Upgrading to AM5 and need advice for RAM and misc
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To be fair I like my PC to be fast.l and have a theme.
My car is a 2004 skoda
I'll give you a couple months and then you get some ql's for the aio also ha ha..I lasted 5 mins before switching them out. I've got the rm1000x shift in my 011d build, the non shift in the older 5000x build. They're both good psu's. the shift will make plugging in stuff a lot easier.
Couple of thing to be aware of during build. The top aio and fans. Make sure you feed through the fan wires and plug in the cpu power etc before you put the aio into place the bracket comes off so you can do it out of case, but once you put the aio back into the case, there's not a lot of room up there to feed any wires through, best do it before
Also, take you time getting the wire shroud off before anything else..it's fiddly and you'll need a small screwdriveras some of the screws are in hard to reach places.
So the back of the case there's a pwr 6 port unit and a 6 port rgb core unit. I used the rgb unit to plug the 3 rgb headers from the aio, the other 6 fans rgb plugged into another rgb core that'll come with the ql fan triple pack. the pwr wires for the 6 fans i plugged into the commander pro unit, the usb connections from the 2 rgb core to the commander pro also. the power for the fans went into splitter and run direct from the mobo if my memories right (i was using a 360mm corsair h150i pro xt).
have fun with the build, and put a pic up when finished. Be nice to see a fellow 5000x case
Couple of thing to be aware of during build. The top aio and fans. Make sure you feed through the fan wires and plug in the cpu power etc before you put the aio into place the bracket comes off so you can do it out of case, but once you put the aio back into the case, there's not a lot of room up there to feed any wires through, best do it before
Also, take you time getting the wire shroud off before anything else..it's fiddly and you'll need a small screwdriveras some of the screws are in hard to reach places.
So the back of the case there's a pwr 6 port unit and a 6 port rgb core unit. I used the rgb unit to plug the 3 rgb headers from the aio, the other 6 fans rgb plugged into another rgb core that'll come with the ql fan triple pack. the pwr wires for the 6 fans i plugged into the commander pro unit, the usb connections from the 2 rgb core to the commander pro also. the power for the fans went into splitter and run direct from the mobo if my memories right (i was using a 360mm corsair h150i pro xt).
have fun with the build, and put a pic up when finished. Be nice to see a fellow 5000x case
I might have to appologise here...just watching a build in the new corsair 6500 case...got me thinking as it was with a 360mm corsair aio, so looked up the cappellix xt aio you have to check whats in the box, and it comes with a commander core controller in the box. So please don't open the commander pro, and if you haven't actually pulled the trigger on it, hold off for sec. You might be able to wire it all up without the need for the pro. I think the commander core allows 6 rgb and 6 pwr inputs, which will get the 6 intakes sorted...and use the existing connection for the other fans that come with the case...only thing I'm not sure about is the connection on the commander core...the controllers on the rgb hub etc are usb, and you get 2 headers on the mobo..if the commander core attaches via usd and aio usb, you'll be short( so you might need the pro anyway)...but worth having a look first
I am going to hold on opening the comander box then. Sort out the rest first then open the box.
PS: decided to go for 2x32 vengeance icue version. Got it from amazon
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You did ask for an update. I finaly got some free time to instal it. It's been years since I've done this and with corsair having no manuals I had to spend time on research.
Took me a good 6 hours. And I still have cable management to do.
Also realised that I hate 120 upfront so I will upgrade to ql140.³
After 5 hours
You did ask for an update. I finaly got some free time to instal it. It's been years since I've done this and with corsair having no manuals I had to spend time on research.
Took me a good 6 hours. And I still have cable management to do.
Also realised that I hate 120 upfront so I will upgrade to ql140.³
After 5 hours
That photo brings back memories... a work in progress. I found having the diagram of the mobo open on a tablet or laptop helped a bit, if you have one of those around. you can get that from the asus website..def helphed when plugging in all those little cable bottom right of the moboSurprisingly that was the easiest thing. Gigabyte comes with a easy to use plastic doohickey. You only fail if you dont know how to read.
This thing
Now my issue is. I'm decided to use comander pro. Although it was not needed, it looked better that what the case came with:
These ugly things
so just opened the comander pro i got from amazon and it's missing cables.. sigh... wonderfull
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/5000x-build-2021.18937759/ you'll just have to scroll down to see the pic with the cables at back when finished
so on mine used the pro, 1 rgb core and the pwn controller from the case...unscrewed the other rgb controller that looked like **** and used one that came with the fans. so you using the commander core that came with the aio as well as the pro?
Well I kinda have to. Since there are 10 fans in the case.
Since im returning the comander pro as its missing cables( I don't trust its not faulty at this point since its open box)
I'm thinking of ordering the pro XT. It should fit nicely the rest of my 4 QL fans.
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Nice, that's a looker. I'm liking the shiny ship.
I decided to buy a new desk also so I can gawk at my new toy. Old desk had the rig under it.
New Gaming Environment
Open Case
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that a red devil 7900xtx? looks a beast
Yes. Looks amazing. And after much, much, much research I found I like this one the most. Plus very nice performance
Looks even more chunky than my old 2080ti oc extreme and that card was not small at all.
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just got home..by the way, none of the led's on the outer ring of your ql's are on. is that intentional?
That was because icue was not installed. That picture was just after I turned it on.
Now all is good.