Custom PC – October 2019

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FEATURE / CUSTOMISATION


(^15) Reinstallrearcasefan
Popoffthefrontfasciafromthecaseand
reinstalltherearcasefanheretoaddsome
extracooling.You’llneedtoshifttheexisting
pairofintakefansuptoaccommodateit.
Checkthatallthreefansareconnectedto
thefanhubtothesideofthecase.
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OPTIONAL
Usefanextensioncable
Thefanhubcanpowerthethreefrontcase
fansatfullspeedbydefault,butit doesinclude
a PWMcableshouldyouwanttocontrolthe
fansusingyourmotherboard.Onesnagwith
ourmotherboardis thatitssystemfan
headersareallatthebottomofthe
motherboardandtheincludedcabledoesn’t
reach.If youwanttocontrolthecasefans,
you’llneeda 30cmPWMextensioncable–
theycostunder£3fromamazon.co.uk
(^17) InstallPSU
ToinstallthePSU,removetherearbracketat
thebottomofthecase,secureit tothePSU,
feeditscablesintothePCandthenreinstall
thebracketonthePSUmount.
(^18) Connect24-pinand8-pin
powerconnectors
Slidethecase’sblackcablecoversopen,and
feedthecablesyouneedthroughthemtothe
appropriateplacesonthemotherboard,
beforeslidingthecoversbackagain.Connect
the24-pinconnectortothemotherboard
throughthemiddlecablecover,andthenrun
the8-pinCPUpowerconnectoroverthetop
ofthemotherboardtray,andplugit intothe
socketonthetopleftofthemotherboard.
(^19) Connectfrontpanelcables
Nowconnectyourcase’sfrontpanelaudio
cable,USB3 cable,plusthepowerandfront
panelLEDconnectors,totheappropriatepins
onthebottomofyourmotherboard.If you’re
notsurewhichcablegoeswhere,consultyour
motherboard’smanual.
(^20) Connectfanhubpowercable
Thefanhubrequiresa SATApowerconnector,
sowe’llhavetoadda SATAcabletoourPSU
andthenconnectit tothefanhubaround
theback.
(^21) Tidy cables
The Eclipse P600S is a fabulously easy case
to keep tidy. Use the Velcro cable ties to gather
the cables together and lock them out of the
way. At this point, you can install the SSD (see
step 24), secure your graphics card in the top
16x PCI-E slot, connect a 6-pin PCI-E
connector from your PSU to the graphics card
(see step 26) and you’ll be ready to go.
However, if you’re prepared to spend a little
more money, you can follow the next few
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