PC for home recording/music production

M00lers

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

Really ?

And yes there is definitely only one system fan connector on the board. The other is for the CPU cooler which i've connected up already.

I think we have crossed wires, (pun intended), the connector in blue is commonly known as a molex connector. Your fans should have female fan connectors (which also may be manufactured by Molex!!). Just plug the blue molex into your PSU and you should be good to go.

Fingers Mcginty

moolers2000 wrote: »

I think we have crossed wires, (pun intended), the connector in blue is commonly known as a molex connector. Your fans should have female fan connectors (which also may be manufactured by Molex!!). Just plug the blue molex into your PSU and you should be good to go.

Yup suspected that. I use the term "molex" in the same capacity as vacuum cleaner is to hoover.
I'll go ahead with that so. Thanks

Fingers Mcginty

Nearly there. Unfortunately i don't have a LAN connection in the room where this PC is going but I have a Ubiquiti AP in the next room.
Can you folks recommend a good quality wifi usb adapter?

K.O.Kiki

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

Nearly there. Unfortunately i don't have a LAN connection in the room where this PC is going but I have a Ubiquiti AP in the next room.
Can you folks recommend a good quality wifi usb adapter?

Instead of USB, I'd recommend a PCI card.
PCWorld/Curry's have a cheap one: https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing-accessories/networking/network-routers-and-switches/wireless-adapters/tp-link-tl-wn881nd-wireless-pcie-card-10119361-pdt.html

IMHO a PowerLine kit is better though:
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing-accessories/networking/powerline/tp-link-tl-pa4010-powerline-adapter-kit-av600-twin-pack-10143560-pdt.html

Anima

Power line adapters can work really well depending on your house, the wiring and distance from the router. They worked great in one apartment I was in but terrible in another, slightly older, flat.

When they work well you'll get like a consistent 1-2ms to the gateway. When bad, it can be really up and down, spikes of 30-40ms etc.

In that case I'd say a good quality wifi setup is better.

Fingers Mcginty

The power line adapters won't work with my setup so I'll go with one of those pci cards.

Fingers Mcginty

Bit of a problem. I've ordered a PCI express card but it's not going to fit because of the heat sink on the graphics card is covering the pci express slot

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Fingers Mcginty

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Haven't seen it mentioned so far in the thread yet:

Check out the Lenovo ThinkPad and IdeaPad range of PCs which come with the "Dolby Stereo HOME THEATER" logo in the front of them. The software driver will be pre installed with the OS.

These machines can record in Dolby Stereo too.

M00lers

You could try the GPU in the lower slot albeit it would then run at x4 PCIe. (may not be an issue with your usage, I'd imagine its plenty of bandwidth for a 1030). Worth a shot?

Fingers Mcginty

M00lers wrote: »

You could try the GPU in the lower slot albeit it would then run at x4 PCIe. (may not be an issue with your usage, I'd imagine its plenty of bandwidth for a 1030). Worth a shot?

Unfortunately the heatsink is too big to allow for that.

M00lers

Thats unfortunate. Not much you can do then so. Unless you run a pci extender and/or mod something but thats seems like a lot of work just for WIFI.

z0oT

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

Bit of a problem. I've ordered a PCI express card but it's not going to fit because of the heat sink on the graphics card is covering the pci express slot

You can put that WiFi card into the bottom X4 slot.

Sure it'll only connect to a small portion of the whole connector, but you can run an X1, X4 or X8 card in the bigger size PCIe connectors just fine, no need to move the GPU.

M00lers

z0oT wrote: »

You can put that WiFi card into the bottom X4 slot.

Sure it'll only connect to a small portion of the whole connector, but you can run an X1, X4 or X8 card in the bigger size PCIe connectors just fine, no need to move the GPU.

Good spot, I thought the x4 slot was the one being covered!!

Fingers Mcginty

z0oT wrote: »

You can put that WiFi card into the bottom X4 slot.

Sure it'll only connect to a small portion of the whole connector, but you can run an X1, X4 or X8 card in the bigger size PCIe connectors just fine, no need to move the GPU.

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