I know nothing- What cooler do i need?

[landinglight]

Hi all. I have never built a PC before but I have bought the following (as suggested for trading) and am going to put it together myself. I will use online vid’s as my guide and any useful ideas/ hints will be much appreciated.

My main question is what cooling fan would I need for the set up and are there any additional leads I will need that would not have come with the bits I’ve bought?

Intel Core i7-8700 4.60ghz
MSI B360M MORTAR
Ballistix Elite 8GB DDR4 2666MHz
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD
NVidia Quadro P600
NZXT S340 Mid Tower Case
Antec VP-450 Power Supply LG 27UD68-P 27” Monitor

Any help will be much appreciated,
Charlie.

 

[landinglight]

The h60 manual says put it on an air intake? which would be at the bottoms of the case?

 

[jankerson]

The h60 manual says put it on an air intake? which would be at the bottoms of the case?

Remove the exhaust fan on the back of the case and put it there pushing air out of the case like vMax said.

 

[vMax]

Most people put the H60 and 120mm AIO's on the rear of the case...The bottom of the case is hardly ever done...Even Corsairs own youtube video puts the H60 on the inside of the rear case. Here is a great video on you tube installing this AIO. He does put the fan bringing air in but I do it exhausting the AIR out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO9APx2yKrg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBoCzJrxtBM

 

[landinglight]

Jeeesuz Christ this is a mission! It’s taken me soooo long to get to where I reckon I might be half way. There is so much to read and some of the manuals don’t have the best English in. I’m gonna eat some pasta with cheese, take a little break and then push forth... again

 

[vMax]

Gosh I wish I was there as it would take me around 20 minutes max.....

 

[landinglight]

Would have been so much easier vMax I do admit but I’m in East Grinstead which is in West Sussex buddy.

So I’ve got a usb3 port on the M board that won’t fit the cable in the nzxt 340 box but the usb 3 lead in the cab will fit into the usb2 port on the M board. Will that work and will the usb2 port on the M board provide what the usb3 lead needs?

 

[vMax]

Okay you have confused me...please explain. Do you mean that you have a USB 3 cable that is attached to the NZXT case for the USB ports on the case and you want to attach it to the motherboard but the motherboard only has a USB 2 internal port?

I have looked at a Pic of your motherboard and it does have a USB 3 header on the right side just above the SATA ports and a USB 2 header at the bottom of the motherboard...is that what you are talking about? You should be able to attach the USB 2 and 3 front case ports to the internal motherboard headers...

You cannot fit a USB 3 front port case cable to a USB 2 header on the motherboard as they are a different design on the motherboard. The USB 3 connector built into the motherboard is a bit longer than the USB 2 connector on the motherboard.

 

[landinglight]

Okay you have confused me...please explain. Do you mean that you have a USB 3 cable that is attached to the NZXT case for the USB ports on the case and you want to attach it to the motherboard but the motherboard only has a USB 2 internal port?

I have looked at a Pic of your motherboard and it does have a USB 3 header on the right side just above the SATA ports and a USB 2 header at the bottom of the motherboard...is that what you are talking about? You should be able to attach the USB 2 and 3 front case ports to the internal motherboard headers...

You cannot fit a USB 3 front port case cable to a USB 2 header on the motherboard as they are a different design on the motherboard. The USB 3 connector built into the motherboard is a bit longer than the USB 2 connector on the motherboard.

 

[landinglight]

Don’t worry vMax I worked it out in the end and thank you both for all your help. Just this minute got it on and working and windows 10 Installed- welllll happy

 

[vMax]

Happiness and Joy!!!! you got there in the end. I just think you need to reset the router and then it should pick it up. Also have you installed the Network Adaptor driver? You can also go to 'open network & internet settings' and trouble shoot which tends to rest everything...

 

[landinglight]

Happiness and Joy!!!! you got there in the end. I just think you need to reset the router and then it should pick it up. Also have you installed the Network Adaptor driver? You can also go to 'open network & internet settings' and trouble shoot which tends to rest everything...

 

[landinglight]

All done all great and the world feels lovely right now! Well worth the brain wracking and fretting for this eventual sense of achievement