Success!
I put together a system on thursday for the first time. I am so pleased. Everything worked first time and its so much more powerful than my laptop!
Highlights include:
E6600
Zalman 9700 CPU cooler
Sapphire X1950 Ultimate
Zalaman 600 HP PSU
MSI P965 Platinum
Samsung 215TW - Bah! blue sub-pixel defect in centre of screen. But its not visible on black or white backgrounds, but still very annoying!!!
X-Fi Gamer
Everything works great at the moment. The 9700 keeps the CPU extremely cool - idling at 19-22 centigrade and only rises to about 25 after an hour of playing Halo - and this is all on the low setting! The Sapphire card only reaches about 39.
The only issue are the case fans. I have them connected directly to the PSU and so they don't switch off when I put it into standby and they aren't temperature controlled.
The MSI board has a spare four-pin power connector apparently for legacy graphics cards but the fans would fit it. Each fan has a male and a female power connector.
Is it possible to fit one to the socket on the MB and the other fan to the connector on the first fan? Will this then mean the fans get switched off when put into standby and will they be temperature controlled by the MB?
The MB manual is totally useless in this regard!! :roll:
Thanks very much
Although I didn't post too many messages prior to this I have found these forums invaluable as a source of reliable and extremely helpful information (along with tomshardware itself). Thanks!!
I put together a system on thursday for the first time. I am so pleased. Everything worked first time and its so much more powerful than my laptop!
Highlights include:
E6600
Zalman 9700 CPU cooler
Sapphire X1950 Ultimate
Zalaman 600 HP PSU
MSI P965 Platinum
Samsung 215TW - Bah! blue sub-pixel defect in centre of screen. But its not visible on black or white backgrounds, but still very annoying!!!
X-Fi Gamer
Everything works great at the moment. The 9700 keeps the CPU extremely cool - idling at 19-22 centigrade and only rises to about 25 after an hour of playing Halo - and this is all on the low setting! The Sapphire card only reaches about 39.
The only issue are the case fans. I have them connected directly to the PSU and so they don't switch off when I put it into standby and they aren't temperature controlled.
The MSI board has a spare four-pin power connector apparently for legacy graphics cards but the fans would fit it. Each fan has a male and a female power connector.
Is it possible to fit one to the socket on the MB and the other fan to the connector on the first fan? Will this then mean the fans get switched off when put into standby and will they be temperature controlled by the MB?
The MB manual is totally useless in this regard!! :roll:
Thanks very much
Although I didn't post too many messages prior to this I have found these forums invaluable as a source of reliable and extremely helpful information (along with tomshardware itself). Thanks!!
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