherboard chassis fan pin socket but it also has a PSU connector too, so does the PSU need hooking up to this?

The PSU connector is for additional power the fans.
For example; if you have 5 fans connected to the hub, there wont be enough power from the motherboard header to power them all. So that's where the connector comes in, to give the hub enough power. All you have to do is a connect your fan; and check if they are all spinning. If there're not, you need addition power.

Also should there not also be a cable from case for POST beeps on boot?

You don't need a 'beep' speaker. Some people get them because they like to hear the beep. Most motherboards don't come with them these days. They don't come with cases either (to my knowledge).

The 2nd question is I have put thermal paste on CPU and seated the heatsink.

No, just the CPU.

What temperature should a 5820k CPU idle at clocked to 3.8GHZ (I would guess somewhere between 35-45 would be acceptable with a phanteks TC12DX cooler)

Would approx 75 degrees under heavy gaming load be about right?

I'm not sure with that cooler, but post back with the temps you get.

 

[jimjam81]

Thanks for the feedback Leon

Managed to get in cabled up and working and Windows is now installed

However I think I am going have to reseat the heatsink

Idle the CPU temp is 35-40 degrees but under prime 95 torture test it hits 90 within 5 minutes

I am going to try Asus benchmark to see if that shows similar results.

Cheers

Jim

 

[Leon Axel]

Yeah defiantly reseat it. For piece of mind, if nothing else.