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27th Oct 2007, 11:30
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Hey, I'm building a computer, but I've never done it before. Been on newegg for a while now, and I'm kind of hung up with the case and motherboard. I'm confused about the 8 pin connector, I don't even know if that comes with the case or not, I know it has the 24 pin one. Also, it has an "additional power connector." Don't know what that's about.
Raidmax Smilodon ATX-612WBP Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply BIOSTAR TForce TF570SLI AM2 NVIDIA nForce 470 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138059 (Motherboard) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811156062 (Case) |
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27th Oct 2007, 12:51
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The 8pin connector being referred to is the 12v connector on the motherboard that powers the cpu. The 24 pin connector powers everything else. The psu must have this 8pin connector to power this board. For a board witht this chipset to have a 8pin connector suggests that it requires a lot of juice so I'm wondering what the rest of your components are and whether or not a 500w psu (and it's rated amps) will suffice. The additional power connector on the board is a molex connection which is used should you overclock. All psu's have a number of these plugs I'm concerned, completely really, in that the psu you are getting comes with the case. These are mostly generic psu's which are, to be blunt, crap (low efficiency, not very stable-causing random crashes, loud). And you simply can't compromise on the psu, especially when this board requires so much juice. It is the single most important component in a pc build.
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27th Oct 2007, 13:26
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Well, if I were to buy a separate power supply, are there any you'd recommend for this particular board? Or are there any motherboards that could work with the power supply that already comes with the case? I don't really have that much money to spend on a separate power supply, though.
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27th Oct 2007, 13:31
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What are the rest of your components?
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27th Oct 2007, 13:42
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Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Brisbane 2.3GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor
Video Card: GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PRCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive RAM: WINTEC AMPX 1GB (2 x512MG0 240-PIN DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800(PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory DVD Burner: LITE-ON 20X DVD R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Monitor: Hanns-G HW-173DBB Black 17" 8ms-DVI WideScreen LCD Monitor |
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27th Oct 2007, 14:20
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Bottom line is you could more than likely run it with the psu provided with the case, but don't forget about the psu. I know it's not one of the sexy parts to a build, but it is, again, the most important part.
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2nd Nov 2007, 21:36
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Ok, so I've gotten all the parts together, everything is in the machine, there originally were no problems before the hard drive or DVD drive went in I believe, and a bunch of fans, I just need to install windows XP and I'll be good, but when I try to turn on my computer, after a bit of time it just shuts off.
(I'm just using this topic so I don't have to make a new one, and this one already has all my parts) |
