Upgrading Finally.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,083.08 (includes shipping: £28.02)​
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Hi - the last revised list has now been bought. Panicky butterflies now about my non-existant building prowess (what hammer is best for CPU etc) but I'd like to say thanks. When you ask advice it can sometimes feel that you're being a nuisance and I am genuinely appreciative of people taking their precious time to bother to steer me in the right general direction. It's a lot of money for me and I presume most people, and I don't really want to rely on my own personal choice (which was NOTHING like the actual end result!).

So thank you and I'm sure I'll be back to let you know how I progress.
 
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Currently only partly built as the incorrect cooler was sent and then the replacement went out of stock. So whilst I have time and as a first timer I am trying to build everything correctly, I am seeking some advice about the fans.

The case Lancool II Mesh comes with three fans on the front. I also bought three fans. two of which I've placed above PSU pointing up to GPU and the third facing out of the rear. I've watched a heap of videos and whilst the ones I have seen almost show the solution, it's never quite right because I think I have different sets of pins on the two sets. One being three pin, the other four. The three stock case fans seem daisy-chained together with their RGB connectors swinging loose, the three I have bought are obviously all loose waiting to be connected up. I have a set of buttons on the case to control I presume fan speeds and modes of the stock fans.

My question is, what would be the simplest (and most correct way) be to connect both sets. I have seen a hub with 4 pin on one side and 3 on the other, but my gut tells me it would be easier to connect the three new fans to the existing stock fans and control everything via the case. I am not even sure where the stock rgb connectors go, do they all have a separate sys fan pins on the motherboard, I appear to have six in total. Out of all the things I thought I'd struggle on, fans wasn't my first thought.

Thanks in advance.
 
Finally done as I had a slight delay with a replacement cooler.

https://i.imgur.com/y6z9ISC.jpg

I've done some small upgrades on PCs but never built one. so this was a bit of a learning curve. Thought I had knackered it at one point as I was struggling to get the USB plug from the case onto the motherboard because I'd stuck two fans in the way, and I bent a pin. after sitting and looking at it for several days crying, I managed to gently straighten it and got the plug on. The hardest part for me was small plugs going onto the motherboard when it was inside the case. The videos made it look like a doddle but I had to fight every one, especially those little single front power reset things. I connected all the fans to the hub in the end as I found out they took 3 pin as well.

I turned it on and the monitor was black, after I had announced to the wife 'watch me enter the bios now and set it up' - she gave me a little smile to try and mask her disappointment and boredom. Turns out I had put the port display into the motherboard and not the GPU. Fixed it and the bios came up after a reset. I was fairly happy!

Windows went on fine and I've checked as much as I can think of like USBs, reset, power, RGB controllers etc all work so far with no crashes, resets or smoke. Cable management can wait, I don't want to ruin it, plus I'm moving into a bigger room and I'll take some pictures when it's set up.
I'm very happy with the PC, it's ridiculously fast compared to what I'm used to. Win 10 boots in a few seconds rather than 10 minutes. The little m.2 drives both work fine and fast. The only thing I was disappointed with was transferring files to a USB stick, but I presume that's the stick's fault and not the PC. M.2 to M.2, even 6GB films were instant.

Thanks again.
 
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Turns out I had put the port display into the motherboard and not the GPU
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Easy mistake to make. I did it. My brother did it on his build. I have read a few people have done it here. We can go on autopilot and just stick cables in wherever they would fit :rolleyes:

Glad you're enjoying the new build PC. Did you play about with fan speeds and check for positive pressure in the case? Have you set your XMP profile in the BIOS?
And then the real "fun" part - updating the BIOS and installing the drivers... :o
 
Just tried the Heaven one. Not entirely sure what I'm doing. Put in the settings and ran benchmark for a score of 3907. I have not touched any settings yet as it's all working and I'm from the school of Mess About, Bugger It Up. I used to play Minecraft at about 12fps, so this is an improvement.
 
Fat Bob said:
Just tried the Heaven one. Not entirely sure what I'm doing. Put in the settings and ran benchmark for a score of 3907. I have not touched any settings yet as it's all working and I'm from the school of Mess About, Bugger It Up. I used to play Minecraft at about 12fps, so this is an improvement.
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That score is good - better than the score I got on my 3060 Ti when I had it. I was very happy with that card so if yours performs along the same lines I think you'll be chuffed.
 
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