Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Davefran · 15 Jan 2012 at 22:29

Use CHA_FAN 2 or 3 and make sure it's set to full on in the hardware monitor section of the bios.
Or does it come with an adapter from 3 pin to molex, so you can plug it directly into the Psu.

_Jimlad_ · 15 Jan 2012 at 22:33

Davefran said:
Use CHA_FAN 2 or 3 and make sure it's set to full on in the hardware monitor section of the bios.
Or does it come with an adapter from 3 pin to molex, so you can plug it directly into the Psu.

is that best option then get a 3 pin to molex?

Davefran · 15 Jan 2012 at 22:40

Just had a quick look at a vid online and he uses one of the CHA_FAN 2 or 3 connections for the pump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO9APx2yKrg

_Jimlad_ · 15 Jan 2012 at 23:33

Davefran said:
Just had a quick look at a vid online and he uses one of the CHA_FAN 2 or 3 connections for the pump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO9APx2yKrg

nice one cheers mate

_Jimlad_ · 17 Jan 2012 at 20:10

guys does it matter what slot my Gcard is in? i have it in the top one at present. but would prefer it to be lower if it makes no odds.

stulid · 17 Jan 2012 at 20:11

Have it in the top one so it gets a full 16X, the second slot is 8X (shared from the top 16X so that then becomes 8X if a card is fitted in the second slot).

_Jimlad_ · 17 Jan 2012 at 20:34

ok i will just leave it where it is then

kmetek · 18 Jan 2012 at 07:27

which case is this?

TaKeN · 18 Jan 2012 at 07:42

kmetek said:
which case is this?

Corsair 650D.

_Jimlad_ · 18 Jan 2012 at 07:44

it's a joy to work with as well, cable management is fantastic

TaKeN · 18 Jan 2012 at 07:50

_Jimlad_ said:
it's a joy to work with as well, cable management is fantastic

It's a lovely case.. I also have one

I just wish they had added a little more space into the back panel. It's a very tight fit with lots of cables down the back

_Jimlad_ · 18 Jan 2012 at 08:03

TaKeN said:
It's a lovely case.. I also have one

I just wish they had added a little more space into the back panel. It's a very tight fit with lots of cables down the back

yes! mine is popping out! but great how they can get the front so neat. (try stuff cables under neigh the hard drive bays, seems to be a large area to feed space cables in.

zoomee · 18 Jan 2012 at 09:31

Nice clean build mate - well done jimlad

heres mine with watercooling - just waiting on the GPU block arriving:

How come you've used the USB3 drive bay thingy inside your case lol! - You do know you can mount an SSD directly onto the existing 3.5" plastic drive bay holders?

Davefran · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:47

Nice job there Jimlad, if you can't fit the Usb 3 caddy in the front of the case, there's a rear mounting bracket to give you 2 extra ports at the back

_Jimlad_ · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:01

zoomee said:
Nice clean build mate - well done jimlad

heres mine with watercooling - just waiting on the GPU block arriving:

How come you've used the USB3 drive bay thingy inside your case lol! - You do know you can mount an SSD directly onto the existing 3.5" plastic drive bay holders?

looks nice mate, and the US3 ports are just sat there in case i need them, to be fair i have the 2 at the back and dont currently have any USB3 products. i have ordered a converter to make the front USB ports go straight to the mobo. As those cables that come with the case are pass through ones and don't work with my nice neat cables

i have a SSD mounted in the 3.5 drive bay, its directly above the 2 mechanical drives

Davefran said:
Nice job there Jimlad, if you can't fit the Usb 3 caddy in the front of the case, there's a rear mounting bracket to give you 2 extra ports at the back

yeah its the massive cables that come with the case that stops me mounting the USB3

Davefran · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:26

Ahh I see, was going to suggest plugging that usb 3 caddy into the motherboard, then plug the case usb 3 into the caddy and hide it behind the back tray. But if you've ordered a neater solution that's :cool:

_Jimlad_ · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:41

Davefran said:
Ahh I see, was going to suggest plugging that usb 3 caddy into the motherboard, then plug the case usb 3 into the caddy and hide it behind the back tray. But if you've ordered a neater solution that's

yeah its a short cable that goes to the mobo and then has two USB3 ports that the cables plug into. cant link though

so can i use pci slot3 as i want the gcard lower really. but dont wanna lose speed

stock · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:58

Right, mine should be here tomorrow, with one of the Ballistix kits and a new res

_Jimlad_ · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:59

stock said:
Right, mine should be here tomorrow, with one of the Ballistix kits and a new res

cool, i flashed the bios straight away mate, worth doing before you start to much

Davefran · 18 Jan 2012 at 13:49

_Jimlad_ said:
yeah its a short cable that goes to the mobo and then has two USB3 ports that the cables plug into. cant link though

so can i use pci slot3 as i want the gcard lower really. but dont wanna lose speed

There are only 2 PCI slots lol

PCI-E 3 is only x1, do you mean PCI-E 4 ?

PCIE slots:
PCIE1 / PCIE3 (PCIE 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1
lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.
PCIE2 / PCIE4 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane
width graphics cards, or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to
support CrossFireXTM or SLITM function.
PCIE5 (PCIE 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics
cards, or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support
3-Way CrossFireXTM function.
1. In single VGA card mode, it is recommended to install a PCI Express
x16 graphics card on PCIE2 slot.
2. In CrossFireXTM mode or SLITM mode, please install PCI Express x16
graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots. Therefore, both these two
slots will work at x8 bandwidth.
3. In 3-Way CrossFireXTM mode, please install PCI Express x16
graphics cards on PCIE2, PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots. Therefore, PCIE2
and PCIE4 slots will work at x8 bandwidth while PCIE5 slot will work
at x4 bandwidth.
4. Please connect a chassis fan to motherboard chassis fan connector
(CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2 or CHA_FAN3) when using multiple
graphics cards for better thermal environment.
5. To run the PCI Express in Gen 3 speed, please must install the Ivy
Bridge CPU which supports PCI Express Gen3. If you install the
Sandy Bridge CPU, the PCI Express will run only at PCI Express Gen
2 speed

It only states PCI-E 4 is x 8 when PCI-E 2 is in use, could be worth trying it you never know