Rig Assembly - Mostly regarding cooling

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by dscl, Jan 31, 2006.

  1. dscl

    dscl Private E-2

    Well let me start by saying I have assembled a few computers in the past, but I'm not a pro so please excuse me if any of my questions are a tad basic.

    I bought a rather nice, atleast I think it to be, case.. The MGE XG Quantum

    My question though comes to setting up the thermal probes... I've never done it before. I have a probe for CPU, HDD, and System I think? So I know what they are meant to measure but where do I actually put these little flat probes? and do I remove the plastic tubbing which, I assume, is for shipping protection.

    Here is a picture of the probs for reference
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    Secondly. The case, despite what it says on the website, came with a 550W PSU. I already have a brand new Antec NeoHE 430W PSU. Will that suffice or should I use the included PSU?

    Finally my CPU is a AMD Athlon 64 4000+. With the number of fans in the case will the stock cooling/heatsink be enough to keep this thing cool? I don't plan on overclocking it, but I did buy a Thermaltake Big Typhoon. The only thing is after looking at the side fans in the case and the size of this thing I don't think they are going to fit.

    Thanks for reading my novel and hopefully someone can lend a hand. I want to put this bad boy togehter tonight.
     

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