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nertil1

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I have a question. It's my first time building a system and im wondering which step i should be the most careful on? I don't want to damage the parts the first time i start the pc.
Also if you have a website that i can look at step by step on how do build a pc with pictures if possible.

thanks much

-nertil
 
You should be careful at every step.

1. Ground yoruself before you touch any componnet, especially CPU and RAM, Video Card, any PCB boards, and HDDs.

2. Placing the CPU on the bed. Make sure the pins are straight, and they go in flush, make sure all the pins are in right, and that no part of the CPU sticks upwards. Hold it down lightly and clamp it down. Put apply any thermal compounds and top it off with a HSF and plug in the HSF, and plug the HSF to the power source.

3. Prepare the Case, put in the motherboard, make sure it fits into the case with the case bracket that the mobo comes with. Careful with fitting it in.

4. When you plug in PCI cards and video cards, make sure they don't interfer with capacitors and other mobo parts as some of these are around the PCI slots. If they are, just put it on another slot.

hmm... those are the only main concerns most newbies should know of before doing anything.
 
anybody else?

This is the system specs:

Case: Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower Black Tsunami VA3000BWA ATX Case with Transparent X type side panel window

PSU: ENERMAX Noisetaker 470W Power Supply, Model "EG475AX-VE-SFMA"

MOBO: GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS PRO" nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU -RETAIL

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache, The Only 64-bit Windows Compatible Processor - Retail

Memory: Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200

Video Card: eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card, 128MB GDDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "128-A8-N343-AX"

I already have a hd, mouse, keyboard and monitor.

Tell me what you guys think or if i should change anything.
My budget is around 1000 and it'll be mainly a Doom 3 machine

thanks

-nertil
 
like pirateface said... before you ever even open something in an antistatic bag/box, make sure you are GROUNDED first. Static discharge is the leading cause of faulty hardware, and sneaky too because 99.9% of the time you never even would know that you did it.

Good luck on building your first system.

Cheers.
 
To protect yourself from static charge, drag your feet all over some shaggy carpet while barefoot or, better yet, while wearing socks. Then touch a pin on the processor to make sure you've gotten all the static out of you. If you see a blue arc and feel a shock, then you're safe!

Seriously, though, discharge any static electricty through the case. Try not to touch the pins on the processor or the contacts on memory or expansion cards. Once you've gotten the processor in, though, the hardest part is pretty much done, unless you count the countless hours you've worked to save the money for your system. :D
 
Buckus said:
To protect yourself from static charge, drag your feet all over some shaggy carpet while barefoot or, better yet, while wearing socks. Then touch a pin on the processor to make sure you've gotten all the static out of you. If you see a blue arc and feel a shock, then you're safe!
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ROFLMFAO, like they said in Starsky and Hutch "Do it, just do it!" LOL
 
is there anything else? i just ordered a bunch of parts from neweggs, and this will be my second time trying to build a new computer. The first time, i assembled everything and it wouldn't boot :(. Never did find out what was the problem before returning it to Fry's... So I'm pretty nervous this time :eek:
 
Not trying to sound like an ass here, but you don't need any special guides or pictures. This isn't "Sex For Dummies". Spread the parts out (in protective bags) on a flat surface that isn't conductive, like a wooden table. Ground yourself once by touching something metal, and then assemble the parts. It's all common sense. If your case has a slide out motherboard tray, you put the mobo, cpu, memory, and cards in. Then put in the optical drives and PSU in the case. Slide in the tray, connect the cables...done. Nothing to be nervous about, nothing to be worried about.

I laid out all the parts for my fiancee's computer and had her build it. I walked her through some things, but in the end, she laughed and said it was easy. If she can do it, I am sure you guys can.
 
Word.

I also don't think you should take the anti-static issue seriously. If you're like me that lives in a wooden floored house wearing no socks necessarily with everything non-rub-equals-static then you're just fine. Of course, keep your hands to the case sometimes. ;)

However, djnes. Let her do 4 or 5 computers at once-- once she finds out one of them aren't booting up-- we'll see who keeps laughing. :)

-J.
 
thanks a lot guys.

by the way what do you guys think of the parts. anything that i should change?
 
Alot of people i know didnt know that to ground the case you need it to be plugged into a socket.

of course the computer has to be off.. if u want just dont plug in the ATX powersupply connector till your done

whats your monitor? and specs of it
 
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