My build: i5-4690K & GTX 970, maybe M.2 SSD?

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Any idea 'what single' piece means for the Fractal 605 on hardwareversand? The cheaper one says single piece, maybe simply that they only have one remaining?

Ninjah Tigah

dusf wrote: »

Any idea 'what single' piece means for the Fractal 605 on hardwareversand? The cheaper one says single piece, maybe simply that they only have one remaining?

Exactly that.

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€1070, saved about €25 with vouchers

Will order tomorrow or Friday, whenever paid! Thanks again, we got there in the end!

Ninjah Tigah

dusf wrote: »

€1070, saved about €25 with vouchers

Will order tomorrow or Friday, whenever paid! Thanks again, we got there in the end!

No problem what so ever, best of luck with the build, hope it all goes smoothly.

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Balls! MSI GTX 970 and RAM gone out of stock from Hardwareversand, probably because of black Friday! Just going to double check prices once more against British suppliers, then order everything including Noctua NH-L12 from Hardwareversand, and then GTX 970, RAM, and an extra 120mm fan and two extra 80mm fans somewhere else.

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I see that Gigabyte card also has no WiFI, would there be room for some sort of internal wifi card somewhere if it had two GTX 970s in it?

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So we are mid build right now. I was very worried last night as I could not get the motherboard to fit onto the stand offs with the I/O plate and the antistatic cushion on the back of the plate. Then today I discovered it takes significant force to get the plate to snap/click onto the hole for it in the case, I had been trying to fit everything in with the plate on the hole but not secured to it.

I have the processor in already, and I am next going to fit the RAM, cooler, graphics card and the solid state drives.

From what I can see there are three PCIExpress slots, one labelled PCIE4, another PCIE8, and another PCIE16. Does it matter which slot I use or is it just whichever one leaves enough room for the other components etc?

game4it70

Thise i/o plates can be a right pita sometimes.Use the top pcie slot (x16).

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Thanks graphics card is in the PCIE16 slot which would be top if this were a tower.

For the front panel cables, I looked at the schematic in the manual and at the markings on the board, and I have the Power LED - and + cables connected but there is a pin between them, that appears to do nothing, is this not strange?

Also, for the Power Switch, I have it connected also, there are two pins marked - and + for it on the board but the cables are connected as one cable and there are no markings which is which, best way to know just to see if it works?

The case came with two 120mm fans but I bought an extra one and two 80mm. The two fans that came with the case were already connected up to the fan controller and there was a spare cable from the controller so I plugged the extra 120mm into that. Is there anyway to connect them all up to the controller, maybe with two Y cables? Would I be better off with all fans connected to the board for automatic control?

I now have the two 80mm cables connected up to the board, but the connectors on them are only for three pins and all of the fan ports on the board are 4 pins so there is an extra pin free where I have made the connections, is this okay?

Any idea where the connector in the picture below goes? It comes from the front panel and I have not been able to find anywhere on the board or power supply to connect it?

Luck100

dusf wrote: »

For the front panel cables, I looked at the schematic in the manual and at the markings on the board, and I have the Power LED - and + cables connected but there is a pin between them, that appears to do nothing, is this not strange?

Nope, they are often in an irregular pattern with some pins missing. For LED make sure you connect + and - to the correct pins, don't get them switched around. You case manual will tell you which wires are which, and you motherboard manual will tell you which pins are which. Usually black/white wires are negative and colored wires are positive.

dusf wrote: »

Also, for the Power Switch, I have it connected also, there are two pins marked - and + for it on the board but the cables are connected as one cable and there are no markings which is which, best way to know just to see if it works?

Again, check your case manual to be sure. Usually + and - for the power switch doesn't matter.

dusf wrote: »

The case came with two 120mm fans but I bought an extra one and two 80mm. The two fans that came with the case were already connected up to the fan controller and there was a spare cable from the controller so I plugged the extra 120mm into that. Is there anyway to connect them all up to the controller, maybe with two Y cables? Would I be better off with all fans connected to the board for automatic control?

I now have the two 80mm cables connected up to the board, but the connectors on them are only for three pins and all of the fan ports on the board are 4 pins so there is an extra pin free where I have made the connections, is this okay?

If you have spare case fan connections on the motherboard, you can just use those. It's ok to plug a 3-pin fan into a 4-pin fan connector. 4-pin fans are PWM fans - they use the fourth pin to control the fan speed via a control signal. A 3-pin fan fill just run at full speed when plugged in to a 4-pin connector. You need a voltage control to change the speed on a 3-pin fan - I think some motherboards can do that but many don't. If your case fan control has speed adjustments it will do voltage control.

dusf wrote: »

Any idea where the connector in the picture below goes? It comes from the front panel and I have not been able to find anywhere on the board or power supply to connect it?

That's a molex power connector, it's the older style of PC power connector. If it's part of your case it may be used to supply power to your case fan controller. Anyway it connects directly to your power supply - just look for the PSU cable that fits.

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Thanks, the fans only started working with the molex connected.

Thanks to all who helped, build completed and powered on first time, albeit without the fans initially

I am creating a new overclocking thread for the build which will contain pictures.

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That thread is now located here: First time overclock: i5-4690K, MSI GTX 970, Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5?