Topic: Thinking of a new build...

[Rik]

I think it's more coruscating than scintillating... 

[mistybear]

I dont think I have ever had a tube with either a CPU or a motherboard.
I have had some coolers that came with a small sachet of paste and some that had the film already applied to the cooler, which one of my friends scraped off thinking it was some kind of protective coating 

That's right, I've just remembered, the Arctic Freezer Pro 7's did come with a film of paste on them, seems like a lifetime ago. And no I didn't scrap it off. 

Stock heatsinks have a thermal pad on them out of the box so thermal paste is not needed,it makes it easier for the typical noob to install.

We managed quite well, but I don't know if I would consider myself a "noob", and I'm definitely not typical. 

Hope it goes well Simon. 

[gmax]

Intel & AMD have to put thermal pads on their stock heatsinks, otherwise how many people would forget to use thermal paste.
Then cook their CPU's and try to claim warranty?

[Simon]

Good point, Gmax. 

[Simon]

Bloody hell!!!  It's started already!!!  The deliberate manufacturer's wind up, the misplacement of connectors, bleeding motherboard screws!!! 



Right, mobo is in, CPU is on, Heatsink is on.  Started to connect up wires, and the first one I find is an 8 pin power connector for the CPU.  Only there's two.  One is labelled P2, and white, the other is labelled P4 and black.  Now, I thought (assumed) I would need P4, but that one won't fit, and only the white P2 connector does, even though they look identical, so I've had to use that.

Next thing... in the mobo instructions, it tells you to connect a 4 pin power connector to a socket towards the rear of the board, to power the USBs.  OK, fine, but if I connect that, the other two power connectors won't reach the drives, so I won't have enough connectors for them! 

[Sandra]

You will need a molex to molex extender cable Simon.
I would leave the USB disconnected until I have the pc up and running, if you havent got a spare molex to molex cable.

[Simon]

Why can't they bloody provide one??     That's what I'll have to do though, San.  How annoying!!

[Camstop]

Where's Tony when you need him! 


Chuckle 

[Simon]

I did PM him when I started the thread, but he either hasn't received or can't be arsed. 

[Sandra]

They dont know which case or PSU you are using Simon.
Asus are usually pretty good at having lots of cables in their mobos but maybe not so hot on molex ones.

[gmax]

I'm not surprised, the "Coolermaster Extreme Power 550W" is the lower quality line of coolermaster psu's.

[Simon]

Right, I give up!  The graphics card has no power connector, and won't fit in the slot, because there's a bloody 1394 connector in the way, whatever the hell that is.   Can you use an AGP graphics card in a PCI-E slot?  Bet you can't, as that would be far too easy. 

[gmax]

1394 is Firewire, AGP into a PCI-E slot?, sorry thats a no go.

[mistybear]

Why doesn't it have a power connector, I remember we had trouble finding the power connection on Michael's new mobo.

[gmax]

You don't need a power connector for that card.