anyone knows where to get the best prices?
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Originally posted by fattyman:
either place will do, tks.
I have no idea where to find them, but they should be at SLS or Funan. You could try check the shops around there if they carry the Triplehead when you buy the rest of the parts.
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Originally posted by fattyman:
BWT does anyone know where to get the graphic expansion module, pls take a look at here.
How do we call this locally, other brand is fine for me too but most imptly prefer to power up with DC socket instead of using the USB to draw the power from the comp.
Thanks.
Very cool, Never seen before.
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mynextcom's pricelist lists down the DualHead and TripleHead. Not cheap ler. I'd just stick to HD5800 and the Eyefinity set-up.
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Originally posted by PWNED32:
Very cool, Never seen before.
cool right, backside tear :-) very expensive man !
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Originally posted by Raraken:
mynextcom's pricelist lists down the DualHead and TripleHead. Not cheap ler. I'd just stick to HD5800 and the Eyefinity set-up.
Hi Raraken, me also just check out the price, you are right its too expensive laready, we better stick to our normal graphic card, more practical.
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Hi Raraken,
Finally I've bought all the stuff to DIY myself. Spent the last 2 days trying to figure out how to put those pieces together & finally I've assembled almost 80% of the entire system.
Now the biggest problem is the PSU, I bought Antec True Power New 550W for $146, actually thought of buying the 650W but the price $185 puts me off so decided to stick with 550W, didn't know that PSU is so expensive :-(
I've managed to assemble the PSU, GPU, rams, HDD, DVD writer except the AMD CPU. Yesterday went to sls to buy one of the cpu cooler, Xigmatek - Balder SD1283 at $78, was told that its a direct heat touch thus able to dissipate the heat quite quickly. You know i know nuts about computer so dun know whether to trust the salesman or not, and now still trying to figure out how to mount the cooler on the cpu.
Firstly the psu, I've managed to connect one 24pin & one 4 pin onto the board, now left with one 8pin connector, dun knw where to connect to ?
Now the psu still left with 2 bunches of wires, 1st bunch, 2 x 3 molex connectors, 2 x 3 Serial ATA connectors, 1 x 1 PCI express connector 6pin, so how ? Pls see the PSU picture in PDF HERE. I believe the Serial ATA is for the HDD, DVD writer & eSATA connections right ? What abt the 3 molex connectors & the PCI Express ?
Another bunch I've is 5 extra wires with different 4-6 pins, SATA & 4-6 holes connectors, dun know which is for which ? Me afraid of connecting the wrong wires & end up like what you've said, entire board burnt.
Besides, behind the power unit, there are 4 more sockets, 2 red in colour (8 & 6 pin holes) whereas the other 2 are 6 holes black in colour. What is it for, connect to where ? Quite confusing here.
Also I bought the same mobo board as yours, MSI 785G-E53, I also bought the Cooler Master casing model CM 690 which comes with 4 fans. I believe those fan connectors are to be connected to the psu cables right instead of onto the mobo board ?
In fact the PSU manaul don't say much about connection that's why I'm stuck now, pls advise, tks.
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Originally posted by fattyman:
Hi Raraken,
Finally I've bought all the stuff to DIY myself. Spent the last 2 days trying to figure out how to put those pieces together & finally I've assembled almost 80% of the entire system.
Now the biggest problem is the PSU, I bought Antec True Power New 550W for $146, actually thought of buying the 650W but the price $185 puts me off so decided to stick with 550W, didn't know that PSU is so expensive :-(
I've managed to assemble the PSU, GPU, rams, HDD, DVD writer except the AMD CPU. Yesterday went to sls to buy one of the cpu cooler, Xigmatek - Balder SD1283 at $78, was told that its a direct heat touch thus able to dissipate the heat quite quickly. You know i know nuts about computer so dun know whether to trust the salesman or not, and now still trying to figure out how to mount the cooler on the cpu.
Firstly the psu, I've managed to connect one 24pin & one 4 pin onto the board, now left with one 8pin connector, dun knw where to connect to ?
Now the psu still left with 2 bunches of wires, 1st bunch, 2 x 3 molex connectors, 2 x 3 Serial ATA connectors, 1 x 1 PCI express connector 6pin, so how ? Pls see the PSU picture in PDF HERE. I believe the Serial ATA is for the HDD, DVD writer & eSATA connections right ? What abt the 3 molex connectors & the PCI Express ?
Another bunch I've is 5 extra wires with different 4-6 pins, SATA & 4-6 holes connectors, dun know which is for which ? Me afraid of connecting the wrong wires & end up like what you've said, entire board burnt.
Besides, behind the power unit, there are 4 more sockets, 2 red in colour (8 & 6 pin holes) whereas the other 2 are 6 holes black in colour. What is it for, connect to where ? Quite confusing here.
Also I bought the same mobo board as yours, MSI 785G-E53, I also bought the Cooler Master casing model CM 690 which comes with 4 fans. I believe those fan connectors are to be connected to the psu cables right instead of onto the mobo board ?
In fact the PSU manaul don't say much about connection that's why I'm stuck now, pls advise, tks.
Sure 550W enough for HD5800? I hope its 550W constant, not 550W peak. Peak and constant are 2 different wattages.
Edit: It should. ATI recommends 500W for 1.
The S1283 uses backplate attachment. You will have to fix the backplate (those flat metal pieces) onto the back of the mobo. Requires disassembly of the mobo from the casing. If the board has a backplate, unscrew it off, then fix the AM3 backplate onto the back of the socket area. If you need, I can upload pics of the process (I'm getting a cooler as well, and I need to take down serial no. so I can register warranty :P)
The 8-pin cable is the EPS 12V cable. Mainly used for power-hungry CPUs. an EPS 12V connector is just 2 of the 4-pin CPU combined. Or 1/2 the EPS connector is the 4-pin. You either plug in 1 or the other into the mobo, depending on the socket connector on the mobo. I assume you refer to the hard-wired 8-pin? Not the 6-pin+2-pin?
The cables you mentioned, which connectors go to which plug? You purchased a semi-modular PSU, meaning most of what you need is hard-wired into the unit. If you need more, then use the modular cables. I understand that one has a red 8-pin on one end, and a black 6-pin on the other. This is your PCI-Express power connector. Plug in the red end into the red 8-pin connector on the PSU and connect the black 6-pin into your graphics card.
The cables with SATA and Molex, I'm not so sure. Are they all wired into black 6-pins? So you have 2 cables with 3 molex each and 2 cables with 3 SATA each? SATA power cables are for devices using the SATA transmission interface. Basically, HDD, ODD. Molex connectors are for older peripherals, HDD or ODD, or fan controllers (Sometimes. Some controllers use floppy power instead) To use these cables, plug the 6-pin end into the 6-pin plugs. Do you have any other cables that can plug into the other red 8-pin? Seems odd, I'm not sure if the black 6-pins can plug into the red 8-pin socket. Does the users manual mention anything about this?
Plug in the cables only if you need them, anyway.
EDIT: Yes, yes it does. Whoops.
Those fans, it depends. If you want to be able to control the speed, connect them into the mobo's 3-pin headers. But be aware that the header nearest to the SATA ports will only power the fan, and won't allow fan speed control. The other 2 near the back IO ports can. I would suggest connecting the rear and side fan into the headers near the IO ports, and the rest via Molex.
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Sure 550W enough for HD5800? I hope its 550W constant, not 550W peak. Peak and constant are 2 different wattages.
Edit: It should. ATI recommends 500W for 1.
Hi Raraken,
Tks for the reply. How do you check whether if its a constant or peak 550W, damn me dun even know have such wattages exist :-(
I bought the ATI Radeon HD 4670 & it stated system requirement is 400W, I believe it requires 400W only if I play hardcore game right.Actually I just noticed that my CPU requires 140watt, I should have bought the PSU 650W come to think of it. Don't know whether 550W is enuff for me since I'm not a gamer, but I opened abt 5 applications to multi-task, wonder the power is enuff :-(
The S1283 uses backplate attachment. You will have to fix the backplate (those flat metal pieces) onto the back of the mobo. Requires disassembly of the mobo from the casing. If the board has a backplate, unscrew it off, then fix the AM3 backplate onto the back of the socket area. If you need, I can upload pics of the process (I'm getting a cooler as well, and I need to take down serial no. so I can register warranty :P)
If you dun mind the hassle, I really appreciate if you could put up the pics (step by step) to guide me along how to install the back plate & the cooler on the cpu. Sorry to you because I'm a newbie, need some guidance.
The 8-pin cable is the EPS 12V cable. Mainly used for power-hungry CPUs. an EPS 12V connector is just 2 of the 4-pin CPU combined. Or 1/2 the EPS connector is the 4-pin. You either plug in 1 or the other into the mobo, depending on the socket connector on the mobo. I assume you refer to the hard-wired 8-pin? Not the 6-pin+2-pin?
Yes, its the 8-pin hard-wired, so this should be a additional wire to me right since I mentioned earlier in my posting that I did manage to plug in a 4 pin onto the mobo. Yes or No ?
The cables you mentioned, which connectors go to which plug? You purchased a semi-modular PSU, meaning most of what you need is hard-wired into the unit. If you need more, then use the modular cables. I understand that one has a red 8-pin on one end, and a black 6-pin on the other. This is your PCI-Express power connector. Plug in the red end into the red 8-pin connector on the PSU and connect the black 6-pin into your graphics card.
I can plug in the red 8 pin into the back of psu but there isn't any 6 pin hole on my graphic card, where sholud I plug the 6 pin connector ? You can see my picture card HERE from this website.
The cables with SATA and Molex, I'm not so sure. Are they all wired into black 6-pins? So you have 2 cables with 3 molex each and 2 cables with 3 SATA each? SATA power cables are for devices using the SATA transmission interface. Basically, HDD, ODD. Molex connectors are for older peripherals, HDD or ODD, or fan controllers (Sometimes. Some controllers use floppy power instead) To use these cables, plug the 6-pin end into the 6-pin plugs. Do you have any other cables that can plug into the other red 8-pin? Seems odd, I'm not sure if the black 6-pins can plug into the red 8-pin socket. Does the users manual mention anything about this?
Ok I understand what you mean, the modular cables you mentioned is my additional bunch of wires wrapped in another pakage, so lets not talk abt the additonal wires for now.
Now I left with 1 cable with 3 Serial ATA connector (sorry my apology I mistaken it as SATA cable thus you are confused), 1 cable with 3 molex connector, 1 cable with 1 PCI-E & the last cable 8 pin which I believe is the additional connector to the mobo which I earlier used the 4 pin to connect to the mobo.
OK, now I got it already after examining for a while, the 1 cable with 3 Serial ATA should be connected to the HDD & DVD writer whereas the cable with 3 molex connector should be meant for my additional fans in the casing or other peripherals right, Raraken ?
And with 1 cable left with PCI-E, I think it is meant for any additonal gpu card since my HD 4670 doesn't come with any connector, right ?
Plug in the cables only if you need them, anyway.
EDIT: Yes, yes it does. Whoops.
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Those fans, it depends. If you want to be able to control the speed, connect them into the mobo's 3-pin headers. But be aware that the header nearest to the SATA ports will only power the fan, and won't allow fan speed control. The other 2 near the back IO ports can. I would suggest connecting the rear and side fan into the headers near the IO ports, and the rest via Molex.
So what you are trying to tell me is that the rear & the side fans connect into the 3-pin headers nearer to the I/O ports so that I can control the speed ? May I ask why the rear & side fans need controller ?
Now I have 4 fans, 1 front, 1rear & both sides 2 fans. So the rest of the fans or additional fan can connect via molex thru the psu right ?
You can take your time to load those backplate pictures because tommorow I may not have the time to login here thus I will talk to you again on Monday.
Thank you Raraken for being so helpful, appreciate that & have a nice weekend.
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Originally posted by fattyman:
Sure 550W enough for HD5800? I hope its 550W constant, not 550W peak. Peak and constant are 2 different wattages.
Edit: It should. ATI recommends 500W for 1.
Hi Raraken,
Tks for the reply. How do you check whether if its a constant or peak 550W, damn me dun even know have such wattages exist :-(
It should say so on the label. If they put MAX Combined Wattage, it means peak output. Peak output means the maximum load the PSU can handle for a brief period of time, and cannot sustain that amount for very long. Say, when you have multiple hard drives, and during spin-up, they can consume massive amounts of electricity but ONLY during initial spin-up. Constant power is what the unit can handle 24/7 for its lifespan.
I bought the ATI Radeon HD 4670 & it stated system requirement is 400W, I believe it requires 400W only if I play hardcore game right.400W is overkill. Manufacturers overestimate power requirements, since many people like to buy generic power supplies like that Chengquan Zhonggua Industrial Ltd 400W PSU (I love making names up like these XD) you saw on sale for $18 :P It requires 400W only if you have an i7 at 4.5GHz or a similarly powerful CPU. I ran my 9500GS (Slightly lower power requirement than the HD4670) and Q6600 with a 300W PSU.
Actually I just noticed that my CPU requires 140watt, I should have bought the PSU 650W come to think of it. Don't know whether 550W is enuff for me since I'm not a gamer, but I opened abt 5 applications to multi-task, wonder the power is enuff :-(
Heh, I'm using X4 955, HD4850, 3 HDD and a DVD Super Multi on a PSU rated at 500W MAX (Vantec ION 2+). The 955's TDP is only 15W lower than the 965's. Sure enough. You could run your system with a good quality 380W.
The S1283 uses backplate attachment. You will have to fix the backplate (those flat metal pieces) onto the back of the mobo. Requires disassembly of the mobo from the casing. If the board has a backplate, unscrew it off, then fix the AM3 backplate onto the back of the socket area. If you need, I can upload pics of the process (I'm getting a cooler as well, and I need to take down serial no. so I can register warranty :P)
If you dun mind the hassle, I really appreciate if you could put up the pics (step by step) to guide me along how to install the back plate & the cooler on the cpu. Sorry to you because I'm a newbie, need some guidance.
I don't mind, I've done it with the CM Hyper 212 before, I just need to get a cooler first.
The 8-pin cable is the EPS 12V cable. Mainly used for power-hungry CPUs. an EPS 12V connector is just 2 of the 4-pin CPU combined. Or 1/2 the EPS connector is the 4-pin. You either plug in 1 or the other into the mobo, depending on the socket connector on the mobo. I assume you refer to the hard-wired 8-pin? Not the 6-pin+2-pin?
Yes, its the 8-pin hard-wired, so this should be a additional wire to me right since I mentioned earlier in my posting that I did manage to plug in a 4 pin onto the mobo. Yes or No ?
Yep, additional. Try and hide it as best as you can. No one likes to see wires dangling about.
The cables you mentioned, which connectors go to which plug? You purchased a semi-modular PSU, meaning most of what you need is hard-wired into the unit. If you need more, then use the modular cables. I understand that one has a red 8-pin on one end, and a black 6-pin on the other. This is your PCI-Express power connector. Plug in the red end into the red 8-pin connector on the PSU and connect the black 6-pin into your graphics card.
I can plug in the red 8 pin into the back of psu but there isn't any 6 pin hole on my graphic card, where sholud I plug the 6 pin connector ? You can see my picture card HERE from this website.
The cables with SATA and Molex, I'm not so sure. Are they all wired into black 6-pins? So you have 2 cables with 3 molex each and 2 cables with 3 SATA each? SATA power cables are for devices using the SATA transmission interface. Basically, HDD, ODD. Molex connectors are for older peripherals, HDD or ODD, or fan controllers (Sometimes. Some controllers use floppy power instead) To use these cables, plug the 6-pin end into the 6-pin plugs. Do you have any other cables that can plug into the other red 8-pin? Seems odd, I'm not sure if the black 6-pins can plug into the red 8-pin socket. Does the users manual mention anything about this?
Ok I understand what you mean, the modular cables you mentioned is my additional bunch of wires wrapped in another pakage, so lets not talk abt the additonal wires for now.
Now I left with 1 cable with 3 Serial ATA connector (sorry my apology I mistaken it as SATA cable thus you are confused), 1 cable with 3 molex connector, 1 cable with 1 PCI-E & the last cable 8 pin which I believe is the additional connector to the mobo which I earlier used the 4 pin to connect to the mobo.
OK, now I got it already after examining for a while, the 1 cable with 3 Serial ATA should be connected to the HDD & DVD writer whereas the cable with 3 molex connector should be meant for my additional fans in the casing or other peripherals right, Raraken ?
And with 1 cable left with PCI-E, I think it is meant for any additonal gpu card since my HD 4670 doesn't come with any connector, right ?
Yep, the SATA (Or Serial ATA) power cables are connected to any HDD or DVD Burner, while the molex goes to any peripheral or fans that aren't connected to headers. The PCI-E is meant for a more power hungry card, your 4670 is quite tame.
Plug in the cables only if you need them, anyway.
EDIT: Yes, yes it does. Whoops.
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I was referring to the modular cables being able to plug into any socket on the PSU itself, if the black 6-pins can connect to the red 8-pins
Those fans, it depends. If you want to be able to control the speed, connect them into the mobo's 3-pin headers. But be aware that the header nearest to the SATA ports will only power the fan, and won't allow fan speed control. The other 2 near the back IO ports can. I would suggest connecting the rear and side fan into the headers near the IO ports, and the rest via Molex.
So what you are trying to tell me is that the rear & the side fans connect into the 3-pin headers nearer to the I/O ports so that I can control the speed ? May I ask why the rear & side fans need controller ?
It's best to be able to control fan speed, since high speed fans at full speed can be pretty annoying. Typically, the fans that come with CM casings spin at 1k rpm, which isn't loud. Control is needed when dealing with more powerful fans though.
Also, this reduces cable clutter, since you don't have the PSU cables extending down to allow the fan cables to connect to it.
Now I have 4 fans, 1 front, 1rear & both sides 2 fans. So the rest of the fans or additional fan can connect via molex thru the psu right ?
If you have 1 rear, 1 front and 2 side, I would suggest the rear and 2 side fans be connected to headers, and the front be connected via Molex. So,
Rear fan uses Fan Header 1
Side fan 1 uses Fan Header 2
Side fan 2 uses fan header 3
Front fan via PSU molex.
I will try and make it clearer when I fix the cooler.
You can take your time to load those backplate pictures because tommorow I may not have the time to login here thus I will talk to you again on Monday.
So I assume you are using the stock cooler? Noisy bugger :P
Thank you Raraken for being so helpful, appreciate that & have a nice weekend.
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Meh, instructions turned out too dark.
I'm using the Xigmatek Red Scorpion S1283.
Basically, you should have 2 sets of retention in the package. Push-pins and a clip. The clip is for AMD platforms. The metal frame of the clip should fit neatly in the grooves at the base of the heatsink. After applying the thermal grease, position the base on top of the CPU, then, just like the original stock cooler, hook both ends of the retention clip onto the mounting mechanism and push the locking pin down.
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Well, I tot that SLS price can be found over at HWZ?
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Originally posted by Raraken:
Meh, instructions turned out too dark.
I'm using the Xigmatek Red Scorpion S1283.
Basically, you should have 2 sets of retention in the package. Push-pins and a clip. The clip is for AMD platforms. The metal frame of the clip should fit neatly in the grooves at the base of the heatsink. After applying the thermal grease, position the base on top of the CPU, then, just like the original stock cooler, hook both ends of the retention clip onto the mounting mechanism and push the locking pin down.
Hi bro,
Yes finally I can fix the cpu cooler, actually the metal frame is meant for Intel mobo cos the frame doesn't fix into my mobo irrespective of what direction I placed it, somehow the hole on the metal frame doesn't fix the mobo at all.
The black plastic plate on the mobo (shld be the back plate usually what you guys called) should not be dismantled, I just have to use those clips provided by the cooler & placed the base of the cooler on top of the cpu like what you've just explained above.
Now all done, I guess next will be the BIOS settings the loading of OS. Let me see the manual if I'm able to do the settings, if I can't, I'll post it here again, thanks Raraken.
BTW dun bother to upload those pics, assembly all done now
How much is Win XP, you happen to know where can I purchase it ?
Thanks.
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can go donload windows 7 from bittorrent.
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Originally posted by fattyman:
Hi bro,
Yes finally I can fix the cpu cooler, actually the metal frame is meant for Intel mobo cos the frame doesn't fix into my mobo irrespective of what direction I placed it, somehow the hole on the metal frame doesn't fix the mobo at all.
The black plastic plate on the mobo (shld be the back plate usually what you guys called) should not be dismantled, I just have to use those clips provided by the cooler & placed the base of the cooler on top of the cpu like what you've just explained above.
Now all done, I guess next will be the BIOS settings the loading of OS. Let me see the manual if I'm able to do the settings, if I can't, I'll post it here again, thanks Raraken.
BTW dun bother to upload those pics, assembly all done now
How much is Win XP, you happen to know where can I purchase it ?
Thanks.
Don't bother with XP. 7 is the way to go. $170 for Windows 7 Home Premium.
Anyway, if you really want XP, its getting hard to find now. SLS should have some in stock, but that one also if you lucky.
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Originally posted by Raraken:
Don't bother with XP. 7 is the way to go. $170 for Windows 7 Home Premium.
Anyway, if you really want XP, its getting hard to find now. SLS should have some in stock, but that one also if you lucky.
Definitely I can't buy the Win 7 because most of my current softwares are not compatible thus have to go for XP.
BTW I just found out that your Red Scorpion S1283 has the same dimension as mine.
Did you notice that if you were to fix the cooler, it'll potrude out & occupy the space of DIMM slots 1 & 2 thus we are unable to use both of these slots except DIMM 3 & 4. I guess this cooler is not entirely meant for AM 3 socket but is AM 3 ready otherwise how could this kind of problem exists
or maybe I placed it in the wrong direction, which is which, how to overcome this problem ?Pls see the video HERE, their cooler can fix in nicely without blocking the DIMM slots.
I should have bought Prolimatech cooler, looks cool.
Thanks.
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Originally posted by caleb_chiang:
Well, I tot that SLS price can be found over at HWZ?
yep, will check it out at HWZ.
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Originally posted by HyuugaNeji:
can go donload windows 7 from bittorrent.
I prefer XP, used to it & still can use my current software.
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Originally posted by fattyman:
Definitely I can't buy the Win 7 because most of my current softwares are not compatible thus have to go for XP.
BTW I just found out that your Red Scorpion S1283 has the same dimension as mine.
Did you notice that if you were to fix the cooler, it'll potrude out & occupy the space of DIMM slots 1 & 2 thus we are unable to use both of these slots except DIMM 3 & 4. I guess this cooler is not entirely meant for AM 3 socket but is AM 3 ready otherwise how could this kind of problem exists
or maybe I placed it in the wrong
direction, which is which, how to overcome this problem ?Pls see the video HERE, their cooler can fix in nicely without blocking the DIMM slots.
I should have bought Prolimatech cooler, looks cool.
Thanks.
That's an Intel platform. Its just the way that AMD chooses to mount its coolers that we have to mount it like we do. Intel platforms have no problem.I don't mind the blocked DIMM slots. If you really find the need for 8GB of RAM, there exist low-profile DIMMs to allow users to use these large cooler as well as use the slots underneath the cooler.
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Originally posted by Raraken:
That's an Intel platform. Its just the way that AMD chooses to mount its coolers that we have to mount it like we do. Intel platforms have no problem.I don't mind the blocked DIMM slots. If you really find the need for 8GB of RAM, there exist low-profile DIMMs to allow users to use these large cooler as well as use the slots underneath the cooler.
Hi Raraken,
Sorry for the late reply. If we were to mount it the AMD way(blocking those 2 DIMM slots), the cooler fan & the casing fan will not be facing the same direction, one will be facing west & the other facing north & I wonder whether the casing fan is able to draw out the heatair within the casing itself. It looks strange to me if both the fans are not facing the same direction, just my personal opinion though.
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Originally posted by fattyman:
Hi Raraken,
Sorry for the late reply. If we were to mount it the AMD way(blocking those 2 DIMM slots), the cooler fan & the casing fan will not be facing the same direction, one will be facing west & the other facing north & I wonder whether the casing fan is able to draw out the heatair within the casing itself. It looks strange to me if both the fans are not facing the same direction, just my personal opinion though.
If your casing has intake fans on the side panel, there shouldn't be any problem. The air comes in via the side fan, and cools the northbridge/GPU, and is either vented out via the rear exhaust or gets taken in by the Balder's fan before getting exhausted by the PSU (If top mounted).Kinda strange to me too, but Xigmatek designed it to be used in conjunction with a side intake fan situated near the cooler.
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Originally posted by Raraken:
If your casing has intake fans on the side panel, there shouldn't be any problem. The air comes in via the side fan, and cools the northbridge/GPU, and is either vented out via the rear exhaust or gets taken in by the Balder's fan before getting exhausted by the PSU (If top mounted).Kinda strange to me too, but Xigmatek designed it to be used in conjunction with a side intake fan situated near the cooler.
ok, will try to fix all the fans & enter into the BIOS & see how it goes, thanks.
BTW I just bought the Win XP from Bell System at $128, I asked the boss what is the difference between OEM & retail package, he explained to me sincerely & I found him quite an honest & nice guy unlike the young fellow at Bizgram talking utter nonsense to me.
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Hi Raraken,
It looks like I'm unable to do the BIOS settings by myself, perhaps you can help me by listing down what should I enter in the BIOS setup.
Once again, thanks.
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Originally posted by fattyman:
Hi Raraken,
It looks like I'm unable to do the BIOS settings by myself, perhaps you can help me by listing down what should I enter in the BIOS setup.
Once again, thanks.
Which BIOS settings do you need to do?
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Originally posted by Raraken:
Which BIOS settings do you need to do?
I've assembled everything & I believe next is to power on the computer & go into BIOS right ?
Which settings should I do ?
Thanks.
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Originally posted by fattyman:
I've assembled everything & I believe next is to power on the computer & go into BIOS right ?
Which settings should I do ?
Thanks.
Power on the computer, and install OS, everything etc. Then after that you can go fiddle with BIOS.
One thing to note: If you don't know what things do, then leave it like that. I've got a somehow dead board/CPU after a BSOD. Not to say overclocking shouldn't be done, just that you need to fully know the risks that come with it. If you have RAM that is certified to run at 1600MHz, and you have a good cooler, just use the Easy OC switch. The board will automatically configure itself and it will be stable, since voltages are taken care of. Yep.
If you use the same RAM as I do (Team Xtreem 1600MHz), after using the Easy OC switch, you will need to configure the memory.
After you are in the BIOS, select Cell Menu, then scroll down to Memory Configuration or whatever is underneath Memory-Z. Select the first option, and select DCT 1. A whole line of options should now be available to you.
The things you will want to take note of is CAS Latency (CL), tRCD, tRP and tRAS as well as Command Rate. On the RAM box there is a sticker about the speeds of the RAM in the format CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS CR(eg. 7-7-7-21 2T)