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First Ever Build/Desktop

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    #32
    Digital Solitude
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    Where are the cables from, and if PSU cables what's stamped on them?


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    #33
    Officer Giggles
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    There's a cable for USB and one for USB 3.0, I also don't seem to have a cable to go into the graphics card, all I've done to that is slot it into place


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    #34
    Digital Solitude
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    They go into a rectangularly port at the bottom of the motherboard for them, check the manual for the pin placements.

    They're optional anyways, for the front USB. Christ I hate those pins.

    The GPU cable comes from the PSU, it has GPU stamped I think. The data goes through where its slotted in


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    #35
    Officer Giggles
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    The cables I have seem to be too big, I might have a cable with room for 8 pins but the mobo doesn't have any 8 pin clusters left


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    #36
    Digital Solitude
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    Ah the USB 3.0 one goes towards the back of the GPU on the board, above it. It's close to the 24pinz connector, I forget its a different connection. Not all boards have the connection


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    #37
    Officer Giggles
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    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    Ah the USB 3.0 one goes towards the back of the GPU on the board, above it. It's close to the 24pinz connector, I forget its a different connection. Not all boards have the connection

    My board has two physical USB 3.0 ports however I don't believe it has any connectors to support the 3.0 port on the front of my case. Would that be possible?


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    #38
    Digital Solitude
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    The two USB 3.0s are at the back of the board is it? I don't fully follow


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    #39
    Officer Giggles
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    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    The two USB 3.0s are at the back of the board is it? I don't fully follow

    Yea sorry, there's two USB 3.0 ports at the back, the rear panel I/O, my case then has two on it at the front with a cable coming from them, I'm confident enough to say that my board doesn't have a 3.0 connector on it so do I just leave the cable hanging there


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    #40
    Digital Solitude
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    Pretty much, nothing can be done with it in that case


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    #41
    grindle
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    You can get an adapter to convert the USB 3 ports on the front of the case to USB 2 sockets if your mobo only has 2.0 connectors.


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    #42
    brady23
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    http://www.adverts.ie/desktops/i7-4790k-16gb-gtx-970-g1-ssd-128gb-mini-itx/9502536

    Hi guys considering buying this machine with a 980 gpu in it? Thoughts?? Potential issues etc?? Anything I'm missing?


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    #43
    Digital Solitude
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    It's got a 970 yeah? Serious machine, good price, I wouldn't hold back as he's a good seller


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    #44
    brady23
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    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    It's got a 970 yeah? Serious machine, good price, I wouldn't hold back as he's a good seller

    Hes gonna change it for a 980 and we do something on the price


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    #45
    Officer Giggles
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    Lads I really appreciate all the help so far.

    I'm at the final hurdle of the actual building part, the fans.

    My case has 5 fans. Three of these have Molex connectors and the other two have three pin connectors.

    My motherboard has 1 four pin header for the chassis fans.

    I have a PSU cable that can take four Molex connections and has a floppy connector on the end.

    I presume I connect the Molex fans with the cable from the PSU and disregard the floppy.

    Do I need to get a splitter cable of some sort to join up the other two fans and connect them to the motherboard?


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