I have all my parts ready to go for my new system...this is my first new build in literally 10.5 years (I've upgraded my GPU, SSD, monitor in between) and I have some final newbish questions...
1) I got the Fractal Design Meshify S2 case...this is the first time I'm building in a case that has a built-in fan hub...the fan hub has three 4-pin PWM headers and six 3-pin headers...any issues with installing all or most of my fans into the fan hub?...or if I have the available headers on my motherboard is it best to install them there?
how does the Hub work?...is it pretty much the same as using a fan splitter?...is it safe in terms of power draw to plug 9 fans into that Hub? ( I'm not using 9 fans but since the Hub has 9 headers I'm curious)
2) do Realtek LAN drivers get updated automatically through Windows Update or do I need to manually update to the latest driver through the Realtek website?...the Realtek website is very disorganized and confusing to navigate
3) when looking at the MSI X570 Tomahawk motherboard support website it shows that the latest AMD Chipset driver version available is 2.9.28.509 (11/09/2020)...but when checking the AMD website it shows the latest chipset driver version available as 2.10.13.408 (10/19/2020)...does MSI use a custom chipset version?...why does MSI have an older version listed but with a more recent date?...I'm assuming it's best to use the AMD website version regardless of the version number and date?
1) I got the Fractal Design Meshify S2 case...this is the first time I'm building in a case that has a built-in fan hub...the fan hub has three 4-pin PWM headers and six 3-pin headers...any issues with installing all or most of my fans into the fan hub?...or if I have the available headers on my motherboard is it best to install them there?
how does the Hub work?...is it pretty much the same as using a fan splitter?...is it safe in terms of power draw to plug 9 fans into that Hub? ( I'm not using 9 fans but since the Hub has 9 headers I'm curious)
2) do Realtek LAN drivers get updated automatically through Windows Update or do I need to manually update to the latest driver through the Realtek website?...the Realtek website is very disorganized and confusing to navigate
3) when looking at the MSI X570 Tomahawk motherboard support website it shows that the latest AMD Chipset driver version available is 2.9.28.509 (11/09/2020)...but when checking the AMD website it shows the latest chipset driver version available as 2.10.13.408 (10/19/2020)...does MSI use a custom chipset version?...why does MSI have an older version listed but with a more recent date?...I'm assuming it's best to use the AMD website version regardless of the version number and date?