The Build Begins!!
After a summer of picking the parts, they've all arrived. Starting the build this morning so any questions I have I'll stick in this thread.
Before I've even started, I'm thinking that I may struggle with the thermal compound bit. Do you just put a dab in the middle then press down on the heatsink?
I have my laptop open for sources, current pages open are this forum, a wikibook on building a pc and a youtube video showing a build from the start.
Here I go...
Before I've even started, I'm thinking that I may struggle with the thermal compound bit. Do you just put a dab in the middle then press down on the heatsink?
I have my laptop open for sources, current pages open are this forum, a wikibook on building a pc and a youtube video showing a build from the start.
Here I go...
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Your manual can show you how the pins are numbered on your board.
I share your excitement MathsPar!
PICS!!!!!
URL: http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=6479174
The drives were very easy to put in thanks to those twist things instead of screws. Had some trouble getting the faceplate in for the usb and stuff from the motherboard (cut my finger... still have the scar... I'm such a wimp lol).
Also I put the Mobo in flat to start with wondering why nothing was fitting, then realised some screws were meant to be under it to connect to other screws on top. Eh, PSU was easy... SATA connecting easy... the Hard Drive I only hooked up on one side with that twist screw thing but it looked pretty stable. My fingers were too big to screw in the one on the other side.
Main problem with the Mobo was connecting all the little connectors like the LEDs. Might have got the pluses and minuses mixed up as my power button LED doesn't work now but I can't be bothered going in to fix it for a while.
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This was me looking through the things I could do on Vista. Quite like the scrolling thing although it seems very flashy.
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My current desktop.
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My Vista experience score.
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Front of case
Congratulations.
He speaks the truth
Maybe going back to University might cure it. Next thing you know I'll be overclocking and buying gaming mouses (http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65149)... well not overclocking anyway... til the warranties run out.