Author Topic: bout to join the -sigh- pc master race (Read 4848 times)

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #60 on:** January 30, 2010, 03:55:30 AM »

alright thanks
btw my current pc is from 2000 so i don't update often lol...but most likely i'll have this exact setup for 3-4 years

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #61 on:** January 30, 2010, 04:01:04 AM »

here is my final config...i'm gonna leave it in there and think about it for 1 day and then make decision

cpu: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0325942

mobo will be the $20 cheaper one not the 1 pictured

total price after $35 in rebates will be $865

Jansen · « **Reply #62 on:** January 30, 2010, 05:16:57 AM »

yeah i shoulda just paid someone else to put this thing together because i'm so nervous about breaking something.

but i managed to get the cpu and motherboard installed. maybe i'll do the rest later today or sunday.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #63 on:** January 30, 2010, 05:32:57 AM »

^ i'd imagine the only hard parts are the motherboard, cpu, and maybe the power supply so you'll be smooth-sailing now

i've put in a graphics card, ram, sound card by myself...for those ones you just put in the slot and that's it

Raban · « **Reply #64 on:** January 30, 2010, 01:58:29 PM »

Quote from: Jansen on January 30, 2010, 05:16:57 AM

yeah i shoulda just paid someone else to put this thing together because i'm so nervous about breaking something.

but i managed to get the cpu and motherboard installed. maybe i'll do the rest later today or sunday.

Hang in there, man. You'll get it done. Computer parts are really sturdy, just focus on keep yourself grounded in terms of static, that shit will put your computer components down for good. However I think that's only if power has been through it previously, so more or less you're totally fine. The most sensitive part, the CPU, is already in and safe, the rest is easy street.

And ChowChow, get a full-size mobo. What you have there is a microATX and it's going to be a pain in the ass in terms of expansion when you start loading it up. Go for an ATX form-factor.

cool breeze · « **Reply #65 on:** January 30, 2010, 02:01:55 PM »

The CPU is the only annoying part because it seems like the most fragile and requires the thermal gel. The PSU is simple enough, I mean, ignoring how much a pain wire management is.

Bebpo · « **Reply #66 on:** January 30, 2010, 02:27:05 PM »

Man I remember putting my rig together. Fucking reverse screws on the CPU fan and they tell you that NOWHERE >_<

If anything you try to screw in doesn't screw in, try screwing it in the opposite way!

Raban · « **Reply #67 on:** January 30, 2010, 02:35:43 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 30, 2010, 02:27:05 PM

Man I remember putting my rig together. Fucking reverse screws on the CPU fan and they tell you that NOWHERE >_<

If anything you try to screw in doesn't screw in, try screwing it in the opposite way!

lol, I remember my first time, cut myself on the I/O panel like a billion times. Drop-kicked my GPU on accident, but it was totally fine. Man, what a cluster-fuck that was.

Jansen · « **Reply #68 on:** January 30, 2010, 07:35:33 PM »

thermal gel?

i didnt use any of that. i guess thats bad?

edit: the fan seems to have come with some sort of paste on it and i didnt even notice when i installed it.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #69 on:** January 30, 2010, 08:20:08 PM »

Quote from: Jansen on January 30, 2010, 07:35:33 PM

edit: the fan seems to have come with some sort of paste on it and i didnt even notice when i installed it.

That's the thermal gel.

Raban · « **Reply #70 on:** January 30, 2010, 08:23:14 PM »

Quote from: Jansen on January 30, 2010, 07:35:33 PM

thermal gel?

i didnt use any of that. i guess thats bad?

edit: the fan seems to have come with some sort of paste on it and i didnt even notice when i installed it.

Yeah you're good. Only over time or if you OC should you apply externally bought thermal paste.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #71 on:** January 30, 2010, 08:36:50 PM »

Many people christen their newly built PC by touching their penis to the cpu fan on the first boot. It's for good luck.

Raban · « **Reply #72 on:** January 30, 2010, 08:43:17 PM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on January 30, 2010, 08:36:50 PM

Many people christen their newly built PC by touching their penis to the cpu fan on the first boot. It's for good luck.

I know I do it every time.

Jansen · « **Reply #73 on:** January 30, 2010, 08:56:41 PM »

holy shit graphics cards are HUGE :O

the last time i bought a card it was a flimsy little piece of plastic.

now all i have left to put in is the hdd and dvd drive!

Raban · « **Reply #74 on:** January 30, 2010, 09:26:01 PM »

Quote from: Jansen on January 30, 2010, 08:56:41 PM

holy shit graphics cards are HUGE :O

the last time i bought a card it was a flimsy little piece of plastic.

now all i have left to put in is the hdd and dvd drive!

you're welcome, bro.

Jansen · « **Reply #75 on:** January 30, 2010, 11:53:08 PM »

i got everything hooked up and then i plugged it in but the fucking thing tries to turn on but won't.

on/off/on/off is all it does until i turn the switch off at the back.

FUCK!!!

demi · « **Reply #76 on:** January 31, 2010, 12:31:48 AM »

Probably plugged some cables in wrong.

Jansen · « **Reply #77 on:** January 31, 2010, 12:49:12 AM »

i didn't connect a cable to something called atx 12v 2x4

omg that worked!! now i just need to hook a display into it and check if i get anything on screen.

Raban · « **Reply #78 on:** January 31, 2010, 02:13:48 AM »

Quote from: Jansen on January 31, 2010, 12:49:12 AM

i didn't connect a cable to something called atx 12v 2x4

omg that worked!! now i just need to hook a display into it and check if i get anything on screen.

Your second computer is going to be so much easier.

Jansen · « **Reply #79 on:** January 31, 2010, 04:14:07 AM »

IVE FINALLY MANAGED TO BOOT INTO BIOS!!

this is quite the victory for me.

took me awhile to figure out that i needed to plug in some pci cable or whatever the fuck it is into the gfxs card in addition to putting it into the expansion slot.

Raban · « **Reply #80 on:** January 31, 2010, 04:16:01 AM »

Quote from: Jansen on January 31, 2010, 04:14:07 AM

IVE FINALLY MANAGED TO BOOT INTO BIOS!!

this is quite the victory for me.

GOOD JON, TIME TO START PC GAMING

MASTER RACE

demi · « **Reply #81 on:** January 31, 2010, 04:16:31 AM »

You thought this was hard, wait until you try to actually play a game

Raban · « **Reply #82 on:** January 31, 2010, 04:20:59 AM »

Quote from: demi on January 31, 2010, 04:16:31 AM

You thought this was hard, wait until you try to actually play a game

Pfft, hater.

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So true :'( :'(

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Jansen · « **Reply #83 on:** January 31, 2010, 10:05:29 PM »

everything seems to working fine except for the hdd access indicator. should i even bother trying to get it plugged in correctly?

meh i did it anyway.

cool breeze · « **Reply #84 on:** February 07, 2010, 11:46:51 AM »

bit of a random question, but does anyone remember those nice looking cases someone posted here a while ago? they were really sleek looking.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #85 on:** February 07, 2010, 05:41:07 PM »

the japanese ones?

cool breeze · « **Reply #86 on:** February 11, 2010, 09:43:58 PM »

I think they might have been Japanese.

Late reply, but I'm figuring out what I should do now. With the exception of motherboard and case, most of what I have in my computer is within a year recent, and I just picked up a new cpu. Don't know if I should just go ahead and get a new motherboard and case and build a new case with a bunch of parts or keep trying to get more life out of this one.

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Author Topic: bout to join the -sigh- pc master race (Read 4848 times)