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Problems with first build...

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Zaraky

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Ok, I've got all piece, everythign was going fine maybe with little problem on and there but I could manage everything by reading... but right now i'm totally confuse about what to do. As this is the first time "i'm ordering every part and building it myself, I'm totally lost and ignorant about what's connection are for lol. Most part goes in and fit pretty well. but now, the power reste ect were a little troublesome ... but the real challenging problem is the fans and harddrive connection.

Mobo: Asrock Extreme4,
Case: Silverstone FT02
CPU: I7-3770k
CPU Cooler: Noctua D-14
PSU: Corsair Ax850
GPU: Asus gtx670

First off the Fans: The mobo has 3 chassic fans connection, 2x3pin 1x4pin, the case has 4 fan with 3pin connector, the 3pin connector are now near below the noctua. The 4pin connector is near the side fo the mobo. So how do i go about connecting 4x3pin connector to 2x3pin one?

The HD connection: Since the AX850 is modular, there alot of connection, but now if I want good cable management, to the ebst i can, it seem that the cable for the HD aren't long enough, so what to do?

Hope you guy can help me clear this out before i go crazy with this haha!
 
1) You'll need to buy a fan controller if the fans are strictly 3Pin and don't have molex
2) Accept the poorer cable management in order to connect the power to the drive.
 
there is a extension that has 2pin molex, and 3 2pin fan connector i think... so I guess I'll use that in the main time to see if everything work... then get fan controller maybe later... Or maybe it's too dangerous to even try that? lol I'm not too sure abouit it .

I'm trying to figure out how the case controller work with the motherboard and such... i need to connect it to mb then connect the fan up? That's one of the most confusing thing so far lol.
 
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Zaraky said:
there is a extension that has 2pin molex, and 3 2pin fan connector i think... so I guess I'll use that in the main time to see if everything work... then get fan controller maybe later... Or maybe it's too dangerous to even try that? lol I'm not too sure abouit it .
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Just use one or the other. Don't use both at the same time with the same fan. If it was me, I'd connect as many fans to the motherboard as possible and the rest via molex to the PSU.
Zaraky said:
I'm trying to figure out how the case controller work with the motherboard and such... i need to connect it to mb then connect the fan up? That's one of the most confusing thing so far lol.
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case controller? You mean fan controller? If so, the fan controller is externally controlled so it doesn't need to be connected to the motherboard.
 
Shrug I really don't know how the fan control work for the ft02... is there a way to plug it to the case? shrug I've been searching but not good enough... I juust know there's 4plug for the 4 fan...
 
Zaraky said:
Shrug I really don't know how the fan control work for the ft02... is there a way to plug it to the case? shrug I've been searching but not good enough... I juust know there's 4plug for the 4 fan...
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Just use the 4 plug man.
 
Ok I said everything wrong I guess.

The Case has 3 fan control, the motherboard has 3 chassis fan header, there is 4 chassis fan in total. One on top, 3 on bottom. There is alwso a "power" fan header next to the cpu fan header

Right now, I have found the molex powersupply "header" that has a extension with 2molex pin and 3x2pin for fan. So I could use these to power the top fan and the 3 header for the bottom fan...

I'm just trying to understand how the fan control of the chasis s is actually working so far.
 
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