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Mobo connection(s) question(s)

NeilSmith

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System Name Akagi (check it out, I have a hardon for Evangelion)
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Motherboard ASUS Crosshair IV
Cooling GeminII S
Memory 8 gigs G.Skill 1333
Video Card(s) ASUS EAH5850
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So I have here my brand new ASUS Crosshair 4, and its pretty much all together.

However:

Do I connect the sata cable from the front of the case SATA port to the lone JMicron JMB363 Serial ATA connector or do I put it into one of the 6 AMD SB850 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors?

The mobo came with this USB expansion (2 USB / SATA) expansion slot, do I hook it to he lone JMicron JMB363 Serial ATA connector or do I put it into one of the 6 AMD SB850 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors?

Or is that just a matter of preference on which one of them I want faster?

The USB connections, I have USB7 USB89 and USB1011 on the mobo, which of these should I put the front of the case USB connector to and which of these should I put the 2 USB / Sata expansion slot to?

The manual on this mobo could be a bit more specific <.<;; (or im proving again how computer illiterate I am :rockout: )
 

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Namslas90

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The JMicron 363 is for your SATA Optical drive (dvd/cd). Use nuber one of the 1 of 6 for the Hdd.
 

NeilSmith

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Joined
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34 (0.01/day)
System Name Akagi (check it out, I have a hardon for Evangelion)
Processor AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black
Motherboard ASUS Crosshair IV
Cooling GeminII S
Memory 8 gigs G.Skill 1333
Video Card(s) ASUS EAH5850
Storage 2x Raid 0 1tb 7200 & 1x 1 tb 7200
Display(s) 120hz Viewsonic 22" VX2265wm
Case Rosewill Challenger
Audio Device(s) onboard 6.1
Power Supply OCZ 700 watt
Software Win7 Pro 64 Bit
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