Assembly
Assembly
We now move to the assembly stage of our configuration inside this D40 signed Jonsbo. Here are the components that will be used for the assembly:
- Motherboard: Asus Crosshair VI Hero
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
- Graphics card: ASUS HD 7970
- Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 4
- Power supply: Corsair CS650M
Power supply :
We start the assembly by installing the power supply. To have the best possible access, we can only advise you to remove the storage plate placed just in front of it (6 Phillips screws). Once removed, you will be able to handle your power supply more easily. Note that once screwed in, you will need to connect the offset to it
Storage :
In order to clear the 3.5″ slot as much as possible, we will do the same as with the power supply: we will remove the 2.5″ board placed just in front. Then, we will have to lay the case on its side to have access to the bottom. We position the disk that we screw on the rubber studs after having removed the filter… Moreover, it will be necessary to pay attention to the direction of the assembly, the connector having to be directed towards outside. Quite a lot of gymnastics for a simple hard disk installation
Fortunately, on the SSD side the operation is simpler since you just have to screw the storage medium onto its board
Installation of the motherboard
Finally a component that is easy to install: the motherboard! Indeed, since the spacers are already in place, you just have to put the card on its tray and screw it via the nine fixing points, simple and fast!
The wiring :
The control panel
As usual, we choose to wire the control panel first. The connectivity being available at the bottom of our motherboard, we make everything go through this place. Thus, the USB 3.0 header and the F_PANEL will come out of the first opening, under the motherboard. As for the audio connection, it will go through the second opening. To store the extra length, we choose to make a mouth along the motherboard slot
Note that you will condemn a 140mm fan slot in the bottom of the case if your motherboard has the USB 3 .0 header in the bottom. The thickness of the case connector extends beyond the mounting rail in 140mm
Storage
For the storage part, it won’t be a cakewalk… Well, especially for the 3.5″ hard disk. The latter being installed in the bottom of the case and against a post of the case, it will be necessary to seriously bend the cables, especially the SATA connector at the power output
Otherwise, the SSD and the hard disk being close enough to each other, we can be satisfied with a single SATA cable for the power part.
For the data part, the surplus will be stored along the hard drive
The motherboard:
We continue with the wiring of the motherboard. For the time being, the EPS12V connector for the processor runs along the top of the board and exits through the last opening, towards the back of the D40. As for the 24-pin ATX, we bring it up through the front of the case by using the top opening on the left side of the motherboard. By doing so, we avoid superimposing it on the control panel connector, saving us an extra thickness that could prevent us from closing the case
The graphics card
Finally, the PCIe connectors to the graphics card will follow the same path as the 24-pin ATX connectors.
Installation of the CPU cooler and the graphics card:
We will finish our assembly with the installation of the CPU cooler which will be done simply thanks to the large backplate access. This one leaves us the back of our motherboard easily accessible, we will be able to easily manipulate its back plate if needed.
On the other hand, be careful with the mounting direction of the CPU cooler. The air flow being particular inside this D40, you will have to place the fan in aspiration at the back of the cpu cooler… Not like on the picture. But it will be done during the temperature readings. Moreover, if you want to complete the ventilation, the fan that will be installed at the back will be in aspiration and not in extraction
As for the graphics card, before installing it, you will have to remove the brackets from the slots where you want to install it. But before that, we will have to “unlock” them by pulling a small plate. When we installed our HD 7970 we had to use our muscles to insert it into its slot. The bracket of our card came up against the audio shield of the Crosshair IV Hero. The opening left by the locking plate was not wide enough
Overall:
If the Jonsbo D40 offers a very aesthetic side, the practical side is absent. You have to keep manipulating the 2.5″ board to access the power supply or the 3.5″ slot. The same goes for the bottom, you will lose a 140mm fan slot if the USB 3 . 0 header is placed at the bottom of your motherboard… Not to mention the SATA connector that you will have to bend to connect a 3.5″ hard drive. Not to mention the not wide enough opening at the graphics card bracket or the cable routing that you will have to organize in order not to make a big bundle or you won’t be able to close the case
