H150i SATA HELP

[Surreals]

Hi guys,

 

please bare with me i'm a real noob when building Pc's and yesterday i changed my mobo from a Asus Z270F to a Aorus Pro Z390F mobo as well as a new i9 9900k cpu and a H150i cooler to start with i had to fit the fan with the fans on the top of the case and the mesh covering them as the fans couldn't face down into the case as the mobo wouldn't fit with it like this. 2nd when plugging all the cables in i had no idea where to Plug the Sata power cable into and the SATA power cable also seems to short to plug into the psu and this was all after reading all the manuals my pc was originally built  by Overclockers so i don't have my PSU box the PSU is a 850W Evga supernova 2 gold.

 

Any help would be much appreciated with this as it is driving me crazy  

[TempestCatto]

I have the same cooler. Make sure all 3 fans are connected to the 3 way splitter that comes off the cooler, the three pin goes into the CPU fan header on your mobo (it's just to trick to the mobo into thinking there's fan so it doesn't freak out). Make sure you plug the micro B to internal USB 2.0 header cable in, and download the iCUE software. This will let you control the whole unit (I would argue you need this software). The SATA Power connector needs to be plugged into a SATA power connector from your PSU. If your cables don't reach, you need to redo your cable management. I have a Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra (a full size tower) and mine reached no problem. As for the fan placement, I'm not an expert on airflow so I can only suggest things. If your case allows, I might suggest having the top fans as intake, the rear as intake, and the front as exhaust. I would personally think you'd get better overall cooling if the fans were pushing, rather than pulling (but take what I just said with a grain of salt, again I'm no expert. Just trying to help).

[Surreals]

3 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

I have the same cooler. Make sure all 3 fans are connected to the 3 way splitter that comes off the cooler, the three pin goes into the CPU fan header on your mobo (it's just to trick to the mobo into thinking there's fan so it doesn't freak out). Make sure you plug the micro B to internal USB 2.0 header cable in, and download the iCUE software. This will let you control the whole unit (I would argue you need this software). The SATA Power connector needs to be plugged into a SATA power connector from your PSU. If your cables don't reach, you need to redo your cable management. I have a Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra (a full size tower) and mine reached no problem. As for the fan placement, I'm not an expert on airflow so I can only suggest things. If your case allows, I might suggest having the top fans as intake, the rear as intake, and the front as exhaust. I would personally think you'd get better overall cooling if the fans were pushing, rather than pulling (but take what I just said with a grain of salt, again I'm no expert. Just trying to help).

thanks for the reply i don't know if i have a space on PSU for it i have lots of hole etc is there a certain adapter you put in before the SATA cable 

[TempestCatto]

@Surreals No adapters. Just the same plug you'd use to power a hard drive is what you'll plug into your h150i's SATA power plug. If your cables are too short from your PSU, you may have to run them through the main part of the case.

[Blai5e]

@TempestCatto - I think Surreals is confused and thinks the SATA plug on the H150i is supposed to connect directly to the PSU.

 

@Surreals - as TempestCatto said, use one of the spare connectors from the existing cable that powers you hard drive/optical drive. If it cannot reach, you could add an extra cable to the power supply (marked SATA on the PSU) from the spare that should have been supplied with your build by Overclockers.