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I am building my first ever PC. I've got everything assembled, but my case (CoolerMaster MasterCase MC500M) has these two cables (see picture) coming from the front I/O. I checked the manual, but there is no description of the cables coming from the front I/O. What are these for and do I need to connect them somewhere?

 

Also- My MOBO (EVGA Z370 FTW) has 10 locations for standoffs, but the case came with only 9. I decided to leave off the standoff on the center right side, just beneath the 24-pin connector. Will this cause any issues down the line?

 

Thank you!

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11 minutes ago, HealedByStripes said:

I am building my first ever PC. I've got everything assembled, but my case (CoolerMaster MasterCase MC500M) has these two cables (see picture) coming from the front I/O. I checked the manual, but there is no description of the cables coming from the front I/O. What are these for and do I need to connect them somewhere?

the left is a molex (to provide power) and the right is a SATA (maybe RGB control?). One goes to the molex connector from the PSU, one goes to a SATA port on the motherboard

 

13 minutes ago, HealedByStripes said:

Also- My MOBO (EVGA Z370 FTW) has 10 locations for standoffs, but the case came with only 9. I decided to leave off the standoff on the center right side, just beneath the 24-pin connector. Will this cause any issues down the line?

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CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Thanks for the quick response! I found the molex cable from my PSU and got that connected.

 

The one on the right looks like SATA, but it doesn't fit in a SATA port. It has an H shape instead of an L shape. This case has RGB control, so that could be what its for, but I'm not sure where to connect it.

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1 hour ago, HealedByStripes said:

Thanks for the quick response! I found the molex cable from my PSU and got that connected.

 

The one on the right looks like SATA, but it doesn't fit in a SATA port. It has an H shape instead of an L shape. This case has RGB control, so that could be what its for, but I'm not sure where to connect it.

The small cable is a data cable for USB 3.1 .
Edit: Your motherboard doesn't have a 3.1 so you can either put it to one side, or buy a converter.
The standoff is not a problem.

It's not a race to the bottom.

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Thanks for the help!

 

I booted up and got into the BIOS. I noticed that my 3000 MHz RAM was running at 2133, so I bumped it to 2666 (which is the highest supported by my i5-8600K). Now my monitor gets no signal and my MOBO is stuck cycling through POST codes. How do I reset the RAM speed?

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Update: My MOBO has dual BIOS, so I switched to the other one and got everything booted up. I'll do a bit more research before poking around in there again.

 

Everything is working except the 3.1 USB-C on the front I/O, so I think that the other cable is in fact USB 3.1. Both of the internal USB 3.0 ports on my MOBO are already occupied, but could I get a splitter for one of the ports and connect two USB cables to it? Could both lines communicate with the MOBO at the same time?

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