My First Ever Build

PaulyTheRed

Hi folks,
Well as the title says, I'm just about to enter into the dark and murky waters of building your own rig. I've had a couple built to spec for me in the past, but this is the first time I'll be in with the screw drivers and zip ties! Any words of wisdom for me?

Case: NZXT Phantom
MoBo: MSI P67A GD53
CPU : i5 2500K
Graphics Card : MSI N580GTX TwinFrozr II
RAM : 8GB Corsair Vengance 2x4gb
PSU : CoolerMaster GX750W
Cooler: Corsair H70
HD : 1tb Seagate

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11050122@N02/5902035559/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11050122@N02/5902035565/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11050122@N02/5902035595/

Just waiting on my Windows 7 Ultimate from the postie and I'll be ready to go!

uberpixie

Take your time.

Read the motherboard manual.
Make sure you put in both power cables for the motherboard, not just the main 24pin one, make sure to put in the AUX motherboard power as well.....
Case looks very nice for building in, so make sure to use those fancy cable ducts and do a nice cable job on your build!

Make sure you have put in all the required power cables for the gfx card also.....
If your power button the case doesn't work: reverse the hat switch on the motherboard, if that doesn't work, read your motherboard manual....

Download the ultimate boot cd for testing if you run into any problems and test every part you can. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
There are plenty of guides online on how to build a pc, have a look at a few of them before building.

First boot test should be CPU (and cooler!) + RAM + gfx card mounted on motherboard: this will tell you very quickly if you have everything hooked up right: then add in your harddrive to the mix and install windows.

Last but not least: enjoy your new PC :-)

paddy38

is your windows 7 ultimate and the 64 bit edition:)

Connavar

I would hook the power supply to the motherboard, before putting on the cpu cooler.

When hooking up mine I was unable to attach the aux power supply without first taking the H70 cooler off(a real pain in the a**)

PS: That case looks awesome

PaulyTheRed

paddy38 wrote: »

is your windows 7 ultimate and the 64 bit edition:)

should be