Help! Building my first PC using the ASRock Fat1lity Z97 Killer Motherboard - Power button and other questions

potatoville · Aug 31, 2015

Hi,

I'm really pleased to find this resource, and hope I can get some guidance from the community. I'm trying to build my first PC with the following components:

Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 650D
PSU: Corsair CX600M
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon™ R9 270X with 2GB GDDR5
Memory: 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz (2x8GB)
HD: 2TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 64MB Cache
Processor: 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4790 Processor (Quad Core, 8MB Cache, up to 4.0GHz w/ Turbo Boost)

I've taken the Graphics Card, Memory, HD & Processor out of my existing Alienware X51, which was overheating whenever the video card ran hot (YouTube or any 3D game is enough to set it off).

I have a few questions I hope folks can help with:

1) Will the power buttons (ie: the front on/off buttons) on this Case work correctly with this motherboard ? If so where and how do I attach them ?

2) Is the cooling offered by this Case's Fans sufficient to keep this video card cool enough and prevent overheating ?

3) Is there anything else to be aware of with this combination of components which might be an issue ?

Thanks very much in advance!

Potatoville

synphul · Aug 31, 2015

Yes the case power button should work just fine, both the case and motherboard are typical aftermarket type parts and compatible. Do you have the manual for the motherboard? If not you can download it here.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z97%20Killer/?cat=Manual

There are a number of pins along the bottom of the motherboard, almost directly beneath the bottom pcie slot. If you look closely there are abbreviations that say things like "PWR" or "PWR_SW" for power switch. Next to the indicator labels they show a "+" to one side so you know which way to turn the small connectors when pushing them over the pins. Typically black is ground and the colored wire is positive (+). There should be cables for the power lights, hdd activity, power, reset switch etc. Each one will need to be plugged into the appropriate set of pins. The manual diagrams it all so you know where to connect what. Same for front port audio and usb connectors that run from the front panel of the case to the motherboard. If the wires from the case leads are both black with no designation of pos/neg then it doesn't matter which way the plastic connector fits over the corresponding pins.

The stock case fans should be enough to adequately cool everything, but best bet is to try it out and see how everything does. If temps are too hot then consider replacing the case fans with stronger ones. Is the cpu the 4790 non k or the 4790k? If it's the non k it can't be overclocked. There's no real reason to run a z97 motherboard unless you want sli support for multiple nvidia gpu's. You can get crossfire support for multiple amd graphics cards on an h97 motherboard.

Personally if it were me I might consider a different power supply. Some people have ok luck with corsair's but most aren't that great of quality in my opinion. I would look at something like a seasonic, evga b2/g2 (not the b1 or g1) or antec high current gamer psu. Not sure where you're located so brand/model availability and pricing may be different from one region to another.

potatoville · Sep 1, 2015

Thanks synphul, I'll give it a shot!

synphul :

Yes the case power button should work just fine, both the case and motherboard are typical aftermarket type parts and compatible. Do you have the manual for the motherboard? If not you can download it here.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z97%20Killer/?cat=Manual

There are a number of pins along the bottom of the motherboard, almost directly beneath the bottom pcie slot. If you look closely there are abbreviations that say things like "PWR" or "PWR_SW" for power switch. Next to the indicator labels they show a "+" to one side so you know which way to turn the small connectors when pushing them over the pins. Typically black is ground and the colored wire is positive (+). There should be cables for the power lights, hdd activity, power, reset switch etc. Each one will need to be plugged into the appropriate set of pins. The manual diagrams it all so you know where to connect what. Same for front port audio and usb connectors that run from the front panel of the case to the motherboard. If the wires from the case leads are both black with no designation of pos/neg then it doesn't matter which way the plastic connector fits over the corresponding pins.

The stock case fans should be enough to adequately cool everything, but best bet is to try it out and see how everything does. If temps are too hot then consider replacing the case fans with stronger ones. Is the cpu the 4790 non k or the 4790k? If it's the non k it can't be overclocked. There's no real reason to run a z97 motherboard unless you want sli support for multiple nvidia gpu's. You can get crossfire support for multiple amd graphics cards on an h97 motherboard.

Personally if it were me I might consider a different power supply. Some people have ok luck with corsair's but most aren't that great of quality in my opinion. I would look at something like a seasonic, evga b2/g2 (not the b1 or g1) or antec high current gamer psu. Not sure where you're located so brand/model availability and pricing may be different from one region to another.

Search

Help! Building my first PC using the ASRock Fat1lity Z97 Killer Motherboard - Power button and other questions

potatoville

Reputable

synphul

synphul

Champion

potatoville

Reputable

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page