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10. September 2008 @ 22:48 |
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Quick question, what is the proper way to hook up two case fans when you only have one plug on the MB. I figure it involves slicing and dicing, but I want to be sure before I do.
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10. September 2008 @ 23:49 |
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@ GM
Here are the pics you asked for. Yes I got the AC7. I went with the micro-atx board and only have two mem. slots. What I was talking about is if I rotate the cooler 180 then the fan covers up one slot. The main thing I worry about is that it covers up about half the case fan and I am afraid that they will work against each other. But unless I want to just put the stock intel sink and fan in there and put this one in a drawer then that is the only way it will fit.
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10. September 2008 @ 23:56 |
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You can use a 2-way splitter. I'm sure you can find one in your little town.. hehehe. :P
3-pin Y
molex power to 2 3-pin Y
these were the quickest links I could find. you might try coolerguys.com or google. ;)
NO really. If you look at the fans you chose there should be a 4-pin molex adapter that you can use for power. I would make sure you get the rear fan set to full power before I did the front fan. Exhaust in this case is more important than intake. :P NO pun intended of course. :D
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11. September 2008 @ 00:03 |
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So you think the cooler install will be okay?
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11. September 2008 @ 00:04 |
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LOL..
You posted that as I was replying to the other one. :P
The fan covering the RAM slot is NO big deal if you can install the RAM w/o the fan touching the RAM. ;)
If you actually have to install the fan that way make dang sure it's blowing OUT of the case. You know toward the rear!! I'm hoping you can install the other way and the RAM be clear tho. How did you do with the TP (thermal paste) install with the cooler?? :D
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11. September 2008 @ 00:11 |
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It wont clear the ram, tried every way I could think of. The direction of blow, don't sound right but you know what I mean, I think is the wrong way, toward the front. But I don't know how to fix it. The thermal paste I installed according to directions. I used Artic Silver 5. I hope it is still alright after I had to rearrange the cooler like I did. Open to any other suggestions.
Edit: Checked and it does indeed blow toward the front.:( Be back later, going to kick the dog or whatever else I can find.
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11. September 2008 @ 00:38 |
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The EGG is very good about RMA's. You might go that route if you can. There are other good coolers that have a smaller "footprint" that the ACF7. ;)
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I was looking at these coolers but w/o an actual review it's difficult to tell if it will fit your mobo and all. I included the ACF7 for comparison. I looks as tho the Rosewill and Thermaltake might fit. :P I like the ASUS for the money and it looks like it doesn't stick out as far as the ACF7.
good luck....
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11. September 2008 @ 07:15 |
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The cooler's back to front, the case fan is blowing in the opposite direction to the CPU cooler. Put it the other way round, assuming you can. It's normal for the CPU heatsink to be on top of the RAM, etc.
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11. September 2008 @ 12:23 |
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@ sam
Yeah it won't fit the other way, I have tried.
Is there any reason why the stock heatsink and fan will not be sufficient for now? Especially since I dont plan to OC at all. I just don't want to order a different cooler and have the same problems.
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11. September 2008 @ 12:45 |
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fergie it'll work but don't do anything silly with it like OC and stuff. I would try it and see how it does with the progies that you use and evaluate from there. I don't see a problem as long as you're NOT trying to run NASA or OC FTW!! lol. :P
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11. September 2008 @ 12:52 |
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Put it vertically then, the freezer 7 cooler can go in four different directions.
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11. September 2008 @ 13:39 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Put it vertically then, the freezer 7 cooler can go in four different directions.
That's true Sammy but is the air gonna flow correctly? If you have to install it vertically I would look at a downward blowing fan personally and adding a side exhaust fan as well. jm2¢...
good luck again...
btw you need to clean the heatsink and start again with the TP. :)
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11. September 2008 @ 13:42 |
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When I did it I had it upward blowing into the PSU. Obviously this can only be done with a well coled/well made PSU though.
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11. September 2008 @ 13:55 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
When I did it I had it upward blowing into the PSU. Obviously this can only be done with a well coled/well made PSU though.
Scroll up and see what we BOTH recommended to him. lol. :P I think you could do that especially if NO OC is involved and since it's a cool running chip anyway. ;) NOTHING like the Q6600. :P
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17. September 2008 @ 23:42 |
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sam I am pretty sure that I read somewhere that you had at least one gigabyte motherboard, as for GM, I don't know. But the reason I ask is I was wondering what your thoughts were regarding the Easy Tune 5, program that come with the board. It allows you to do many things such as fan speeds and monitor temps as well as overclock without entering the bios. I was thinking of maybe doing some low scale experiments OC, but I don't know anything about it. This program allows for simpletons such as myself to make small changes easily, but I would like to know what you guys think first. I am sure no self respecting OverClocker would consider such a thing to use, but but I have no self respect in that area so it wouldn't bother me at all.:)
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18. September 2008 @ 02:14 |
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Originally posted by ferguj1:
sam I am pretty sure that I read somewhere that you had at least one gigabyte motherboard, as for GM, I don't know. But the reason I ask is I was wondering what your thoughts were regarding the Easy Tune 5, program that come with the board. It allows you to do many things such as fan speeds and monitor temps as well as overclock without entering the bios. I was thinking of maybe doing some low scale experiments OC, but I don't know anything about it. This program allows for simpletons such as myself to make small changes easily, but I would like to know what you guys think first. I am sure no self respecting OverClocker would consider such a thing to use, but but I have no self respect in that area so it wouldn't bother me at all.:)
Yeh I got one. :P GA-P35-DS3P coupled with an E6850 @ 3.6GHz. ;)
I wouldn't use the "Easy Tune 5" if it were me, but you're not me. lol. I'm sure we can walk you thru a little OC if you want to. You might also google your mobo and OC and see what you get. OC'in is easy if you know sorta what you're doing. lol. Huh Sammy?? :D
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18. September 2008 @ 07:54 |
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I've owned two Gigabyte boards (so far) and while I like the boards a lot, I don't like Easy tune. Software overclocking is rubbish, and the rest of easytune can be done better using Everest or Speedfan.
It's also worth mentioning that while overclocking results on Gigabyte boards aren't quite as awesome as that with Asus boards, it's very simple and easy to do...
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18. September 2008 @ 08:36 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
I've owned two Gigabyte boards (so far) and while I like the boards a lot, I don't like Easy tune. Software overclocking is rubbish, and the rest of easytune can be done better using Everest or Speedfan.
It's also worth mentioning that while overclocking results on Gigabyte boards aren't quite as awesome as that with Asus boards, it's very simple and easy to do...
Sammy is a little more direct than I am. lol. I agree except I only have 1 GB mobo. ;) It's a good one tho. :D
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21. September 2008 @ 13:43 |
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Ok I have a couple new questions:
1) I tried googling about OC my motherboard but I don't have much confidence in the info I came up with. So if you guys could point me in a different direction or drop a few pointers I would appreciate it.
2) I have two almost brand new components from mt old system that I want to use on the new, but they are both IDE devices. One HDD and one ODD. I already put the HDD internally plugged into the IDE controller and I know that you should not put both on the same controller especially if want to burn to and from. What do you guys recommend for my ODD? A PCI Controller card or a USB external enclosure? From what I have seen the price is actually close to the same for both but I want to know which is better.
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21. September 2008 @ 15:12 |
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USB DVD drives work really well to my surprise, but I'm not convinced about burning, I only used them for reading and installing OSes (much easier than an internal drive with a Gigabyte board - their pickup of bootable Internal DVD drives is poor). USB HDDs do everything but at a greatly reduced speed, max of 30MB/s over USB rather than the full 60-70 over IDE. A PCI controller card will also be subject to a speed limitation, but not as badly, and if you use it with your DVD drive (even 22x DVD drives only max out at 30.5MB/s) it will work perfectly - just note, PCI controller cards do add a substantial period of time it takes for your PC to bootup, especially if they can do RAID - try to get one without, if you can.
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21. September 2008 @ 23:43 |
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22. September 2008 @ 00:06 |
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I think that one will work just fine. :)
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26. September 2008 @ 16:39 |
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It's also worth mentioning that while overclocking results on Gigabyte boards aren't quite as awesome as that with Asus boards, it's very simple and easy to do...
Not quite as awesome? I'm at 3.4GHz with plenty of headroom. I think it's more like just as awesome if not better.
And agreed. Software OCing is crap. I bought my X38 for the hardware, not the software.
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It received pretty good reviews across the board and Rosewill seems to have very good customer support. I will wait for opinions from you guys before I order. Thanks.
Rosewill is actually Newegg's own "in-house" brand of hardware. They seem to be of solid quality and have the legendary Newegg customer service. So I think you could be safe getting that card.
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26. September 2008 @ 16:42 |
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But Rosewill PSUs on the other hand, are death in a box.
As for the overclocks, look at the BIOSes on our X38-DS4 and then on a Rampage Formula. The Asus is miles nicer to OC with, if a little scary...
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26. September 2008 @ 16:47 |
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Only because they have near unlimited settings... I think that just makes them dangerous to OC with if you don't know what you're doing.
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