hamishgillan

Now I have a CoolerMaster Centurion with

Intel E8400 3.0 ghz core duo

asus striker 2 780i mobo

1x Wd 320 gb YS type HD

Vista home premium

2x asus 9800 GX2 VGA in SLI

internal card reader, sony i think

asus dvd read write dvd drive

Enermax 1000w Galaxy PSU

last week i bought a thermaltake Xaser aluminium case,

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of course i would have bought the coolermaster cosmos s but in bangkok theres a hetfy import charge on that one....

but the question is, in transfering the parts can i be pretty gung-ho about it

or would i be better off seperating as few parts as possible, for it to work straight away again

should i try to keep the mobo and HD together etc,

i haven't done anything yet but the reason why i plan to do this is because conditions are pretty cramped in the centurion case due to the size of the enermax galaxy cables and the large 9800gx2s which are backed up against the HD with the PSU cables jammed in the middle

i'd rate myself as a novice with a bit of experience such as sucessfully installing a secondary HD in another comp last week....

i have all the manuals which i will look at more thoroughly plus some MX-2 Arctic cooler thermal ready

advice appreciated....


BTW i didnt build said setup, the shop where i bought the parts made it for me.

linderman

hmmmmmmm it will be a learning curve for sure ............... definetly seperate all the parts

I suggest you read some system building guides (google) as well as look for some youtube system building videos

the adventure is not to bad ......... but at this time you are in over your head ........ research and you will be ready

linderman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41sq0RnPjeQ

linderman

I suggest you watch about 3 or 4 of those type videos ....... you will learn another tid bit from each one that was lacking from the previous ......... nature of the beast :)

hamishgillan

thank you, will update soon....

grimx133

Another idea might be to take some pictures with a digital camera. Snap each connection as you remove it kind of thing. Be handy to review when you're putting it back together.

hamishgillan

well i have put all the parts into the Xaser now and all the PSU cables are properly connected,

it is a learning curve, and some of it is easier than expected eg, i found where to plug in the front firewire and usb ports quite easily, they're all marked. plus the led's for the power switches on the power header are all covered in either manual

there are a couple of wires from the front of the case that I don't know where to plug in,

such as one of the cables from the front of the case labeled HD audio with a branch coming off it labeled AC'97

any ideas where that goes, i was thinking it could be plugged into the supreme FX II soundcard provided with the asus striker II formula mobo

plus where do I plug in the sony internal card reader, havent worked that one out yet.

hamishgillan

i have connected the power supply to the mobo,

the power to the HD and connected the SATA cables , sata 1 being the primary HD

sata 2 being the DVD drive

sucessfully remounted the mobo in the Xaser case with 'standoffs' plus remounted the ASUS silent knight 2 copper cpu cooler using a some arctic mx-2 thermal

hamishgillan

here are some photos, its a work in progress, havent turned it on yet, and if if comes to it ill take it back to the comp store....

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this is the fire wire connector for the case front port, can I just leave all those pin plugs dangling there?

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this is the HD audio plug I don't know what to do with, I imagine it's for the case front headphone and mic plugs

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these are the card reader plugs, i unplugged them from the original setup without looking where they were plugged in, oops!

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there is also another secondary (WD caviar Blue 640 gb) HD which I will not plug in/install until the original setup is working again.

hamishgillan

(I was just thinking its a shame my so called extreme gaming rig is less than six months old and the major parts are already out of date:

9800gx2>280GTX

ASUS striker II> Maximus II

Intel E8400> E8600

They should do trade ins, like with mobile phone deals, you have a contract and can upgrade every six months, they should do it wih cars too, otherwise its a very expensive and wasteful market. But that's another story.)

hamishgillan

you don't have to carry on my conversation, just some guidance with those problems would be good.....

grimx133

Bad time for me, I'm in the stone age here and won't be home for a couple hours. Can't get the manuals until then. Looks like you have both the usb headers filled, does the case have 4 front usb's? Or did you plug your card reader into one of them, that is where the card reader goes, btw. I should be able to see a lot better when I get home, can't even magnify the image on these computers, they'd do much better as doorstops, be nice when the lease is up and they splurge on new ones.

hamishgillan

yep, there are 4 front usb ports

hamishgillan

but it doesnt look as if it would reach at the monent anyway, mabye in the future i can get some extensions and just have 2 front usb

hamishgillan

woohoo, I just checked it over and turned it on and it works!, now im formatting my 2nd Hd, photo coming soon.... feels good though.

hamishgillan

still like to know where to plug in HD Audio though

grimx133

That's where the card reader connects, not sure if there are some sort of extensions, odd that the cable wouldn't be long enough though. Use the HD audio plug, not the AC'97, there is a header on the supreme fx sound card, you can see the pins sticking out of green plastic by the jog in the cover right where it says supreme fx II.

hamishgillan

yet to tidy up the cables

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hamishgillan

thought that might be the case..... thanks .

hamishgillan

the point this was to create more space, and that has been done withe the larger case.