New Case for my predator G3-710

liawyikang

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Hi all!
I have been looking through online forums and efforts was to no avail.

I have decided to make a post regarding upgrading of the Predator G3-710. With the help of everybody, I'll be able to make a complete guide so that near future, others can take this post as a reference for upgrading.

This is an image of the motherboard.
https://ibb.co/8MyktqM
This is an image of the system panel header.
https://ibb.co/MnwXW5k
The upgrade consists of the following:
1. New case: Cooler Master MB511 with 3x RBG Front Fans preinstalled
2. Addition of 2x Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 RBG Fans by using splitter
3. Lian Li PW24-V2 and PW8-V2 ARGB Strimmer
4. GPU: GTX 1080Ti
5. PSU: Seasonic 650W Gold

Everything not mentioned remain the same.
1. Motherboard
2. CPU
3. CPU Fan
4. Wifi
5. SSD

Currently, everything is up and running. I have access to the OS.

Current problems faced:
1. System Panel Header
2. Installation of RBG fans
3. 1 Beep sound when starting up
4. Unable to get RBG working on the 3 front fans.

Firstly, from this post, from user "Street", https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/594659#Comment_594659
Working right to left top row:
2 pins HDD LED next 2 pins RESET SW
Working right to left bottom row:
2 pins POWER LED + then - next 2 pins POWER SW

Secondly, Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 RBG Fans has 2 cables.
1 cable is to the SysFan slot and the other 1 is a 4 pin header.
However, the all 3 RGB front fans preinstalled have only 3 pin header.
This motherboard has only 1 CPUFan slot and 1 SysFan slot.
Can this motherboard support the two RBG fans by using a splitter?
Where do I connect the 4pin header to?

Thirdly, there is no RGB or ARGB header on this motherboard. How do i make sure that both RBG fans and ARGB strimer able to work and where to connect?

Forthly, upon starting up, there is a beep sound coming from the motherboard.
From my search, it indicates there is missing component.

Lastly, there is a button on the front panel for setting RBG on the fans, but it is not working.
 

86technie

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It's a OEM motherboard so you have to managed your expectations, you
can't really expect it to have similar function like a DIY PC especially RGB or ARGB.
PS neither this isn't for the long run cuz some who mod
branded PC until the motherboard eventually died out.
Such motherboard have limitation you can't push it, it's VRM and Mosfet component
are designed for this PC but not for high end/extreme gaming.
Can it support Intel i7 7700k? No this motherboard at the most support 65 watt CPU only.
If you are building a GTX1080Ti than why not just look for second hand motherboard
which cost around $200.
If you want to squeeze more performance than get a Intel K cpu since the CPU clock
frequency is much higher than non-k.
 
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