So a while back i believe uberslug posted a photo biography about his new computer that he built. It got me thinking that, well this is my first build ever. I'm very excited for this and i wanted to show you guys how every thing turned out, as well as some critiquing you could possibly give me. Thorough out the next few days ill be updating this thread with pictures through out the process.
Update 1 - - - ( Case, psu and HD has arrived )
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I know, the box looks mangled.. i wasn't to pleased with that, but it was a relief to find out no damage was done to it.
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Antec 520w Psu
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Western digital 1TB Hard Drive
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First step on the road to completing this.
There are two more packages on the way still, one containing all the necessary parts, as well as one with just my mouse and CD drive. The main package should be here no later then thursday.
Nice start, good to see some work logs starting to crop up in here instead of the torrents of "help" threads.
So what's the full spec list? Oh and FYI, its called a work log not a "photo biography"
you better clean up all them cables
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and remember to take off that paper template
[QUOTE=Milky;20516560]Nice start, good to see some work logs starting to crop up in here instead of the torrents of "help" threads.
So what's the full spec list? Oh and FYI, its called a work log not a "photo biography"[/QUOTE]
You're giving us your work progress, not the story of the PCs life.
This PC looks nice.
thanks im hoping the majority of the stuff comes tomorrow . I,lll take the template off when the standoffs are in
What GPU did you order in the end?
5770
Just remember, you have to push HARD on the RAM
yeah i know, untill it locks in and the latches clip in.. my only main concern is on where to plug in the appropriate psu cords into
[QUOTE=irgoto;20528143]yeah i know, untill it locks in and the latches clip in.. my only main concern is on where to plug in the appropriate psu cords into[/QUOTE]
If it looks like it's supposed to fit, 99.9% of the time that's where it's supposed to go. One thing to watch out for is if one of the drives has two power connectors (some hard drives have both a molex and a SATA power connector.) Don't use both at the same time.
When you're going to put your motherboard in, install the CPU and RAM beforehand so you don't have to worry about breaking / stressing / shorting something out.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;20528189]
When you're going to put your motherboard in, install the CPU and RAM beforehand so you don't have to worry about breaking / stressing / shorting something out.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, its a lot easier to put the stuff on the MOBO before its in the case.
yeah i figured that, why im installing the ram and my hyper 212 first. Well my hard drive is in.. has 2 slots in the back. The both look like sat connectors to me?
[QUOTE=irgoto;20528269]yeah i figured that, why im installing the ram and my hyper 212 first. Well my hard drive is in.. has 2 slots in the back. The both look like sat connectors to me?[/QUOTE]
Most new SATA hard drives don't have molex connectors so you don't have anything to fuss over then.
[QUOTE=irgoto;20528269]yeah i figured that, why im installing the ram and my hyper 212 first. Well my hard drive is in.. has 2 slots in the back. The both look like sat connectors to me?[/QUOTE]
Smaller ones for SATA calbe. Bigger one is for SATA power
ahhh okay i gotcha..when my mobo comes in will the user guide have everything i need to show were each psu cord goes?, as well as the power led's, hd leds, reset button etc..?
[QUOTE=irgoto;20528306]ahhh okay i gotcha..when my mobo comes in will the user guide have everything i need to show were each psu cord goes?, as well as the power led's, hd leds, reset button etc..?[/QUOTE]
It should, however my HAF 932 didn't have the case connector's positive and negative sides labeled.
my connectors are label, i looked when i installed my psu.. but i think ill be fine, if i need any help putting stuff in ill make sure i make a post here about it.. also hopefully ill have a update tomorrow if my stuff comes in, if not Thursday.
[B]Big Update![/B]
Everything came in!
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mobo
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Ram
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/goto123ca/100_4697.jpg[/IMG]
Cpu
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/goto123ca/100_4698.jpg[/IMG]
GPU (Upgraded in a few months lol)
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/goto123ca/100_4699.jpg[/IMG]
Heat Sink
[B]Time to put it all in the case[/B]
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Mobo and Heatsink and Ram installed.
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Gpu finally installed
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everything finally put inside, cable management needs to be done.
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Cable management finished
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Overall view, everything went 100%.. Booted up, no problems what so ever.[B]ONLY[/B] thing is now i have to wait for my dvd drive, to install Windows 7 /Fail
Thanks to my cuz for helping me out during this *points to post below*
Good job on the computer Cuz, lol.
Wow this is the like the first time somebody has posted pics from a build at least from what I remember.
Also very nice looking build.
Nice.
liking it, very good cable management
Thanks guys i owe it all to you for the help you gave me.
I have to say the antec neo looks pretty nice. OP is the psu loud?
nope doesnt even make a sound, I hear the the case fans more
[QUOTE=irgoto;20564982]nope doesnt even make a sound, I hear the the case fans more[/QUOTE]
Very nice.
Thanks, couldn't be more pleased
To be honest, I was expecting more suspense in this tale, but that's still a very nice build.
[QUOTE=Mr Drover;20566937]To be honest, I was expecting more suspense in this tale, but that's still a very nice build.[/QUOTE]
Send me some money and ill get some liquid cooling on the go like milky...
But thank you, it was my first build. I'm happy with it.
Hey you got a similar mobo to the one im getting, the GD-55, im gonna use the GD-80
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