Stulid Come help! :) £550 Computer Build

Im drunk so lets get this straight..

The case has two fans fitted (although specs suggest it should only come with one).

These two fans are 3pin and not 4pin PWM type.

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You can plug a 3pin fan onto a 4pin fan header, there is a little plastic tab on the header that is "offset" to oneside.
 
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-219-BX

this case was the one ordered, no idea why it came with both, it came with 1 rear and 1 front, preinstalled, yes both of these fans are 3 pin's ive plugged the rear one into the spare 4pin fan slot on the mobo, but there is still the front fan not plugged into anything so is currently not running, so how can i go about getting both these fans running, and the rear case fan doesn't glow red like suggested in the image hmm ?
 
look at the case link i sent you though it says and i quote ha :)

- Cooling Front: 2 x 120mm (optional)
- Cooling Rear: 1 x 120mm Red LED (included)
 
plus to be a pain in the butt could you link me a decent DVI cable the one with the FLAT bit then the 4 dotted surround not sure if thats male or female lol..
 
Thats odd, I know i been away for a bit, but didnt expect bitfenix to sell a case at £33 with two fans and one of those being LED.

Is there some sort of select able jumper on the fan to turn the LED on/off.
 
So you want a DVI-I? so you can convert a DVI port to Dsub (old VGA)?

Dual link or single link?
 
basically his monitor has a VGA port, and a DVI-D port so obviously whatever wires gets that from his monitor to his new gfx card with the best quality for now until he can go buy another screen! :)
 
and all cores were running at like 50 just running youtube? whats a safe level for them to get too? as ill get an aftermarket cooler if its needed if it does go to high?
 
DVI is best as its digital, if both the gfx card and monitor have DVI ports then it doesnt matter if you use a DVI-I or DVI-D cable.


CPU core maybe a touch high, but it is warm weather and you are using the stock heatsink.

The cores are safe to 90'ish, but obviously you dont want to be going anywhere near that.
 
Just thought I'd let you know 3 pin fans can be connected to the 4 pin header on your motherboard, the 4th pin is an optional for speed control (PWM).
 
thanks mustang thats good to know ive got the rear working on one of the mobo 4 pins atm, but ill order a wire so can get the front fan working too :) and okay so what would you say is safe for his CPU? as he got a little worried when in speedfan there was the fire symbol next to his cpu cores lol :') or can you suggest me an aftermarket cooler that would fit in that case?
 
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thanks mustang thats good to know ive got the rear working on one of the mobo 4 pins atm, but ill order a wire so can get the front fan working too :) and okay so what would you say is safe for his CPU? as he got a little worried when in speedfan there was the fire symbol next to his cpu cores lol :') or can you suggest me an aftermarket cooler that would fit in that case?
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Could try:

1. Update BIOS if it's not updated (that actually can have an effect on voltage).

2. Raise the stock cooler's minimum RPM to 1400 or 50% (this is fine to do, always do it with Intel coolers - 1400 RPM or 50% rising to 100% at 70/75C).

3. Tell us how temps are then.
 
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will do danny, what flash the BIOS on the motherboard to the latest version? ive never done it before and heard many scared about it but with a usb it looks pretty simple so i think ill do that method, ill let you know about raising the stock min rpm :)
 
IIRC TJmax for your chip is 100, the temperature sensor isn't located exactly at a junction, and temperatures vary across the chip, so it's always good to consider a 5-10 degree margin, that said you'll probably experience crashing or thermal throttling before any actual chip damage occurs.

Personally I like to keep my air cooled machines under 85 at full load, Prime95 does a decent job of load testing. 40-50 with a stock cooler is fairly normal, nothing to worry about.
 
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